Recognizing that, because of the break out of the COVID-19, the whole Global Shipping market is dealing with many difficulties in conference legal needs stated in the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC 2006) and also various other appropriate IMO conventions.
Understanding that there is a requirement to handle such vital scenarios (such as prolonging durations of solution onboard of seafarers, postponing durations for studies, evaluations and also audits, and so on as needed) by embracing some crucial and also essential advice amongst the participant Authorities.
Also knowing that the Indian Ocean MOU’s among the key duties is to harmonise its port State control tasks in addition to the various other MOUs connected with IMO.
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The Member Authorities of the IOMOU have actually accepted embrace a crucial and also practical advice in one of the most useful and also integrated method.
This advice is ready based upon the basic concept that requests/issues from the operators/owners/managers would certainly be thought about on a case-to-case basis by the appropriate port State Authority.
In conformity with the advice, the port State Authority must ask for the operator/owner/manager worried to validate that the flag State and/or the RO, appropriate seafarers’ companies (as suitable) have actually been associated with the procedure.
For factor to consider of the demand by the port State Authority, operators/owners/ship supervisors worried must supply a strategy or procedure consisting of equal options to resolve the COVID-19 scenario and also letters of dispensation or exception released by the flag State or RO, under which the duration of poise for postponing studies, evaluations or audits must be mirrored, nonetheless, such duration presently, will not be surpassing greater than 3 months from the day of expiration of the relevant certifications, based on the appropriate policies of the conventions.
The advice will certainly be assessed upon any kind of future efforts taken by the IMO/ILO or growths of the scenario.
Reference: bimco.org
