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Familiarization with the 2010 Manila Amendments
Chapter VIII
Watchkeeping
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Familiarization with the 2010 Manila Amendments
Chapter VIII
Amendments/new provisions
Regulation
Provision
VIII/1.1
Identifies the scope of applicable areas, viz: for
watchkeeping personnel and those whose duties
involve designated safety, security and
prevention of pollution duties
VIII/1.2
(New)
Administrations required to ensure that measures
for preventing drug and alcohol abuse are
established
VIII/2.2
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watchkeeping arrangements with appropriate
and effective watch or watches extended to take
into account requirements for security related
functions
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Familiarization with the 2010 Manila Amendments
Chapter VIII
New provisions/amendments
Section
New provisions/amendments
Fitness for duty – in general, harmonized with MLC 2006
New paragraph 1
Administrations shall take account of the danger posed
by fatigue of seafarers
A-VIII/1
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New paragraph 2 ( = old paragraph 1, amended)
1. The relevant duties are specified, i.e., officers and
ratings on watchkeeping duties which involve
designated safety, prevention of pollution and
security duties
2. The rest period is specified:
•
a minimum 10 hours of rest in any 24-hour period;
and
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77 hours in any 7-day period
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New provisions/amendments
New paragraph 3 (= old paragraph 2, amended)
Hours of rest divided into no more than two periods, one of
which shall be at least 6 hours in length, and the intervals
between consecutive periods of rest shall not exceed 14 hours
A-VIII/1
New paragraph 4 (= old paragraph 3, amended)
Exceptions to requirements for rest periods laid down in
paragraphs 2 and 3 – in case of emergency or other overriding
operational conditions.
Musters, fire-fighting and lifeboat drills, and drills shall be
conducted in a manner that minimizes the disturbance of rest
periods and does not induce fatigue
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Section
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Paragraph 5, amended
Administrations shall require that watch schedules be
posted where they are easily accessible.
A-VIII/1
The schedules shall be established in a standardized format
in the working language or languages of the ship and in
English
New paragraph 6
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
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New paragraph 7
A-VIII/1
Administrations shall require that records of daily
hours of rest be maintained in a standardized format,
in working language or languages of ship and in
English, to allow monitoring and verification of
compliance with the provisions.
The seafarers shall receive a copy of the records
pertaining to them, which shall be endorsed by the
master or by a person authorized by the master and
by the seafarers
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New provisions/amendments
Section
New provisions
New paragraph 8
Does not impair right of the master to require a
seafarer to perform any hours of work necessary for
the immediate safety of the ship, persons on board
or cargo, or for the purpose of giving assistance to
other ships or persons in distress at sea.
A-VIII/1
Master may suspend the schedule of hours of rest
until the normal situation has been restored.
After normal situation has been restored, master
shall ensure that seafarers who performed work in a
scheduled rest period are provided with an
adequate period of rest
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Section
New provisions
New paragraph 9
Parties may allow exceptions from the required
hours of rest in paragraphs 2.2 and 3 above
provided that the rest period is not less than 70
hours in any 7-day period.
A-VIII/1
Exceptions from the weekly rest period provided
for in paragraph 2.2 shall not be allowed for more
than two consecutive weeks.
The Intervals between two periods of exceptions
on board shall not be less than twice the duration
of the exception
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New paragraph 9 (cont)
The hours of rest provided for in paragraph 2.1 may
be divided into no more than three periods:
one at least 6 hours in length; and
neither of the other two periods shall be < one hour
A-VIII/1
Intervals between consecutive periods of rest shall
not exceed 14 hours. Exceptions shall not extend
beyond two 24-hour periods in any 7-day period.
Exceptions shall, as far as possible, take into account
the guidance regarding prevention of fatigue in
section B-VIII/1
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New paragraph 10
Administrations shall establish,
alcohol abuse, a limit of:
for preventing
not > 0.05% blood alcohol level (BAC), or
A-VIII/1
0.25 mg/l alcohol in the breath, or
a quantity of alcohol leading to such alcohol
concentration for masters, officers and other
seafarers while performing designated safety,
security & marine environmental duties
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Section
New provisions
Part 3 – text of previous Section B-VIII/2, Part 3-1, paragraph
5 = New paragraph 8 – Watchkeeping principles in general
A-VIII/2
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Watches shall be carried out based on the following
Bridge & engine-room resource management
principles:
1.
Proper arrangements for watchkeeping personnel shall
be ensured in accordance with the situations;
2.
Any limitations in qualifications or fitness of individuals
shall be taken into account when deploying
watchkeeping personnel;
3.
Understanding of watchkeeping personnel regarding
their individual roles, responsibility and team roles shall
be established;
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New paragraph 8 (cont’d):
4. The master, chief engineer officer and officer in charge of
watch duties shall maintain a proper watch, making the
most effective use of resources available such as
information, installations/ equipment and other personnel;
A-VIII/2
5. Watchkeeping personnel shall understand functions and
operation of installations/equipment, and be familiar with
handling them;
6. Watchkeeping personnel shall understand information and
how
to
respond
to
information
from
each
station/installation/equipment;
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New paragraph 8 (cont’d)
A-VIII/2
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7.
Information from stations/installations/equipment shall
be shared, as appropriate, by all watchkeeping
personnel;
8.
Watchkeeping personnel shall maintain an exchange of
appropriate communication in any situation; and
9.
