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Shipping: Standards & rights at workSeafarers' Identity Documents
The Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003, (No. 185) is in force as of 9 February 2005. There are arrangements concerning the list of Members which fully meet the minimum requirements concerning processes and procedures for the issue of seafarers' identity documents (pdf, 107k). The Governing Body, at its 297th Session (November 2006), approved a new list of products (pdf, 64.6k) that can now be identified as meeting the requirements of Convention No. 185 and the ILO SID-0002 standard. Reference Documents
Review of Seafarers' Identity Documents (SID) prototypes by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)The ICAO has offered to review prototypes of the SID, to verify that they comply with ICAO specifications for basic Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTD). Interested member States which have developed such documents are invited to submit them to the ICAO for review and tests of compatibility. Interested member States should contact: Mrs. Mary McMunn
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Updated by AV. Approved by DA/ET. Last update: 28 May 2008.
One
of the issues considered crucial for improving maritime security is ensuring
that seafarers have documents enabling their “positive verifiable
identification”. Many countries will be requiring such identification
before they are prepared to grant special facilities enabling seafarers
to carry out the international professional moves necessary for their work
and for their well-being. The 91st Session (June 2003) of the International
Labour Conference adopted the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention
(Revised), 2003 (No.185). 