Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006
The BMF have worked tirelessly with
the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in the development of
equivalent provisions for the implementation of the MLC for large
yachts engaged in commercial activities.
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Further Resources
We have supplied samples below of
extracts from Technical Reports available regarding the Maritime
Labour Convention.
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The MCA have made available ‘Draft Proposals for Accommodation
Standards for Large Yachts to Comply with the Maritime Labour
Convention 2006’. This is the culmination of over two years work by
the Agency and the industry to develop substantial equivalence
provisions to the prescriptive requirements of the
Convention.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency have taken a leading and
extremely proactive role in the development of equivalent
provisions for the implementation of the MLC for large yachts
engaged in commercial activities. As previously reported
significant industry and social studies were undertaken to support
this work and amendments to Chapter 21 of LY2 will incorporate the
substantially equivalent requirements of Title 3 of MLC. Extracts
from these provisional equivalent requirements are summarised
below.
The application of the MLC to smaller vessels has been dealt with
separately by the MCA, who have again taken a leading role in
understanding the industry’s difficulties. The Convention contains
provision for the exemption of these vessels from the cabin area
requirements but a number of requirements remain which would be
impractical to achieve. The MCA have developed a proposal which is
currently under consideration within the Tripartite Group.
The Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) is expected to come into
force towards the end of 2011. The potential implications of the
MLC on the Large Yacht sector have been widely reported and a large
study has been undertaken by the industry supported by the BMF,
Superyacht UK, the International Council of Marine Industry
Associations (ICOMIA), the Superyacht Builders Association
(SYBAss), the Professional Yachtsmans Association (PYA) and the
Mediterranean Yacht Brokers Association (MYBA).
The BMF has recently attended a meeting at with the MCA to discuss
the situation with regard to the implementation of the Maritime
Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) and it’s application to vessels
of under 200GT. The Convention is concerned with the
wellbeing of crew and will apply to all seafarers, defined as any
person who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board
a ship to which the Convention applies.