[Global] Minimum monthly wage increase agreed for world’s seafarers

[Global] Minimum monthly wage increase agreed for world’s seafarers
19 May 2022

The minimum monthly basic wage for the world’s able seafarers is to be raised, following a resolution agreed by a subcommittee of the Joint Maritime Commission (JMC)  of the International Labour Organization (ILO), ILO reports.

The meeting agreed to raise the ILO minimum basic wage for an able seafarer to $658 (US) as of January 1, 2023. The rate will be increased to $666 as of January 1, 2024, and to $673 as of January 1, 2025.

The subcommittee also reportedly agreed that the figure of US $673 as of March 1, 2022, should be used as the basis for recalculation purposes and for discussion at the next meeting of the subcommittee, in 2025.

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) provides that the basic pay or wages of an able seafarer for a calendar month of service should be no less than the amount periodically set by the JMC or another body authorised by the Governing Body of the ILO.

A Resolution concerning the ILO minimum monthly basic wage for able seafarers, and setting out the new wage figures, was adopted by the subcommittee and will be submitted to the 346th session of the ILO Governing Body later this year.

The MLC, 2006, known as the ‘seafarers’ bill of rights’, entered into force on 20 August 2013, and has been ratified by 101 ILO member States, representing 96.6 per cent of world shipping tonnage.

The Joint Maritime Commission is the only permanent bipartite standing body of the ILO. It was established in 1920 and is composed of shipowner and seafarer representatives from across the globe.


Source: ILO

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The minimum monthly basic wage for the world’s able seafarers is to be raised, following a resolution agreed by a subcommittee of the Joint Maritime Commission (JMC)  of the International Labour Organization (ILO), ILO reports.

The meeting agreed to raise the ILO minimum basic wage for an able seafarer to $658 (US) as of January 1, 2023. The rate will be increased to $666 as of January 1, 2024, and to $673 as of January 1, 2025.

The subcommittee also reportedly agreed that the figure of US $673 as of March 1, 2022, should be used as the basis for recalculation purposes and for discussion at the next meeting of the subcommittee, in 2025.

The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (MLC, 2006) provides that the basic pay or wages of an able seafarer for a calendar month of service should be no less than the amount periodically set by the JMC or another body authorised by the Governing Body of the ILO.

A Resolution concerning the ILO minimum monthly basic wage for able seafarers, and setting out the new wage figures, was adopted by the subcommittee and will be submitted to the 346th session of the ILO Governing Body later this year.

The MLC, 2006, known as the ‘seafarers’ bill of rights’, entered into force on 20 August 2013, and has been ratified by 101 ILO member States, representing 96.6 per cent of world shipping tonnage.

The Joint Maritime Commission is the only permanent bipartite standing body of the ILO. It was established in 1920 and is composed of shipowner and seafarer representatives from across the globe.


Source: ILO

(Links via original reporting)