Guidance

MIN 632 Amendment 2 COVID-19 Extension of seafarer employment agreements

Valid till 30th April 2021. Ship owners, of UK flag ships, to notify the MCA (mlc@mcga.gov.uk) of any seafarers remaining on board beyond their contracted period.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Published: 27 January 2021

This publication was withdrawn on 1 June 2021

MIN 632 Amendment 2 has been replaced by MIN 632 Amendment 3.

Documents

MIN 632 (M) Amendment 2 COVID-19 Extension to seafarer employment agreements

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Details

Amendment 2 - owing to the likely continued risk of disruption to travel of seafarers around the world, this amendment sets stricter criteria for the approval of extensions of SEAs and encourages shipowners to plan their repatriation arrangements for seafarers in good time ahead of the maximum 11 months permitted on board ships.

This is to avoid exceeding the statutory maximum period of time the MLC permits a seafarer to remain onboard, when there are late changes to travel arrangements caused by restrictions which would affect the planned repatriation route or the sourcing of replacement crew.

This notice should be read with the merchant shipping (maritime labour convention) (minimum standards for seafarers, etc) regulations 2014 and replaces MIN 632(M) amendment 1.

This notice is valid till 30th April 2021

Notice to

• ship owners
• masters
• manning agents
• seafarers

Published 27 January 2021