Liberia report

The Liberian Maritime Authority has just released the mandatory MLC Annual Report for 2013. This report confirms Liberia’s proactive approach to enforcement of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 has resulted in an extremely low deficiency rate for Liberian-flag ships. The Annual Report further confirms, for the reporting period of 20 August 2013 to 31 December 2013, an additional 613 Liberian-flag ships have undergone MLC inspection, 54% by Liberia’s own MLC inspectors and the remainder by classification societies authorised as recognised organisations. A total of 85% of these inspections resulted in no deficiencies found.