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Wages
Your wage rates will depend on whether you are serving on a national flag vessel or a ship covered by an ITF agreement.
Your rights under the MLC
The MLC covers all vessels and applies to all seafarers. But you must be at least 16 and have a medical certificate to work on a ship.
ITF Guide for Seafarers to the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC), otherwise known as the Seafarers’ Bill of Rights, incorporates and builds on sixty eight existing maritime labour conventions and recommendations, as wel
Wages
Your wage rates will depend on whether you are serving on a national flag vessel or a ship covered by an ITF agreement.
Trade unions
Being a member of trade union can mean the difference between getting the medical help you need when you break a bone or suffering for a lifetime without proper treatment.
ITF Warlike and high risk areas
Warlike and High-Risk areas are parts of the world where it is considered that there is a high level of exposure to safety and life risks due to a war, military tension, hostilities, pirate a
Non-payment of wages
Unpaid wages are the most common complaint which the ITF receives from seafarers
ILO Minimum Wage Jan 2021 -Consolidate Interpretation
Using Joint ITF/ISF Interpretation of the ILO Recommended Minimum Wage for an AB - extrapolated on basis of
Rates applicable from 1st January 2021
