November 19 - The International Shipping Federation (ISF), which represents maritime employers globally, says that the low level of implementation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 185, concerning the facilitation of shore leave an
ISF director of employment affairs, Natalie Shaw, stated: "The wide ratification of the Convention would have materially assisted the welfare of seafarers as well as addressing the security concerns of port states."
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