Accommodation, recreational facilities, food <strong>and</strong> catering(c) in all ships a minimum of one toilet, one wash basin <strong>and</strong> one tub or shower orboth for every six persons or less who do not have personal facilities shall be providedat a convenient location;(d) with the exception of passenger ships, each sleeping room shall be provided witha washbasin having hot <strong>and</strong> cold running fresh water, except where such a washbasinis situated in the private bathroom provided;(e) in passenger ships normally engaged on voyages of not more than four hours’duration, consideration may be given by the competent authority to specialarrangements or to a reduction in the number of facilities required; <strong>and</strong>(f) hot <strong>and</strong> cold running fresh water shall be available in all wash places.12. With respect to requirements for hospital accommodation, ships carrying 15or more seafarers <strong>and</strong> engaged in a voyage of more than three days’ duration shall provideseparate hospital accommodation to be used exclusively for medical purposes; thecompetent authority may relax this requirement for ships engaged in coastal trade; inapproving on-board hospital accommodation, the competent authority shall ensurethat the accommodation will, in all weathers, be easy of access, provide comfortablehousing for the occupants <strong>and</strong> be conducive to their receiving prompt <strong>and</strong> properattention.13. Appropriately situated <strong>and</strong> furnished laundry facilities shall be available.14. All ships shall have a space or spaces on open deck to which the seafarerscan have access when off duty, which are of adequate area having regard to the size ofthe ship <strong>and</strong> the number of seafarers on board.15. All ships shall be provided with separate offices or a common ship’s officefor use by deck <strong>and</strong> engine departments; ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage may beexempted by the competent authority from this requirement after consultation withthe shipowners’ <strong>and</strong> seafarers’ organizations concerned.16. Ships regularly trading to mosquito-infested ports shall be fitted with appropriatedevices as required by the competent authority.17. Appropriate seafarers’ recreational facilities, amenities <strong>and</strong> services, asadapted to meet the special needs of seafarers who must live <strong>and</strong> work on ships, shallbe provided on board for the benefit of all seafarers, taking into account Regulation4.3 <strong>and</strong> the associated Code provisions on health <strong>and</strong> safety protection <strong>and</strong> accidentprevention.18. The competent authority shall require frequent inspections to be carriedout on board ships, by or under the authority of the master, to ensure that seafarer accommodationis clean, decently habitable <strong>and</strong> maintained in a good state of repair. Theresults of each such inspection shall be recorded <strong>and</strong> be available for review.19. In the case of ships where there is need to take account, without discrimination,of the interests of seafarers having differing <strong>and</strong> distinctive religious <strong>and</strong> socialpractices, the competent authority may, after consultation with the shipowners’ <strong>and</strong>seafarers’ organizations concerned, permit fairly applied variations in respect of thisSt<strong>and</strong>ard on condition that such variations do not result in overall facilities less favourablethan those which would result from the application of this St<strong>and</strong>ard.20. Each Member may, after consultation with the shipowners’ <strong>and</strong> seafarers’organizations concerned, exempt ships of less than 200 gross tonnage where it isreasonable to do so, taking account of the size of the ship <strong>and</strong> the number of personson board in relation to the requirements of the following provisions of this St<strong>and</strong>ard:45
<strong>Maritime</strong> <strong>Labour</strong> <strong>Convention</strong>, 2006(a) paragraphs 7(b), 11(d) <strong>and</strong> 13; <strong>and</strong>(b) paragraph 9(f) <strong>and</strong> (h) to (l) inclusive, with respect to floor area only.21. Any exemptions with respect to the requirements of this St<strong>and</strong>ard may bemade only where they are expressly permitted in this St<strong>and</strong>ard <strong>and</strong> only for particularcircumstances in which such exemptions can be clearly justified on strong grounds <strong>and</strong>subject to protecting the seafarers’ health <strong>and</strong> safety.Guideline B3.1 – Accommodation <strong>and</strong> recreational facilitiesGuideline B3.1.1 – Design <strong>and</strong> construction1. External bulkheads of sleeping rooms <strong>and</strong> mess rooms should be adequatelyinsulated. All machinery casings <strong>and</strong> all boundary bulkheads of galleys <strong>and</strong> otherspaces in which heat is produced should be adequately insulated where there is a possibilityof resulting heat effects in adjoining accommodation or passageways. Measuresshould also be taken to provide protection from heat effects of steam or hot-waterservice pipes or both.2. Sleeping rooms, mess rooms, recreation rooms <strong>and</strong> alleyways in the accommodationspace should be adequately insulated to prevent condensation or overheating.3. The bulkhead surfaces <strong>and</strong> deckheads should be of material with a surfaceeasily kept clean. No form of construction likely to harbour vermin should be used.4. The bulkhead surfaces <strong>and</strong> deckheads in sleeping rooms <strong>and</strong> mess roomsshould be capable of being easily kept clean <strong>and</strong> light in colour with a durable, nontoxicfinish.5. The decks in all seafarer accommodation should be of approved material <strong>and</strong>construction <strong>and</strong> should provide a non-slip surface impervious to damp <strong>and</strong> easily keptclean.6. Where the floorings are made of composite materials, the joints with thesides should be profiled to avoid crevices.Guideline B3.1.2 – Ventilation1. The system of ventilation for sleeping rooms <strong>and</strong> mess rooms should be controlledso as to maintain the air in a satisfactory condition <strong>and</strong> to ensure a sufficiencyof air movement in all conditions of weather <strong>and</strong> climate.2. Air-conditioning systems, whether of a centralized or individual unit type,should be designed to:(a) maintain the air at a satisfactory temperature <strong>and</strong> relative humidity as comparedto outside air conditions, ensure a sufficiency of air changes in all air-conditionedspaces, take account of the particular characteristics of operations at sea <strong>and</strong> notproduce excessive noises or vibrations; <strong>and</strong>(b) facilitate easy cleaning <strong>and</strong> disinfection to prevent or control the spread ofdisease.3. Power for the operation of the air conditioning <strong>and</strong> other aids to ventilationrequired by the preceding paragraphs of this Guideline should be available at all times46
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