SAMI Briefing Maritime Labour Convention FAQs and Text March 2013

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Accommodation, recreational facilities, food and cateringwhen seafarers are living or working on board and conditions so require. However, thispower need not be provided from an emergency source.Guideline B3.1.3 – Heating1. The system of heating the seafarer accommodation should be in operation atall times when seafarers are living or working on board and conditions require its use.2. In all ships in which a heating system is required, the heating should be bymeans of hot water, warm air, electricity, steam or equivalent. However, within the accommodationarea, steam should not be used as a medium for heat transmission. Theheating system should be capable of maintaining the temperature in seafarer accommodationat a satisfactory level under normal conditions of weather and climate likelyto be met within the trade in which the ship is engaged. The competent authorityshould prescribe the standard to be provided.3. Radiators and other heating apparatus should be placed and, where necessary,shielded so as to avoid risk of fire or danger or discomfort to the occupants.Guideline B3.1.4 – Lighting1. In all ships, electric light should be provided in the seafarer accommodation.If there are not two independent sources of electricity for lighting, additional lightingshould be provided by properly constructed lamps or lighting apparatus for emergencyuse.2. In sleeping rooms an electric reading lamp should be installed at the head ofeach berth.3. Suitable standards of natural and artificial lighting should be fixed by thecompetent authority.Guideline B3.1.5 – Sleeping rooms1. There should be adequate berth arrangements on board, making it as comfortableas possible for the seafarer and any partner who may accompany the seafarer.2. Where the size of the ship, the activity in which it is to be engaged and its layoutmake it reasonable and practicable, sleeping rooms should be planned andequipped with a private bathroom, including a toilet, so as to provide reasonable comfortfor the occupants and to facilitate tidiness.3. As far as practicable, sleeping rooms of seafarers should be so arranged thatwatches are separated and that no seafarers working during the day share a room withwatchkeepers.4. In the case of seafarers performing the duty of petty officers there should beno more than two persons per sleeping room.5. Consideration should be given to extending the facility referred to in StandardA3.1, paragraph 9(m), to the second engineer officer when practicable.6. Space occupied by berths and lockers, chests of drawers and seats should beincluded in the measurement of the floor area. Small or irregularly shaped spaceswhich do not add effectively to the space available for free movement and cannot beused for installing furniture should be excluded.47
Maritime Labour Convention, 20067. Berths should not be arranged in tiers of more than two; in the case of berthsplaced along the ship’s side, there should be only a single tier where a sidelight is situatedabove a berth.8. The lower berth in a double tier should be not less than 30 centimetres abovethe floor; the upper berth should be placed approximately midway between the bottomof the lower berth and the lower side of the deckhead beams.9. The framework and the lee-board, if any, of a berth should be of approvedmaterial, hard, smooth, and not likely to corrode or to harbour vermin.10. If tubular frames are used for the construction of berths, they should becompletely sealed and without perforations which would give access to vermin.11. Each berth should be fitted with a comfortable mattress with cushioningbottom or a combined cushioning mattress, including a spring bottom or a spring mattress.The mattress and cushioning material used should be made of approved material.Stuffing of material likely to harbour vermin should not be used.12. When one berth is placed over another, a dust-proof bottom should be fittedbeneath the bottom mattress or spring bottom of the upper berth.13. The furniture should be of smooth, hard material not liable to warp orcorrode.14. Sleeping rooms should be fitted with curtains or equivalent for the sidelights.15. Sleeping rooms should be fitted with a mirror, small cabinets for toiletrequisites, a book rack and a sufficient number of coat hooks.Guideline B3.1.6 – Mess rooms1. Mess room facilities may be either common or separate. The decision in thisrespect should be taken after consultation with seafarers’ and shipowners’ representativesand subject to the approval of the competent authority. Account should be takenof factors such as the size of the ship and the distinctive cultural, religious and socialneeds of the seafarers.2. Where separate mess room facilities are to be provided to seafarers, then separatemess rooms should be provided for:(a) master and officers; and(b) petty officers and other seafarers.3. On ships other than passenger ships, the floor area of mess rooms for seafarersshould be not less than 1.5 square metres per person of the planned seatingcapacity.4. In all ships, mess rooms should be equipped with tables and appropriateseats, fixed or movable, sufficient to accommodate the greatest number of seafarerslikely to use them at any one time.5. There should be available at all times when seafarers are on board:(a) a refrigerator, which should be conveniently situated and of sufficient capacityfor the number of persons using the mess room or mess rooms;48
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provisions of Regulation 5.1.3 and
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(b)(c)to carry out any examination,
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prevents ships being delayed by unn
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certificate and DMLC should be the
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APPENDIX B5-I - EXAMPLE OF A NATION
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