COMMENCEMENT OF PSC INSPECTION CAMPAIGN ON HOURS OF REST
Hereby we inform you about the forthcoming CIC on Hours of Rest which commences on the 1st September 2014 and will be enforced until 30th November 2014. The purpose of the CIC is to ensure compliance that shipboard watch keeping personnel are meeting the requirements regarding hours of rest as per the STCW Convention 1978 as amended. The campaign is designed to examine a specific area and is not intended to detract from normal coverage of Port State Control Inspections. The CIC will be undertaken on every ship eligible for inspection during the period of this campaign.
Port State Control Officers (PSCOs) will be using a list of 10 selected questions (see below) and four additional questions for information purposes only, to verify those areas of hours of rest requirements and the Minimum Safe Manning Document.
Where deficiencies are identified, actions by the attending PSCOs may vary from recording a deficiency, to instructing the Master to rectify the deficiency within a certain period, to detaining the ship until more serious deficiencies have been rectified.
Relevant documentation:
- Minimum Safe Manning Document
- Crew List
- Table of Shipboard Working Arrangements
- Records of daily hours of rest / work
Other documents which may be of relevance during an inspection to confirm the accuracy of individual hours of rest records:
- Bridge and engine logbooks
- Sea passage planning
- Oil record book, Cargo record book
- Monthly account of wages
- Flag State Reports and previous PSC reports
- Safety Management System
- Muster List
- Ports of call
Best regards,
ISM/ISPS/MLC-2006 Department
Marine Safety Management ltd.
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