The impact of the Maritime Labor Convention on seafarers’ working and living conditions: an analysis of port state control statistics

Table 1 Overview of the Memoranda of Understanding, including members, MLC2006-ratifications and registered tonnage

Memorandum of Understanding	No. of Members^a	MLC- ratifications total (% of members)^b	Reg. tonnage 2017 (thousands)^c	Ratio of total reg. Tonnage (in %)^c
Paris MoU	27	26 (96.30)	281,042	20.23
Tokyo MoU	20	17 (85.00)	492,595	35.45
Indian Ocean MoU	20	13 (65.00)	20,085	1.45
Caribbean MoU	20	12 (60.00)	90,241	6.49
Abuja MoU	17	9 (52.94)	148,237	10.67
Acuerdo Latino	14	4 (26.67)	227,865	16.40
Mediterranean MoU	10	7 (70.00)	103,352	7.44
Black Sea MoU	6	3 (50.00)	13,840	1.00
Riyadh MoU	6	0 (0.00)	12,223	0.88
			1,389,480

^aData on member states from the respective websites of the MoU, extracted in September 2019: Paris MoU to Mediterranean MoU [27,28,29,30,31,32,33], Black Sea MoU [34], Riyadh MoU [35]
^bData on ratification from The International Labour Organization Database NORMLEX [36]
^cData on registered tonnage from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTADstat database [37]

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