C3.1.g. Must each seafarer be provided with private sanitary facilities?

Standard A3.1, paragraph 11 of the MLC, 2006 requires ships to have a sufficient number of sanitary facilities (with a minimum of one toilet, one wash basin and one tub or shower), with separate facilities being provided for men and women. Each seafarer is to be given convenient access to them. The Convention does not require private sanitary facilities for each seafarer, but, as recommended in Guideline B3.1.5, paragraph 2 [see A12.], where the size of the ship, the activity in which it is to be engaged and its layout make it reasonable and practicable, sleeping rooms should be planned and equipped with a private bathroom, including a toilet, so as to provide reasonable comfort for the occupants and to facilitate tidiness.

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