Evolution in maritime labor law remarks on maritime labor convention 2006

Albeit the evolution and development in naval architecture and naval technology in shipping industry, yet the competent officers and seamen are essential components for shipping business and industry to carry out voyages on sea-going vessels. Despite the importance of competent officers and seamen is a well known topic in shipping industry, difficulties of maritime labour comparatively to other labour industries, are obstacles for maritime employees. To clear and to reduce these obstacles in maritime labour, international organizations like as United Nations (UN), International Maritime Organization (IMO), Intemational Labour Organization (ILO) performed workshops and promulgated many conventions related with maritime labour and seafarers' rights, particularly conditions of employment. Even though all those workshops provide legal improvements for maritime employees workings on board, and there is a consensus between all States to provide framework for better living and working conditions for maritime employees, those obstacles yet cannot be solved clearly. The main matters for aforecited conventions are namely; some of these conventions are not approved or enacted by member States, so are not capable to be enforced, latter the disharmony between all those conventions. Necessities and requirements to draft a consolidated convention concluded Maritime Labour Convention 2006. This paper aims to point out and remark modifications of conditions of employement under international maritime labour law in a comprehensive legal methoodology, among related former maritime labour conventions, recommendations with consolidated Maritime Labour Convention 2006, and to address conclusion remarks on enforcement of Maritime Labour Convention on the eve of entering into force.