IMPOSITION OF FINES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE ILO 108/185 SUSPENDED

IMPOSITION OF FINES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE ILO 108/185 SUSPENDED

In December 2010, Brazilian port authorities in the ports of Suape and Recipe started to impose immigration fines and restrictions on seafarers from countries which are not signatories to ILO Conventions 108 or 185 and restricted them from disembarking for shore leaves.

As this greatly affected Filipino Seafarers on board Philippine and foreign flag ships, the local Maritime Industry lobbied with the Maritime Industry Authority, the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Foreign Affairs, in order to help resolve the problem and move towards the early ratification of C185 by the Philippine Senate. The DFA in turn made representations with their Brazilian counterparts.

Thereafter, Brazilian authorities have agreed to suspend the implementation of immigration fines against ship owners whose seafarers are from countries which are not signatories to ILO C108 (Seafarers Identification Document Convention 1958) or C185 (Seafarers Identification

Document Convention 2003).


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