The text revises and updates the 2005 edition of: ILO code of practice safety and health in ports, which had replaced two former ILO publications: Guide to safety and health in dock work (1976) and Safety and health in dock work, An ILO code of practice (second edition, 1977).
The revised 2016 edition of the ILO Code of practice on safety and health in ports was adopted by a Meeting of Experts held in Geneva from 21 to 30 November 2016, in accordance with a Governing Body decision at its 323rd Session (March 2015). The meeting was attended by 24 experts and their advisers – eight experts nominated by the Governments of Brazil, China, Germany, Kenya, Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Nigeria and the United States; eight nominated by the Employers’ group of the Governing Body; and eight nominated by the Workers’ group of the Governing Body. Expert observers from other governments, and observers from intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, also attended the meeting.
