Marine Engineering

3.1 – Accommodation and recreational facilities Purpose: To ensure that seafarers have decent accommodation and recreational facilities on board Each Member shall adopt laws and regulations requiring that ships that fly  its flag:                                                                                             (a) meet minimum standards to ensure that any accommodation for seafarers, working or living on board, or both, is safe, decent and in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Standard; and                                                              ...

2.1 – Seafarers employment agreements Purpose: To ensure that seafarers have a fair employment agreement Each Member shall adopt laws or regulations requiring that ships that fly its  flag comply with the following requirements:        (a) seafarers working on ships that fly its flag shall have a seafarers’ employment agreement signed by both the seafarer and the shipowner or a representative of the shipowner (or, where they are not employees, evidence of contractual or similar arrangements) providing them with decent working and living conditions on board the ship as required by this Convention;                                                                                                  ...

1.1 – Minimum age Purpose: To ensure that no under-age persons work on a ship The employment, engagement or work on board a ship of any person under  the age of 16 shall be prohibited. Night work of seafarers under the age of 18 shall be prohibited.  “Night” shall be defined in accordance with national law and practice. It shall cover a period of at least nine hours starting no later than midnight and ending no earlier than 5 a.m. An exception to strict compliance with the night work restriction may be made by the competent authority when:  the effective training of the seafarers concerned, in accordance with established programmes and schedules, would be impaired; or                        the specific nature of the duty or a recognized training programme requires that the seafarers covered by the exception perform duties at night and the authority determines, after consultation with the...