crew-rightsNetherlands Flag Labor Law: Strong Rules and a Live Fight Over Equal Pay
Dutch law writes seafarer protection into the Civil Code, on top of general employment law. In 2025 the Dutch human rights institute ruled that...
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safety-at-seaCOLREG Sound Signals vs the Ship General Emergency Alarm
Seven short and one long is a ship emergency alarm pattern. COLREG sound signals are navigation signals. Here is the difference without confusion.
crew-rightsItaly Flag Labor Law: The Non-Dom Section Behind the International Register
Italy runs a two-track system inside one flag: Italian collective agreements for EU crew, a special non-dom section for everyone else. Around 80 percent...
crew-rightsSpain REC Flag Labor Law: The Canary Register and Your Governing Law Clause
Over 90 percent of the Spanish merchant fleet sails in the Canary Islands special register, where a non-Spanish seafarer's contract can be put under...
crew-rightsMadeira MAR Flag Labor Law: The EU Register Built on the MLC Floor
Article 22 of the MAR law strips crew conditions down to the international conventions Portugal has ratified. No Portuguese labor code, voluntary pensions, one...
crew-rightsFrance RIF Flag Labor Law: A French Flag Where French Labor Law May Not Apply
On a Registre International Francais ship, a non-resident's contract can be governed by any law the parties choose, down to the ILO floor. The...
contractsYacht Crew Contracts: The SEA Questions to Ask Before You Step Aboard
On a commercially registered yacht you are a seafarer with MLC rights and a SEA. On a private one, the contract is nearly all...
crew-rightsGerman Flag Labor Law: What the International Register Changes for Foreign Crew
Germany's second register lets owners employ non-resident crew outside German wage law, a design the European Court of Justice blessed in 1993. What the...
crew-rightsNorway NIS Flag Labor Law: Home Country Pay Under a Nordic Flag
The Norwegian International Ship Register lets owners crew on home country terms and lets collective agreements switch off parts of the Ship Labour Act....
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