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    The document summarizes STCW requirements regarding hours of rest for crew members on ships. It states that all crew members are entitled to a minimum of 10 hours of rest in a 24 hour period, which can be split into two periods with one being at least 6 hours. It allows for exceptions in emergencies or drills. It also allows the minimum to be reduced to 6 hours for no more than two days as long as at least 70 hours of rest are provided in a 7 day period. Ship schedules must be posted where accessible. The second part summarizes MLC requirements which set maximum hours of work at 14 in 24 hours and 72 in 7 days or minimum hours of rest at 10 in 24 hours

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    The document summarizes STCW requirements regarding hours of rest for crew members on ships. It states that all crew members are entitled to a minimum of 10 hours of rest in a 24 hour period, which can be split into two periods with one being at least 6 hours. It allows for exceptions in emergencies or drills. It also allows the minimum to be reduced to 6 hours for no more than two days as long as at least 70 hours of rest are provided in a 7 day period. Ship schedules must be posted where accessible. The second part summarizes MLC requirements which set maximum hours of work at 14 in 24 hours and 72 in 7 days or minimum hours of rest at 10 in 24 hours

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    The document summarizes STCW requirements regarding hours of rest for crew members on ships. It states that all crew members are entitled to a minimum of 10 hours of rest in a 24 hour period, which can be split into two periods with one being at least 6 hours. It allows for exceptions in emergencies or drills. It also allows the minimum to be reduced to 6 hours for no more than two days as long as at least 70 hours of rest are provided in a 7 day period. Ship schedules must be posted where accessible. The second part summarizes MLC requirements which set maximum hours of work at 14 in 24 hours and 72 in 7 days or minimum hours of rest at 10 in 24 hours

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    Rest Hours STCW & MLC

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    The document summarizes STCW requirements regarding hours of rest for crew members on ships. It states that all crew members are entitled to a minimum of 10 hours of rest in a 24 hour period, which can be split into two periods with one being at least 6 hours. It allows for exceptions in emergencies or drills. It also allows the minimum to be reduced to 6 hours for no more than two days as long as at least 70 hours of rest are provided in a 7 day period. Ship schedules must be posted where accessible. The second part summarizes MLC requirements which set maximum hours of work at 14 in 24 hours and 72 in 7 days or minimum hours of rest at 10 in 24 hours

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    STCW

    Requirements
    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
    a minimum of 10 hours of rest in any 24- hour period.

    2 The hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which shall be at least 6 hours in length.

    3 The requirements for rest periods laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 need not be maintained in the case of an emergency
    or drill or in other overriding operational conditions.

    4 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2, the minimum period of ten hours may be reduced to not less
    than 6 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 Administrations shall require that watch schedules be posted where they are easily accessible.

    MLC Requirements
    Regulation 2.3 – Hours of work and hours of rest

    5. The limits on hours of work or rest shall be as follows:

    1. (a) maximum hours of work shall not exceed:


    1. (i) 14 hours in any 24-hour period; and
    2. (ii) 72 hours in any seven-day period;

    or

    2. (b) minimum hours of rest shall not be less than:

    (i) (ii)

    ten hours in any 24-hour period; and 77 hours in any seven-day period.

    6.
    shall be at least six hours in length, and the interval between consecutive periods of rest shall not exceed 14 hours.

    Hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which

    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 para- graph 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:

    1. (a) the schedule of service at sea and service in port; and


    2. (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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