Report of the IMO Correspondence Group on Development of Guidelines for Port State and Flag State Authorities on How to Deal with Seafarer Abandonment Cases, including its draft guideline

This document contains the report on the work of the intersessional Correspondence Group on Development of Guidelines for Port State and Flag State Authorities on How to Deal with Seafarer Abandonment Cases. The Group developed practical guidelines to address abandonment of seafarer cases for port States, flag States, and States of which seafarers are a national.