UK CHAMBER OF SHIPPING ANNUAL REVIEW 2012-2013
YEAR AHEAD APRIL / MAY
Likely adoption at the IMO Legal Committee of guidelines on the collation and preservation of evidence following an allegation of a serious crime on board a ship, or following a report of a missing person from a ship, and pastoral and medical care of victims.
UK Chamber to agree with Home Office revised entry clearance procedures for non-EEA seafarers wishing to enter the UK to join ships that will leave UK waters.
‘How to get into rating apprenticeship training’ leaflet to be produced as an easy guide to companies to set out the
facts, demystify the process and encourage rating training.
UK Chamber to publish revised and updated guidance to members on the Bribery Act 2010.
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Entry into force of amendments to STCW Convention on competency
Second stage of Careers at Sea and Beyond website due to be completed.
AUGUST
Developments in maritime security to be generally reviewed and work undertaken with the Royal Navy on the lessons learnt from piracy. UK hosts G8 conference on rebuilding Somalia.
JULY
Entry into force of Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC). Countries where the MLC is in force on that date will be
entitled to inspect any ship against the standards of the MLC, whether or not the ship’s flag state is a party to the MLC. The UK is expected to ratify shortly before this date.
KEY EVENTS OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS
standards. Any seafarers commencing their training on or after this date will need to follow courses conforming to the new standards.
Carriage of ECDIS mandated from this date for new cargo ships of more than 10,000GT – this is in accordance with the staged programme required by the SOLAS Convention.
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