ILO C147

ILO Convention No. 147 is the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976, adopted by the International Labour Conference on 29 October 1976 and in force from 28 November 1981. It required ratifying states to set safety, social security, and shipboard employment standards at least equivalent to listed ILO instruments, and it gave port states a basis to inspect foreign ships and rectify conditions clearly hazardous to safety or health. C147 is the direct predecessor of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, which consolidated 37 earlier conventions including C147 into one instrument. A 1996 Protocol extended its list of covered standards.