Author(s)

Hu Jing ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Faculty of Law, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei, 430073, China

Corresponding Author

Hu Jing

ABSTRACT

At the 110th meeting of the IMO (International Maritime Organization) Legal Committee, the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) reported a total of 118 seafarer abandonment incidents in 2022, involving 1,841 seafarers. In the face of the sudden increase in the number of abandonment incidents, how to effectively prevent and resolve abandonment incidents and protect the abandoned seafarers is currently a major issue of the international shipping industry. The shipowner's conduct leads to the seafarer abandonment incidents, which is therefore the first responsible subject, and the ultimate bearer of responsibilities after other subjects, such as the flag state, the port state and the nationality state of seafarers. Currently, the number of seafarer abandonment incidents is increasing rather than decreasing. This essay will discuss the scope of the shipowners' liability for the protection of the abandoned seafarers, analyzing the problems existing in the provisions of the shipowners' liability, and put forward corresponding suggestions.

KEYWORDS

The maritime labor convention; abandoned seafarers; protection; shipowners

CITE THIS PAPER

Hu Jing, Study on the Liability of Shipowners for the Protection of the Abandoned Seafarers under the Maritime Labor Convention. Science of Law Journal (2023) Vol. 2: 33-39. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/law.2023.021106.

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