Manning Requirements while Operating Your Ship
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This section provides information on the manning requirements while operating a Singapore-registered ship.
Maximum Working Hours On Board
- Maximum hours of work shall not exceed:
- 14 hours in any 24-hour period; and
- 72 hours in any seven-day period
- Minimum hours of rest shall be not less than:
- 10 hours in any 24-hour period; and
- 77 hours in any seven-day period
In addition to the limits on hours of rest and work on board, shipowners should also take into account IMO MSC.1/Circ. 1598 on “Guidelines on Fatigue” when developing and implementing work hours on board.
A log recording number of hours of work and rest for every crew member must be maintained at all times.
Seafarers Employment Agreement
Medicines and Medical Equipment On Board
Reporting of Death and Injury On Board
- The loss of life of a seafarer must be reported within 24 hours; or
- An injury/condition sustained by a seafarer must be reported within 24hrs of determining it as serious. A serious injury/condition is defined as one that renders the seafarer unfit to work for more than 3 consecutive days or hospitalised for at least 24 hours, commencing within 7 days from the day when the injury/condition was suffered.
Official Log Book
- All pages of the official log book are used up and a continuation official logbook is used;
- There is a change of the shipowner or manager, together with a change of the entire existing crew on board
- The ship leaves the Singapore registry or there is a suspension of the ship’s registry
- Upon demand by the Director
Request for Dispensation
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Name of the ship;
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Name of the officer who have to sign off due to illness/injury or compassionate;
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Medical report for signing off on medical grounds or request letter from officer if on compassionate grounds;
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Duration of the dispensation i.e. location of the ship and next arrival port where replacement can be engaged.
Request for dispensation to sail short of the manning requirements as stated in the ship’s safe manning document will only considered in cases of force majeure (under Article VIII of STCW).
Company will need to provide the following information when requesting for a dispensation:
After Office Hours Assistance
- Urgent crew dispensation / exemption requests
- Urgent requests for a copy of a Receipt of Application (ROA) for your officer's Certificate of Endorsement (COE)
- Urgent application for statutory seafarers documentations or certification matters (e.g. loss or damaged certificates)
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