C2.3.f. How does Regulation 2.3 relate to the IMO’s STCW requirements?

Like the ILO, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations and often cooperates with the ILO on issues of shared concern in the maritime sector. In 2010, amendments known as the “Manila Amendments” to the STCW were adopted by the IMO. These amendments, which entered into force in 2012, contain wording intended to align the MLC, 2006 requirements for seafarers covered by the STCW Convention. This means that countries that are bound by the STCW Manila Amendments will already to some extent have implemented the MLC, 2006 requirements. With the adoption by the IMO of the 2010 “Manila Amendments” to the STCW, the wording in both the MLC, 2006 and the STCW on minimum hours of rest is very similar, other than the provisions in each regarding possible exceptions [see C2.3.e.]. Flag States that ratify the MLC, 2006 and are also bound by the 2010 STCW Amendments, could approve arrangements in this connection, which would be consistent with the requirements of both Conventions.

Hours of work and hours of rest