Biography

Charles Boyle has been the Director of Legal Services at Nautilus International (previously Nautilus UK) since 2007. During that period, he has advised on employment law, as it applies in a maritime context. He has worked extensively on MLC-related matters, which include: representing Nautilus International on the UK’s MLC tripartite working group; attending ILO meetings as an adviser to the International Transport Workers’ Federation, where he has served on drafting committees concerned with amendments to the MLC; and supporting the European Transport Workers’ Federation in lobbying and drafting issues in connection with implementing the MLC provisions on flag state control and port state control, and the 2014 MLC amendments, into EU law.