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International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code and Crew Welfare

2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 5; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/09733150903122057

1946-6609

Rakish Suppiah,

Sex work and related issues

Abstract Seafaring is a profession and seafarers are like ordinary workers in any other work force. Therefore, seafarers should enjoy the same rights as accorded to workers ashore. These rights include the right to life, right to payment of wages, and right to healthy, safe and decent working conditions. People working ashore have access to a variety of medical services; if they fall sick, hospitals and clinics are at their disposal 24 hours a day. A seafarer, however, has to depend solely on her/his ship's first-aid kit. Therefore, it is very important for seafarers to be allowed to visit clinics or other medical facilities ashore while at port. Due to the nature of ship operations, seafarers often work 14-16 hours a day. Even with the adoption of regulations and recommendations by the International Labour Organisation's Seafarer's Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996, conditions of excessive working hours still exist. Thus, there is an urgent need for relevant states and international organisations to adopt a new approach to draft legislations while consenting to the ergonomics and other needs of seafarers. Notes 1. International Labour Conference, Maritime Labour Convention, 2006. 2. International Ship and Port Facility Security Code and SOLAS Amendments adopted on December 12, 2002 in ISPS Code 2003 Edition Part A Article 7 on Ship Security, International Maritime Organisation, London. 3. International Ship and Port Facility Security Code and SOLAS Amendments adopted on December 12, 2002 in ISPS Code 2003 Edition Part B Article 4.28 on Ship Security, International Maritime Organisation. 4. ITF, Out of Mind and Out of Sight, Seafarer's, Fishers and Human Right, International Transport Federation Report 2006, International Maritime Organisation, London. 5. Ibid. 6. "Human Capital at Sea", Fairplay, December 2, 2004 (Vol. 352, No. 6305), pp. 16–18. 7. Lloyd's List, February 2, 2006 (No. 59095), p. 3. 8. Lloyd's List, May 22, 2006 (No. 59170), p. 6. 9. Lloyd's List, August 14, 2006 (No. 59229), p. 6. 10. Agular v. Standard Oil Company, 1943, 318 US 724L Ed. 1107, 63 S Ct 930, 143 AMC 451. 11. Biometrics: Too Flaky to Trust, The Economist, December 2003. 12. (1973) 2 Lloyd's Law Report 285. 13. (1958) 2 Lloyd's Law Report 127.