C1.4.g. Can recruitment and placement services charge seafarers fees?

Having regard to Standard A1.4, paragraph 5 of the MLC, 2006 no fees or other charges for seafarer recruitment or placement or for providing employment to seafarers may be borne directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the seafarer, other than the cost of the seafarer obtaining a national statutory medical certificate, the national seafarer’s book and a passport or other similar personal travel documents, not including, however, the cost of visas, which must be borne by the shipowner.

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