The Maritime Sector

TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements ................................................................................................................................... 3Preface.............................................................................................................................................................. 5List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................... 9PART I: Labour Inspection in the Maritime Sector........................................................ 131. Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 132. Contextualizing the Maritime Sector in Brazil............................................................................... 142.1. Background....................................................................................................................................... 142.2. A Brief History of Labour Inspection in the Maritime Sector in Brazil.................................. 152.3. Organizational Structure of Labour Inspection in the Maritime Sector............................. 172.4. The Legal Framework for Inspection in the Maritime Sector................................................. 182.5. The Labour Inspectors..................................................................................................................... 213. General Inspection Strategy................................................................................................................. 233.1. Guiding Principles............................................................................................................................ 233.2. The Inspection Practice.................................................................................................................. 25PART II: A Sector-to-Sector Description of the Good Practices................................... 29Section 1: Merchant Shipping and the National Mobile Group Experience.............. 291. Brief Description of the Practice.......................................................................................................... 292. The Beginning of the Practice.............................................................................................................. 293. Context......................................................................................................................................................... 304. The National Mobile Group.................................................................................................................. 334.1. Annual Planning.............................................................................................................................. 344.2. The Constitution of the GMNs..................................................................................................... 345. The GMN’s Action Strategy.................................................................................................................... 355.1. Planning and preparation for inspection activities.............................................................. 355.2. The on board inspection operations......................................................................................... 365.3. Conclusion of activities.................................................................................................................. 376. Results.......................................................................................................................................................... 377. Innovation................................................................................................................................................... 388. Lessons Learned....................................................................................................................................... 389. Sustainability.............................................................................................................................................. 3910. Replicability.............................................................................................................................................. 39