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SN's ILO /STCW Work Rest Hours Control Software

 With the  implementation of 'MLC 2006' in 2010 in mind,  we have put up this customised solution in MS Excel.

Comprehensive display of hours worked, rested with tabulated violations under various governing regulations - Confirmed violations are shown in red font.  Potential violations (clauses that are violated but whose riders are also not violated), are shown in pink.  Proportional violating results at the top and bottom where enough hours are not available are shown in violet.

Weekends picked up from calendar.  Holidays are picked up from table setup by user in yellow tabbed sheet.

'Hours Effected' sheet shows the user at which hour the violation is caused and in which direction.

Monthly data is saved to tiny text files and can be retrieved at any time or sent by e-mail to the head office for their reference / records thus saving paper.

Data entered in 'Hours' page is exported to reports patterned on the 'MODEL FORMAT FOR RECORD OF HOURS OF REST OF SEAFARERS'.

In the Excel project, you can hover the mouse over the red corners to read some help by way of pop up 'tool tips'/

Price: 

For using the file from a Local Hard Disk - USD 49.90  (Make 2 payments of USD 24.95 at payment gateway)

For Using with removal drive (pen dirive) - USD 74.85  (Make 3 payments of USD 24.95 at payment gateway)

For Using on Network Drive - USD 99.80 (Make 4 payments of USD 24.95 at payment gateway) 

Selected texts from ILO Convention, the STCW Convention & the Company Lightering Manual.  The user is advised to read the clauses carefully with special attention to the words 'shall', 'and', 'or', 'any' 'provided'

It must be noted that a ship may be detained if conditions below are violated.

ILO Convention 180
Art 5 paragraph 1: The limits on hours of work or rest shall be as follows:
    (a) maximum hours of work shall not exceed : (i) 14 hours in any 24-hour period; and (ii) 72 hours in any seven-day period; or
    (b) minimum hours of rest shall not be less than : (i) ten hours in any 24-hour period; and (ii) 77 hours in any seven-day period.
Ref STCW Chapter VII, Section A-VIII/I (Fitness for Duty) column 4.

Art 5 paragraph 2: Hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which shall be at least six hours in length, and the interval between consecutive periods to rest shall not exceed 14 hours.

Art 5 paragraph 6: Nothing in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall prevent the Member from having national laws and regulations or a procedure for the competent authority to authorise or register collective agreements permitting exceptions to the limits set out. Such exceptions shall, as far as possible, follows the standards set out but may take account for more frequent or longer leave periods or the granting of compensatory leave for watch keeping seafarers or seafarers working on board ships on short voyages.

Art 7 paragraph 1: Nothing in this Convention shall be deemed to impair the right of the master of a ship to require a seafarer to perform any hours of work necessary for the immediate safety of ships, persons on board or cargo, or for the purpose of giving assistance to other ships or persons in distress at sea.

Art 7 paragraph 3: As soon as practicable after the normal situation has been restored, the Master shall ensure that any seafarers who have performed work in a scheduled rest period are provided with an adequate period of rest.

STCW Convention
Section A - VIII/I of the STCW Code (Mandatory)
1 All persons who are assigned duty as officer in charge of a watch or as a rating forming part of a watch shall be provided with a minimum of 10-hour rest in any 24-hours period.
2 The hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which shall be at least six hours in length.
3 The requirements for rest periods laid down in paragraph 1 and 2 need not be maintained in the case of an emergency or drill or in other overriding operations conditions.
4 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, the minimum period of ten hours may be reduced to not less than six consecutive hours provided that any such reduction shall not extend beyond two days and not less than 70 hours of rest are provided each seven-day period.

5 Administration shall require that watch schedules be posted where they are easily accessible.

Section B - VII/I of the STCW Code (Guidance)
In applying regulation VII/I, following should be taken into account:
1 Provision made to prevent fatigue should ensure the excessive or unreasonable overall working hours are not undertaken. In particular, the minimum rest periods specified in Section a - VII/I should not be interpreted as implying that all other hours may be devoted to watch keeping or other duties;

2 That the frequency and length of leave periods, and the granting of compensatory leave, are material factors in preventing fatigue from building up over a period of time;
3 The provision may be varied for ships on short-sea voyages, provided special safety arrangements are put in place.

3.1 RULES GOVERNING LIGHTERING OPERATIONS (From - Lightering Manual)
By U.S. law, the rules in 33 CFR Part 156 must be adhered to for lightering operations in the U.S. designated lightering zones. It is company policy that these rules will, unless deemed unsafe, be adhered to, in any and all STS operations worldwide.

Subpart 156.205 Definitions
(a) Work includes any administrative duties associated with the vessel whether performed on board the vessel or onshore. In correspondence to Head Office, the USCG has indicated rest is an off duty period of time when an individual is not conducting business associated with the operation of the vessel including administrative tasks.

Subpart 156.210 General
(d) On vessels conducting lightering operations in a designated lightering zone, a licensed individual or seaman may not work, except in an emergency or a drill, more than 15 hours in any 24-hour period, or more than 36* hours in any 72-hour period, including the 24-hour and 72-hour periods prior to commencing lightering operations.

