Delivering on Seafarers’ Rights: 2024 Progress Report
26 November 2024
Summary
- The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI), IHRB and the Rafto Foundation's 2024 Progress Report outlines improvements on seafarers' rights since the launch of the Delivering on Seafarers' Rights Initiative in October 2021.
- The report includes a summary of the SEAFAIRER Roundtable held in Singapore in October 2024 and that of the Seafarer workshop held in in India September 2024 hosted by IHRB and Mission to Seafarers.
- The report also contains industry insights and observations from: Mission to Seafarers, maritime recruitment platform TURTLE, charterer South32, and Wilhelmsen Ship Management.
- RightShip provides data on its Crew Welfare Self-Assessment Tool 2.0, and assurance provider DNV and ship inspection company Idwal discuss progress on transparency and verification of shipping company self-assessments.
Background
In 2021 SSI and IHRB published the Delivering on Seafarers' Rights 2024 Code of Conduct and accompanying self-assessment questionnaire.
The Code of Conduct is used by shipowners and ship operators to understand the extent to which current operations meet their seafarers’ rights and welfare responsibilities, and by charterers and cargo owners to strengthen due diligence that in turn informs chartering-related decision-making.
RightShip developed the self assessment questionnaire into a the Crew Welfare Self-Assessment Tool, which has been updated and streamlined in 2024.
