In August 2014 the MLC 2006 convention came into force for all commercial (charter) yachts. This document mostly deals with crew protection while working aboard. It has been enforced to protect crew and to ensure they understand their rights.
It deals with working conditions and matters such as contracts, limited working hours, health insurance and repatriation are detailed within the document and will only come into effect once you are working onboard a commercial yacht.
Superyacht Crew International are compliant with the terms of 1.4 of the MLC 2006 and as such we have enforced several points to ensure a yachts compliancy also.
We require that the Captain of the yacht provides us with the yacht’s MLC 2006 Certificate.
We ask our clients to confirm your contract details with you prior to your commencement, where this is possible.
Your SEA (Seafarers Employment Agreement) should contain information that the owner has the means to protect you (the crew member) from being stranded in a foreign port. It is advised under the convention that you should have sighted your SEA prior to boarding the yacht.
Superyacht Crew International also has ensured that our operations comply with the MLC 2006 convention as follows:
As a crew member you should know that once you are employed and live and work onboard there may be disciplinary procedures consistent with national laws, which should be explained in full detail in your SEA. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have read and understood any disciplinary procedures, Code of Conduct expected and Standing Orders.
We need you to provide scans of your various documents via upload to our database as we are obliged to send these to our client:
Are you aware of your Seafarer rights and duties as per the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006? For information you are welcome follow these links:
Complete MLC 2006 convention Click here
Amendments to MLC 2006 Click here
What are the advantages of the MLC 2006? Click here