1990, Labour Standards on Merchant Ships: Table of Contents


Description:(General Survey)
Convention:C147
Recommendation:R155
Subject classification: Seafarers
Document:(Report III Part 4B)
Session of the Conference:77
Subject: Seafarers
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Document No. (ilolex): 251990G01

Table of Contents

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Introduction 1-34

I. Background to the survey 1-3

II. Contents of Convention No. 147 and

Recommendation No. 155 4-6

III. Developments since 1976 7-11

IV. Registration of ships 12-15

V. Role of the International Maritime Organization 16

VI. Ratification of Convention No. 147 and

other relevant Conventions 17-18

VII. Prerequisites to ratification 19-30

(a) Relation of IMO instruments to

Convention No. 147 and their contents 19-27

(i) Safety of life at sea 21-23

(ii) Load lines 24-25

(iii) Collision prevention 26-27

(b) Countries not party to IMO instruments 28-29

(c) "Generally accepted" IMO instruments 30

VIII. Coming into force of Convention No. 147 31

IX. Available information 32-33

X. Outline of the survey 34

Chapter I. Scope of the instruments 35-51

I. "Ships" 36

II. "Sea-going" 37

III. "Publicly or privately owned" 38

IV. "Trade or ... other commercial purpose" 39

V. "Tugs" 40

VI. "Sail" ships 41

VII. "Fishing", "whaling" and "similar pursuits" 42

VIII. "Small vessels" 43-45

IX. "Oil rigs" and "drilling platforms", etc. 46

X. Inter-relationships of provisions as to scope 47-51

Chapter II. Labour standards to be applied under

Convention No. 147 and Recommendation No. 155 52-202

I. Undertaking "to have laws or regulations" 53-55

II. Application by the State to "ships registered

in its territory" 56-57

III. Undertaking as to the provisions of laws

and regulations 58-79

(a) "To satisfy itself" 58-61

(b) "Not otherwise bound" 62-64

(c) Substantial equivalence 65-79

IV. Safety standards 80-129

(a) Competency and qualifications 82-93

(i) Officers 85-88

(ii) Other crew members 89

(iii) Further guidance and information provided 90-93

(b) Hours of work and manning 94-101

(i) Hours of work 96-98

(ii) Manning 99-101

(c) Other safety standards 102-129

(i) Prevention of accidents 102-107

(ii) Minimum age 108-111

(iii) Medical examination 112-118

(iv) Crew accommodation 119-124

(v) Food and catering 125-129

V. Social security 130-155

(a) Sickness, injury and medical care 133-139

(b) Repatriation 140-146

(i) Convention No. 23 140-143

(ii) Convention No. 166 144-146

(c) More general social security measures 147-155

(i) Convention No. 70 149-150

(ii) Convention No. 165 151-155

VI. Shipboard conditions of employment

and living arrangements 156-180

(a) Shipboard conditions of employment 161-172

(i) Annual leave 163-165

(ii) Hours of work 166-167

(iii) Wages 168-170

(iv) Identity documents 171-172

(b) Shipboard living arrangements 173-180

(i) Crew accommodation 174-177

(ii) Food and catering 178-180

VII. Other matters referred to in the Conventions

appended to Convention No. 147 181-197

(a) Articles of agreement 182-186

(b) Freedom of association 187-197

VIII. Revision of standards 198-202

Chapter III. Vocational training of seafarers 203-208

Chapter IV. Engagement of seafarers 209-226

I. Engagement procedures 214-217

II. Complaints procedures 218-220

III. Advice to nationals 221-225

IV. Need for action as to engagement 226

Chapter V. Shipowners' and seafarers' organisations 227-238

I. Nature of the organisations 228-230

II. Role of the organisations 231-237

(a) Consultations as to policy 231

(b) Consultations as to procedures 232

(c) Consultations as to scope 233

(d) Collective agreements 234-235

(e) Co-operation in administration 236-237

III. The need for active shipowners' and

seafarers' organisations 238

Chapter VI. Jurisdiction and control 239-276

I. Undertaking "to exercise effective

jurisdiction or control" 240-245

II. Inspection and other means of control 246-256

III. Official inquiries into serious marine casualties 257-258

IV. Port state action 259-276

(a) Provisions of Convention No. 147 259-269

(b) Memorandum of Understanding on

Port State Control 270-271

(c) Other information provided 272-274

(d) Development of port state control 275-276

Chapter VII. Conclusions 277-293
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