Minimum wage set

The recommended International Labour Organization (ILO) Minimum Wage for Able Seafarers will remain at its current level of US$614 basic pay per month until at least 2018. This follows an ILO Joint Maritime Commission (JMC) meeting of maritime employers co-ordinated by the International Chamber of Shipping and seafarers’ unions co-ordinated by the International Transport Workers’ Federation. Max Johns (German Shipowners’ Association) said: “The continuation of the current minimum wage until at least 2018, at the increased level which came into effect in January 2016 as a result of the previous JMC agreement, means employers should benefit from a period of stability in what are otherwise very challenging markets.”