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World Maritime Day 2015 Theme Set The International Maritime Organizations (IMO) announced that “Maritime Education and Training,” is the year’s World Maritime Day theme, with seafarers playing a major role in the global economy. The IMO secretary general, Mr. Koji Sekimizu said...

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Seafarers Win Minimum Wage Increase Seafarers secured a minimum wage increase following talks at the International Labour Organization recently. ITF representatives met with maritime employer representatives from the International Shipping Federation (ISF) at the ILO. The sub-committee on wages of seafarers of the...

News from the Norwegian Maritime Unions

ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON WORLD MARITIME DAY IMO hosted a special one-day symposium on a Sustainable Maritime Transportation System, on 26 September 2013, World Maritime Day. The symposium was arranged in order to provide Member States, industry and other stakeholders an opportunity to...