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The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the only UN agency where tripartite consensus is the procedure used to adopt any regulations relating to labour standards and policies. For the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 as amended (MLC), the tripartite consensus is required from these parties, namely, the national governments (GO), the seafarers’ group (SF) and the shipowners’ group (SO) as established by the Special Tripartite Committee […]

A decisive moment for global shipping regulation unfolded last week as the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) concluded its 83rd session, which culminated in the approval of draft amendments establishing the ‘IMO Net-Zero Framework’.  This global mechanism will combine mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) limits with carbon pricing for the maritime sector and represents a move towards achieving the goals laid out […]

The attached table [click here] sets out statistics for the number of appointments received, arbitrations run and awards published in recent years up to 2024. The LMAA is an arbitral association which facilitates ad hoc arbitration, as opposed to an arbitration institution which supervises and administers arbitration. The latter type of body commonly has access to a complete set of data in relation to arbitrations administered by it. […]