The general maritime law, courts, and national legislatures have given special attention to seafarers’ employment contracts. An employment contract is the most

The need to recruit reliable and skilled persons for seagoing careers is as old as the shipping industry itself, and it remains a critical issue for ship operat

Maritime law has provided seafarers special rights, protections, and obligations, many of which were not applicable to other workers. The definition of a seafar

Seafarers are among the most regulated of all workers. Almost every aspect of lives aboard ship is regulated: their hiring, their dismissal, their working condi