政策法规现行有效新加坡海运规则

No. 4 of 2019 - 2016 AMENDMENTS TO THE MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION, 2006

效力	法规类型	发布日期	生效日期	发文机构
现行有效	规范性文件	2019-04-01	2019-04-01	Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)

发布04-01

生效04-01

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新加坡海事及港务管理局（MPA）发布2019年第4号航运通告，实施《2006年海事劳工公约》（MLC, 2006）的2016年修正案。核心变更包括：允许在续期检验合格但新证书无法立即签发时，将《海事劳工证书》有效期延长不超过5个月；以及引入消除船上骚扰和霸凌的指导方针，要求将其纳入健康安全政策。该通告自2019-04-01起生效，适用于船东、船舶管理公司、船长、轮机长、海员及MPA认可组织（RO）。

MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

SHIPPING CIRCULAR

NO. 4 OF 2019

MPA Shipping Division

460 Alexandra Road

#21-00, PSA Building

Singapore 119963

www.mpa.gov.sg

01 April 2019

Applicable to: Ship owners, Ship operators and managers, masters, chief

engineers and seafarers, and MPA’s Recognised Organisations (RO)

2016 AMENDMENTS TO THE MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION, 2006

• Validity of the Maritime Labour Certificate

• Guidance on Eliminating Shipboard Harassment and Bullying

This circular highlights the 2016 amendments to the Maritime Labour

Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) (see Annex A).1 You may wish to note that there are

consequential amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention)

Act 2014, resulting from the adoption of the 2016 amendments to the MLC, 2006. The

Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2019 implements the

appropriate 2016 amendments of the MLC, 2006 and will enter into force on 01 April

2019 (see Annex B).2

Validity of the Maritime Labour Certificate: This is an amendment to

Regulation 5.1 of the MLC, 2006 and is intended to allow an extension of not more

than five months of the validity of the Maritime Labour Certificate issued for ships in

cases where the renewal inspection required by Standard A5.1.3, paragraph 2, has

been successfully completed, but a new Maritime Labour Certificate cannot

immediately be issued to that ship.

This amendment will be incorporated into the Merchant Shipping (Maritime

Labour Convention) Act 2014 through Part 1 of the Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous

Amendments) Act 2019.

Guidance on eliminating shipboard harassment and bullying: This is an

amendment to Guideline B4.3.1 of the MLC, 2006 and is aimed at eliminating

shipboard harassment and bullying by ensuring that these issues are covered by the

1 The 2016 amendments to the MLC, 2006 may be accessed at:

https://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/105/texts-adopted/WCMS_502375/lang--en/index.htm\.

2 The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2019 may be accessed at:

https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Acts-Supp/3-2019/Published/20190311?DocDate=20190311.

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health and safety policies and measures required by the MLC, 2006. This amendment

refers to the Guidance on eliminating shipboard harassment and bullying, which was

jointly developed by the International Chamber of Shipping and the International

Transport Workers’ Federation (see Annex C).3

This amendment has no consequential amendments to the Merchant Shipping

(Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014. Ship owners, Ship operators and managers,

masters, chief engineers and seafarers, should take into account the Guidance on

eliminating shipboard harassment and bullying and develop on board measures to

eliminate shipboard harassment and bullying.

Ship owners, Ship operators and managers, masters, chief engineers and

seafarers, and MPA’s Recognised Organisations (RO) should take note of these 2016

amendments to the MLC, 2006. No amendments to the Declaration of Maritime Labour

Compliance (DMLC) Part II are required.

Any queries regarding this circular should be directed to the Seafarers

Management Department (Email: mmo@mpa.gov.sg; Tel: +65 6375 6224).

CAPT DAKNASH GANASEN

DIRECTOR OF MARINE

MARITIME AND PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

3 The guidance may be accessed at http://www.ics-shipping.org/docs/harassmentandbullying.

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