C1.1.e. Can a seafarer under the age of 18 ever be expected to work at night?

Standard A1.1, paragraph 2 of the MLC, 2006 requires that “night work” be prohibited for seafarers under the age of 18 [see C1.1.c.]. However, there is some flexibility to allow an exception to this restriction where the seafarers training programme would be impaired or the specific nature of the duty or the recognized training programme requires seafarers to perform duties at night and the competent authority determines, after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations concerned, that the work will not be detrimental to the health and well-being of young seafarers.

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