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EFFICIENCY OF MONITORING WORKING CONDITIONS OF SEAFARERS ON FOREIGN SHIPS IN THE PORTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

The inspection of foreign ships in EU state ports is managed under The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU), adopted in 1982, and amended many times since then. All states signatories of the Paris MOU have pledged to maintain an inspection system of ships calling at their ports, to enable all ships, without discrimination as to flag, to comply with the standards of numerous international conventions on navigation safety, protection of the marine environment, as well as the standards of seafarers’ working and living conditions. In Croatia, the Ordinance on the inspection of navigation safety regulates the inspection of foreign ships. The paper analyzes the inspection system of ships in ports of the States signatories of the Paris Memorandum to reduce the deficiencies in working conditions of seafarers. Labor relations of seafarers are regulated by the Maritime Labour Convention - MLC 2006, which covers almost all aspects of seafarers' life and work. According to its provisions, all Member State ships shall have a maritime labor certificate as prima facie evidence that the requirements of this Convention have been met. In particular, the paper presents and compares statistical data on the types and number of deficiencies on foreign ships related to non-compliance with the MLC in Croatian ports and the number of deficiencies identified in ports of other Paris Memorandum countries over a period of six years (2016-2021). Based on statistical data, an assessment of the effectiveness of monitoring the working conditions of seafarers in the ports of the Republic of Croatia is given.

Paris Memorandum of Understanding on port State control (Paris MOU) ; Ordinance on the inspection of navigation safety ; working conditions of seafarers ; Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

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