Masters are responsible for ensuring that all officers, crew and gang members are rested in accordance with ILO requirements before performing their duties, and that each is clearly recorded. This is especially important during cargo operations, long pilotage and passage in confined waters.
If management feels that the estimated workload due to future operations requires additional resources for the manager to contact the management in a timely manner, abiding by the rules of rest / hours, maintaining ordered crewdata jobs.
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If the captain has any doubts about the ability of the ship’s personnel to continue the operation in the arm due to fatigue, he / she shall have the right to suspend the operation until it is satisfied that sufficient officers / crew are present rested to ensure safe operation.
Shipowners remain committed to the legislation regarding hours of rest. The company respects the industry’s best practices, which allow masters to stay on the bridge for long periods of time, while superiors remain on guard throughout the cargo operations, but having good work and rest planning can solve the sensitive problem of fatigue.
Rest / fatigue – each master and sailor is personally responsible for proper rest during duty, especially before observing at sea and in port, and getting proper rest during the allotted rest periods.
ILO legislation describes “Rest Hours” as off-hours, and does not include short breaks. A break of less than one hour is considered a “short break”.
Hours of operation – The captain and any crew must not work more hours than is safe for the ship and the duties. The captain is obliged to carry out this policy on board a ship under his command.
Shipowners take a proactive approach to compliance with health, safety and recreation rules for on-board gangs. They should be part of regular training and familiarized with the safety practices applicable to the crew. The Master is responsible for entering data and keeping records properly, and should therefore pay particular attention to leisure / riding records as they may not be well designed to meet the requirements and thus require compliance management.
ILO legislation describes “hours of work” as the time during which seafarers are required to do work at the expense of the ship, including hours spent on training and training and any other period of work that violates the intended rest period, e.g. meetings, ER tours, emergency responders, mooring stations, or any waiting conditions on the bridge, deck, or engine room. Drilling should be carried out in a manner that minimizes disruption of rest hours and does not cause fatigue. With regard to situations where a seafarer is on call, such as a UMS alarm, the seafarer is given a proper compensatory rest if the normal rest period is disturbed by the weekend.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the captain has the authority to suspend the resting schedule and to require from the seafarer any hours of work required for the immediate safety of the vessel,
board or cargo, or to assist other ships or persons in distress at sea.
