The objectives of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (hereafter: MLC 2006) have long been familiar to many states, but for some it has brought with it increased expectations in improving working conditions for seafarers. This study aims to analyse the early figures provided by Paris Memorandum of Understanding’s (hereafter: Paris MoU) on the number of deficiencies and detentions in before and after the implementation of the MLC 2006, as well as the ILO Committee of Experts 2014 Report, which marks the first full year of MLC 2006 compliance in the first ratifying states. The purpose was to provide an early report on the progress of the MLC 2006 to date as well as how it has adapted to concerns expressed by experts in maritime law prior to its implementation. Even if it has not been long enough since the entry into force to properly identify a trend, it is interesting to see a positive start to the MLC 2006, which has received rapidly increasing attention, and that awareness of labour rights has increased in the maritime industry. Figures also revealed that the early result is at least not a decrease in the number of reported deficiencies. In addition, the fact that a number of detentions have been issued is worthy of note, as they were very rare in the labour context before the MLC 2006.

Arbetets syfte var att undersöka intentionen och förväntade effekter av den nya sjöarbetskonventionen som nu ska implementeras vad gäller bemanningsnivåer och vilotider på svenska fartyg. Genom att först genomföra en litteraturstudie lades grunden för arbetet. Med anledning av att konventionen inte var implementerad genomfördes en kvalitativ intervjustudie mot tre sakkunniga representanter från svensk sjöfartsnäring för att utreda vad konventionens verkliga intention var. Därefter genomfördes en kvalitativ intervjustudie mot fyra aktörer i den svenska sjöfartsnäringen för att utreda vad dessa förväntade sig för effekter av konventionen, gällande bemanningsnivåer och vilotider. Resultatet av undersökningarna visade på att konventionens intention är att höja den internationella standarden vad gäller just bemanningsnivåer och vilotider till en nivå som liknar den svenska relativt höga nivån. Vad gäller förväntade effekter av konventionen tror de svenska aktörerna att den svenska sjöfartsbranschen kommer att se ganska små förändringar om några alls. / The purpose of this thesis was to examine the intention and expected outcome of the new Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) regarding the regulations of manning levels and hours of rest on Swedish vessels. Firstly, a thorough literature review was conducted to create a sound foundation for the following investigations. Given that the convention was not implemented during the work of this thesis a qualitative interview was carried out on three expert representatives from the Swedish shipping industry. The purpose of this interview was to determine the intention of the convention. After that a qualitative interview was carried through on four stakeholders in the Swedish shipping industry to investigate what their expectations of the convention's outcome was regarding manning levels and hours of rest. The resulting conclusions of theese studies show that the conventions intention is to raise the global standard of manning levels and hours of rest to a level that is similar to the one already used in the Swedish shipping industry. The expected outcome of the convention regarding the Swedish shipping industry was that there will be very little, or no changes at all.

Le code des transports accueille désormais les règles de droit social maritime. Le gouvernement a été habilité à procéder, en 2010, à une recodification à droit constant de ses dispositions éparses, notamment contenues dans le code du travail et le code du travail maritime. Alors que cette opération devait intervenir sans modification de l’état du droit, une certaine inconstance s’est révélée. La structure de la matière a été bouleversée. Elle démontre une ambivalence : le code des transports est exhibé comme instrument du progrès social, mais il peut également devenir un outil de dérèglementation. D'autant que sa partie réglementaire reste très incomplète. L'articulation du nouveau code avec le code du travail interroge également, notamment sous l'angle des rapports entre le droit commun et le droit spécial. Cette réécriture a, de surcroît, subit l'influence du droit international. L’intégration de la convention du travail maritime de l’Organisation internationale du travail a permis de réaffirmer les principes directeurs au fondement de la matière ainsi que la spécificité du droit applicable aux gens de mer. Pour autant, ces dynamiques normatives ont des effets paradoxaux car le droit international participe tour à tour à la destruction et à la reconstruction des droits nationaux. Aussi, la réécriture de la matière au sein du code des transports pourrait être annonciatrice d’un alignement du fond du droit social maritime sur les standards internationaux qui, à l'échelle du droit national français, ne sont pas nécessairement plus protecteurs. Ce mouvement du droit s'explique par une rude concurrence internationale propice à l'expression du dumping social / The transport code now hosts social maritime law rules. The government was empowered to proceed, in 2010, to a recodification on the basis of established law of its disparate provisions, including those contained in both the labour code and the maritime labour code. Although this operation was to take place without changing the rule of law, a certain instability became obvious. The subject matter's structure was dramatically altered. It reveals an ambivalence : the transport code is exhibited as an instrument of social progress, yet it may also become a deregulation tool. To compound matters, its regulatory aspect remains very incomplete. The articulation of the new code with the labour code is equally perplexing, most notably with regard to the relationship between common law and special law. This rewriting has, in addition, undergone the influence of international law. The integration of the International labour organization's maritime labour convention made it possible to reaffirm the foundational guidelines of this topic as well as the specificity of laws applicable to seafarers. Moreover, these normative dynamics have paradoxical effects. In fact, international law contributes alternately to the destruction and reconstruction of national rights. Thus, the rewriting of the topic within the transport code could be the harbinger of an alignment of maritime social legal foundations with international standards, which, when compared with french law, are not necessarily more protective. This legal evolution reflects is due to a ruthless international competition that enables social dumping conditions