BIOGRAPHY of RUBEN ROLO
1. BIOGRAFICAL
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Date of birth: March 12th, 1941
Place of birth: Odeceixe
Profession: Official of Merchant Navy
Parents: Apolinário de Matos Rolo e Albertina de Oliveira Gonçalves Pacheco
Date of death: Janeiro 11th, 1992
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Academic Qualifications:
- Complementary course of Nautical School, school year 1971/72.
- CComplementary course of Steering (July, 1972)
- 1962/64 Pilot/Trainee
- 1963/66 Pilot 3rd
- 1967/68 Pilot 2nd
- 1968/70 Pilot 1st
- 1970/74 Chief Mate (CCN/CTM)
- 1974 (2 de Maio) Master of the Merchant Navy
3. TRADE UNION
- Trade Union delegate at the “Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Marítimos”, 1974/75;
- Coordinator of the Board of the Union of Captains, Officers, Pilots, Commissioners, and Engineers of the Merchant Marine, since 1974;
- Coordinator of the Secretariat of the Federation of Trade Unions of the Sea (FSM), since 1975;
- Member of the District Council of the Association of Trade Unions in Lisbon (USL), 1982/85;
- Member of the National Council of the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP-IN), since 1977;
- Member of the Executive Committee of the CGTP-IN, since 1986;
- Secretary of the Maritime Section of the International Federation of Transport Workers (ITF);
- Member of the Joint Committee for Maritime Transports of the EC;
- Delegate of Portuguese Workers in meetings of ILO’s Technical Commission of Maritime Transport
- Member of the Permanent Council for Social Dialogue.
- Member of the CNETPM (National Commission for the Study of Problems of Sea Workers) from 1974 until its termination in 1982;
- Member of the Commission of Safe Manning, the Directorate-General of Sea Staff and Nautical Studies, since 1975;
- Member of the Commission of Technical Studies for the framework of Officers of the Maritime Commerce (committee made up of representatives of the Administration - Ministries of Labour and Transport and Communications - and workers, existing from August 11th to December 2nd, 1981).
Participation in national committees:
- INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) / INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO):
- Committee IMO / ILO on Vocational Training;
5th session 13-17 July 1977 (IMO headquarters);
th session 16-20 December 1985 (IMO headquarters)
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO) in Geneva:
- International Labour Conference
62nd session (sea) 13-29 October 1976 - Joint Maritime Commission
24th session 20-28 September 1984 - Technical Preparatory Conference Seas
5 to May 16, 1986
- 74 International Labour Conference session (maritime)
September 23th to October 9th ,1987
- INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) in London:
- International Conference on Maritime Security September 31st to November 11th, 1988
- Assembly (A) 15th session 9-20 November 1987
- The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC)
47th session 13-17 September 1982
48th session 06-17 July 1983
49th session 02-06 April 1984
50th session 19-30 November 1984
51st Session 20-24 May 1985
52nd session January 27 to February 5, 1986
53rd session 08-17 September 1986
54th session April 27 to May 1, 1987
55th session 11-22 April 1988
56th session 24-28 October 1988
57th session 03-12 April 1989
- Sub-Committee on Standards of Vocational Training and Service Rooms (STW)
10th session 19-23 September 1977
11th session 22-26 January 1979
12th session 09-13 July 1979
14th session 19-23 January 1981
15th session 26-30 April 1982
16th meeting 20-22 April 1983
17th Session 09-13 July 1984
18th session 09-13 September 1985
19th session on September 29th to October 3rd, 1986
20th Session 11-15 January 1988
- Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation (NAV)
32nd session 17-21 March 1986
33rd session 12-16 January 1987
35th session 21-23 January 1989
- European Economic Community (EEC)
- Member of the Joint Committee on Maritime Transport, since February 1988
Participation in international meetings