MLC 2006 - Regulation 2.3 – Hours of work and hours of rest   (Text reference - ILO Website)
Purpose: To ensure that seafarers have regulated hours of work or hours of rest
1. Each Member shall ensure that the hours of work or hours of rest for seafarers are regulated.
2. Each Member shall establish maximum hours of work or minimum hours of rest over given periods that are consistent with the provisions in the Code.
Standard A2.3 – Hours of work and hours of rest
1. For the purpose of this Standard, the term:
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(a) hours of work means time during which seafarers are required to do work on account of the ship;
(b) hours of rest means time outside hours of work; this term does not include short breaks.
2. Each Member shall within the limits set out in paragraphs 5 to 8 of this Standard fix either a maximum number of hours of work which shall not be exceeded in a given period of time,   or   a minimum number of hours of rest which shall be provided in a given period of time.
3. Each Member acknowledges that the normal working hours’ standard for seafarers, like that for other workers, shall be based on an eight-hour day with one day of rest per week and rest on public holidays. However, this shall not prevent the Member from having procedures to authorize or register a collective agreement which determines seafarers’ normal working hours on a basis no less favourable than this standard.
4. In determining the national standards, each Member shall take account of the danger posed by the fatigue of seafarers, especially those whose duties involve navigational safety and the safe and secure operation of the ship.
5. The limits on hours of work or rest shall be as follows:
(a) maximum hours of work shall not exceed:
(i) 14 hours in any 24-hour period; and
(ii) 72 hours in any seven-day period;
or
(b) minimum hours of rest shall not be less than:
(i) ten hours in any 24-hour period; and
(ii) 77 hours in any seven-day period.
6. Hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which shall be at least six hours in length, and the interval between consecutive periods of rest shall not exceed 14 hours.
7. Musters, fire-fighting and lifeboat drills, and drills prescribed by national laws and regulations and by international instruments, shall be conducted in a manner that minimizes the disturbance of rest periods and does not induce fatigue.
8. When a seafarer is on call, such as when a machinery space is unattended, the seafarer shall have an adequate compensatory rest period if the normal period of rest is disturbed by call-outs to work.
9. If no collective agreement or arbitration award exists or if the competent authority determines that the provisions in the agreement or award in respect of paragraph 7 or 8 of this Standard are inadequate, the competent authority shall determine such provisions to ensure the seafarers concerned have sufficient rest.
10. Each Member shall require the posting, in an easily accessible place, of a table with the shipboard working arrangements, which shall contain for every position at least:
(a) the schedule of service at sea and service in port; and
(b) the maximum hours of work or the minimum hours of rest required by national
laws or regulations or applicable collective agreements.
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Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
11. The table referred to in paragraph 10 of this Standard shall be established in a standardized format in the working language or languages of the ship and in English.
12. Each Member shall require that records of seafarers’ daily hours of work or of their daily hours of rest be maintained to allow monitoring of compliance with paragraphs 5 to 11 inclusive of this Standard. The records shall be in a standardized format established by the competent authority taking into account any available guidelines of the International Labour Organization or shall be in any standard format prepared by the Organization. They shall be in the languages required by paragraph 11 of this Standard.  The seafarers shall receive a copy of the records pertaining to them which shall be endorsed by the master, or a person authorized by the master, and by the seafarers.
13. Nothing in paragraphs 5 and 6 of this Standard shall prevent a Member from having national laws or regulations or a procedure for the competent authority to authorize or register collective agreements permitting exceptions to the limits set out. Such exceptions shall, as far as possible, follow the provisions of this Standard but may take account of more frequent or longer leave periods or the granting of compensatory leave for watchkeeping seafarers or seafarers working on board ships on short voyages.
14. Nothing in this Standard shall be deemed to impair the right of the master of a ship to require a seafarer to perform any hours of work necessary for the immediate safety of the ship, persons on board or cargo, or for the purpose of giving assistance to other ships or persons in distress at sea. Accordingly, the master may suspend the schedule of hours of work or hours of rest and require a seafarer to perform any hours of work necessary until the normal situation has been restored. As soon as practicable after the normal situation has been restored, the master shall ensure that any seafarers who have performed work in a scheduled rest period are provided with an adequate period of rest.
Guideline B2.3 – Hours of work and hours of rest
Guideline B2.3.1 – Young seafarers
1. At sea and in port the following provisions should apply to all young seafarers under the age of 18:
(a) working hours should not exceed eight hours per day and 40 hours per week and overtime should be worked only where unavoidable for safety reasons;
(b) sufficient time should be allowed for all meals, and a break of at least one hour for the main meal of the day should be assured; and
(c) a 15-minute rest period as soon as possible following each two hours of continuous work should be allowed.
2. Exceptionally, the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Guideline need not be applied if:
(a) they are impracticable for young seafarers in the deck, engine room and catering departments assigned to watchkeeping duties or working on a rostered shiftwork system; or
(b) the effective training of young seafarers in accordance with established programmes and schedules would be impaired.
3. Such exceptional situations should be recorded, with reasons, and signed by the master.
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4. Paragraph 1 of this Guideline does not exempt young seafarers from the general obligation on all seafarers to work during any emergency as provided for in Standard A2.3, paragraph 14.

Price: 

For Using with removal drive (pen dirive) - USD 74.85  (Make 3 payments of USD 24.95 at payment gateway)

For Using on Network Drive - USD 99.80 (Make 4 payments of USD 24.95 at payment gateway)

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