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1. The Committee notes the Government’s brief report including the information that there have been no changes to the legislation regulating the issues contained in the Convention.

2. Application of Articles 4, 8, and 11 of the Convention. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s statement that the Ministry of Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development was engaged in a process of reviewing the provision of the Convention with national legislation, including the Technical Rules on the Statutory Certification of Ships which contain provisions on occupational safety and health of ship crews, and the equipment used in loading and unloading cargo. The Committee requests the Government to transmit to it copies of all relevant legislation applying the Convention, in one of the working languages of the ILO, if possible, and to keep it informed of any legislative developments on this respect.

3. Part V of the report form. Application in practice of the Convention. The Committee requests the Government to supply information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice by providing, for instance, extracts from inspectors’ reports, statistics, details on the number and nature of the contraventions reported and of accidents reported.

4. The Committee takes the opportunity to recall that the Governing Body of the ILO has invited parties to Convention No. 32 to consider ratification of Convention No. 152, which revised Convention No. 32 (GB.268/LILS/5(Rev.1), paragraphs 99–101). Such ratification would automatically entail an immediate denunciation of Convention No. 32. The Committee also wishes to bring to the Government’s attention an ILO code of practice in this area, Safety and health in ports, Geneva, 2005. This code of practice is available, inter alia, through the ILO’s web site by following the link, http://www.ilo.org/public/english/
protection/safework/cops/english/index.htm. The Government is requested to keep the Committee informed of any developments in this respect.