India, one of the emerging maritime nations of the world and the biggest contributor to manpower to shipping worldwide, should speed up the process of ratifying Maritime Labour Convention 2006 to take maximum advantage of it.
MLC 2006 is the new international agreement that consolidates almost all of the 70 existing international Labour Organisation (ILO) maritime labour instruments in a single modern globally applicable legal document. It establishes comprehensive minimum requirements for almost all aspects of working conditions for seafarers. It also combines rights and principles with specific standards and detailed guidance as to how to implement these standards at the national level. The new convention will come into force 12 months after ratification by at least 30 ILO member countries with a total share of at least 33 per cent of the world's gross tonnage of ships. Already the convention has been ratified by more than 3 countries like Bahamas representing about 20 per cent of the world's tonnage. According to ILO observers, many of the countries in Europe and Asia are fast progressing towards ratifying it.
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