{"id":701,"date":"2014-10-02T09:15:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T09:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seafarersrights-over.temp-dns.com\/?p=701"},"modified":"2014-10-02T09:15:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T09:15:07","slug":"right-to-adequate-manning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/right-to-adequate-manning\/","title":{"rendered":"Right to adequate manning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (\u2018MLC\u2019):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A seafarer has the right to work on a safely and securely operated ship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The MLC does not set out minimum manning levels for ships since this is to be decided by the flag state depending on the ship or category of ship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>However, the MLC does require that every ship must be manned by a crew that is adequate in terms of size and qualifications to ensure the safety and security of the ship and all those on board under all operating conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Manning levels also need to take into account the nature and conditions of the voyage and requirements concerning food and catering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Apart from MLC, there are various other international instruments concerned with manning levels such as, for example, SOLAS.\u00a0 SOLAS requires that all ships are provided with a minimum safe manning document, setting out the safe manning scale approved to the ship.\u00a0 This, as well as the Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance, is good evidence of the minimum safe manning considered necessary and subject to port state control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There should be a complaints procedure in place concerning the manning levels on a ship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See Regulation 2.7 of the MLC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See the ILO Frequently Asked Questions (section C5.2) at<a title=\"Right to complain on shore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/standards\/maritime-labour-convention\/what-it-does\/faq\/WCMS_177371\/lang--en\/index.htm\" target=\"_self\"> http:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/standards\/maritime-labour-convention\/what-it-does\/faq\/WCMS_177371\/lang&#8211;en\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>July 2014<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (\u2018MLC\u2019): A seafarer has the right to work on a safely and securely operated ship. The MLC does not set out minimum manning levels for ships since this is to be decided by the flag state depending on the ship or category of ship. However, the MLC does require <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/right-to-adequate-manning\/\">[Read More&hellip;]&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-seafarers-rights-under-the-mlc","7":"entry","8":"gs-1","9":"gs-odd","10":"gs-even","11":"gs-featured-content-entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Right to adequate manning - Seafarers Rights International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/right-to-adequate-manning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Right to adequate manning - Seafarers Rights International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Under the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (\u2018MLC\u2019): A seafarer has the right to work on a safely and securely operated ship. 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