Developed by a joint working group of the International Labour Organization and IMO, these guidelines are designed to help Administrations, shipowners and seafarers meet their obligations under ILO Convention N. 180 (Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention) and IMO's STCW Convention, 1978, as amended in 1995. They provide a standardized table showing shipboard working arrangements, a standard format for records of seafarer's daily hours of work and rest and guidelines for monitoring compliance.
Guidelines for the Development of Tables of Seafarers Shipboard Working Arrangements and Formats of Records of Seafarers Hors of Work or Hours of Rest
Appendix 1 Seafarers Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships Convention, 1996 (no. 180)
Appendix 2 Relevant requirements of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended in 1995, and of the STCW Code
Appendix 3 Model format for a table of shipboard working arrangements
Appendix 4 Model format for records of hours of work or hours of rest of seafarers
As a specialized agency of the United Nations, IMO is the global standard-setting authority for the safety, security and environmental performance of international shipping. Its main role is to create a regulatory framework for the shipping industry that is fair and effective, universally adopted and universally implemented.
In other words, its role is to create a level playing-field so that ship operators cannot address their financial issues by simply cutting corners and compromising on safety, security and environmental performance. This approach also encourages innovation and efficiency.
Shipping is a truly international industry, and it can only operate effectively if the regulations and standards are themselves agreed, adopted and implemented on an international basis. And IMO is the forum at which this process takes place.
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