Watchkeeping personnel shall notify the master/chief
engineer officer/officer in charge of watch duties without
any hesitation when in doubt regarding action to be
taken in the interest of safety
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New provisions/amendments
Section
New provisions/amendments
Current Part 3 – Watchkeeping Principles – General:
renumbered as Part 4 and existing
Parts and
paragraphs renumbered accordingly
A-VIII/2
Part 4 – Watchkeeping at sea (formerly Part 3):
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Paragraph 10 (formerly paragraph 9) – Scope of
watchkeeping arrangements extended to include cargo
watch
Part 4-1 - Principles to be observed in keeping a navigational
watch (formerly Part 3-1):
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Paragraph 18 (formerly paragraph 17), sub paragraph .4:
now also includes ECDIS;
•
Paragraph 24 (formerly paragraph 23): sub paragraph 4
has been deleted; ***why
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Paragraph 27: has been deleted ***why
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Part 4-1 (cont’d):
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A-VIII/2
Paragraph 35: reference to SOLAS Chapter V
regulations updated;
Paragraph 47: amended by inserting “When using
ECDIS, appropriate usage code (scale) electronic
navigational charts shall be used and the ship’s
position shall be checked by an independent means of
position fixing at appropriate intervals. “
Part 4-2 – Principles to be observed in keeping an
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engineering watch (formerly paragraph 3-2):
Paragraph 52: references amended accordingly;
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New Part 5-6 – Cargo watch
A-VIII/2
New paragraph 107
Officers with responsibility for the planning and
conduct of cargo operations shall ensure that such
operations are conducted safely through the control
of the specific risks including when non-ship’s
personnel are involved
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Current paragraph 4 deleted
B-VIII/1
New paragraph 4 inserted and reads as:
“Exceptions provided for in section A-VIII/1,
paragraph 9, should be construed to mean the
exceptions laid down by the ILO Convention on
Seafarers’ Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships,
1996 (No.180) or the Maritime Labour Convention,
2006, when it enters into force.
The circumstances under which such exceptions are
applied should be defined by the Parties.”
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New guidance for ‘Prevention of drug and alcohol
abuse’:
B-VIII/1
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6 - Drug and alcohol abuse directly affect the fitness
and ability of a seafarer to perform watchkeeping
duties or duties that involve designated safety,
prevention of pollution and security duties. Seafarers
found to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol
should not be permitted to perform watchkeeping
duties or duties that involve designated safety,
prevention of pollution and security duties, until they
are no longer impaired in their ability to perform those
duties
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‘Prevention of drug and alcohol abuse’ (cont’d)
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B-VIII/1
Administrations should ensure that adequate measures are
taken to prevent alcohol and drugs from impairing the
ability of watchkeeping personnel and those whose duties
involve designated safety, prevention of pollution and
security duties, and should establish screening programmes
as necessary which:
.1 identify drug and alcohol abuse;
.2 respect
the
dignity,
privacy,
confidentiality
and
fundamental legal rights of the individuals concerned; and
3. take into account relevant international guidelines
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‘Prevention of drug and alcohol abuse’ (cont’d)
B-VIII/1
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Companies should consider the implementation of a
clearly written policy of drug and alcohol abuse prevention,
including prohibition to consume alcohol within four hours prior
to serving as a member of a watch either by inclusion in the
company’s quality-management system or by means of
providing adequate information and education to the seafarers.
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Those involved in establishing drug and alcohol abuse
prevention programmes should take into account guidance
contained in the ILO publication Drug and Alcohol Prevention
Programmes in the Maritime Industry (A Manual for Planners), as
may be amended.
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New provisions/amendments
A place holder reserved for: Part 3 –
Watchkeeping Principles in General ( presently no
provisions)
B-VIII/2
Consequently, existing Parts and paragraphs
have been renumbered accordingly
Former Part 3-1: Bridge resource managementparagraphs 4 & 5 - deleted
Former Part 3-2: Engine room resource
management - paragraphs 8.1 & 8.2 - deleted
Both Parts have now been moved to Section AVIII/2
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New guidance included for ‘Anchor watch’:
B-VIII/2
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The master of every ship at an unsheltered
anchorage, at an open roadstead or any other
virtually “at sea” conditions in accordance with
chapter VIII, section A-VIII/2, part 4-1, paragraph 51
of the STCW Code, should ensure that
watchkeeping arrangements are adequate for
maintaining a safe watch at all times. A deck
officer should at all times maintain responsibility for
a safe anchor watch.
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B-VIII/2
New provisions
‘Anchor watch’ (cont’d)
5 In determining the watchkeeping arrangements,
and commensurate with maintaining the ship’s
safety and security and the protection of the
marine environment, the master should take into
account all pertinent circumstances and conditions
such as:
1. Maintaining a continuous state of vigilance by sight and
hearing as well as by all other available means;
2. Ship-to-ship
and
ship-to-shore
communication
requirements;
3. The prevailing weather, sea, ice and current conditions;
4. The need to continuously monitor ship’s position;
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New provisions
‘Anchor watch’ (cont’d)
5. The nature, size and characteristics of
anchorage;
6. Traffic conditions;
7. Situations which might affect the security of
the ship;
8. Loading and discharging operations;
9. The designation of stand-by crew members;
and
10. The procedure to alert the master and
maintain engine readiness
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Amendments
Current Part 5 - Guidance on Prevention of
Drug and Alcohol Abuse – is deleted
B-VIII/2
Now covered by new paragraphs 5 – 8 in
Section in B-VIII/1, under “Prevention of drug
and alcohol abuse”
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