Crew
Ship's manning
- Overview provisions for nationalities in manning of German-flagged ships
- IMO Crew list international voyages
- IMO Crew list national voyages
- Excerpt from the STCW Code - Ship at anchor
- STCW Circ.: Guidance for masters on keeping a safe anchor watch (STCW.7/Circ.14)
Working and living on board
- MLC Annual Report 2023 of the Ship Safety Division of BG Verkehr
- MLC Annual Report 2022 of the Ship Safety Division of BG Verkehr
- MLC Annual Report 2021 of the Ship Safety Division of BG Verkehr
- MLC Annual Report 2020 of the Ship Safety Division of BG Verkehr
- MLC Annual Report 2019 of the Ship Safety Division of BG Verkehr
- MLC Annual Report 2018 of the Ship Safety Division of BG Verkehr
Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) Infos
- MLC Info 08/2013 Certification of private recruitment and placement services
- MLC Info 07/2013 Omission residence permit for foreign crew members
- Compliance of the medical certificate with MLC and STCW
- MLC Info 05/2013 Paris MoU MLC
- MLC Info 04/2013 Inspection Medical Equipment (in German only)
- MLC Info 03/2013 Maritime Labour Act and several regulations
- MLC Info 02/2013 Seafarer's Identity Document and Records of Employment
- MLC Info 01/2013 Certification of private recruitment and placement services, II
- MLC Info 02/2012 Certification of private recruitment and placement services
- MLC Info 01/2012 Entry into force of the MLC, 2006
- MLC Info 01/2009 Information to the ILO Maritime Labour Convention
Legislative texts: Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), ILO Conventions No. 92 and 133, Maritime Labour Act and ordinances
- Maritime Labour Convention (MLC)
- Maritime Labour Act
- Summary Ordinances Maritime Labour Law
- Maritime Working Verification Ordinance (Seearbeitsüberprüfungs-Verordnung, MaritimeWorkO)
- Safe Manning Ordinance (Schiffsbesetzungsverordnung (SchBesV))
- Ordinance on Accommodation in Maritime Shipping (See-Unterkunftsverordnung)
- ILO Convention No. 92 - Crew accommodation (for older ships)
- ILO Convention No. 133 - Crew accommodation
- Ordinance on the table of shipboard working arrangements and records of hours of work in maritime shipping (See-Arbeitszeitnachweisverordnung - See- ArbZNV)
- Offshore Working Time Ordinance (Offshore-Arbeitszeitverordnung)
Information for practice
- Guidelines on the implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention on board of German-flagged ships (MLC-Guideline)
- ILO Guidelines for Flag State Inspections under MLC, 2006
- Guidelines for food hygiene
- Guidance on Eliminating Shipboard Harassment and Bullying (ICS/ITF)
Templates, documents
- Declaration of shipowner's responsibility
- Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance (DMLC) - Part I
- Verification List DMLC Part II
- Checklist - See-Unterkunfts-Verordnung
Employment agreements
- Model of a crew member's employment agreement
- German version: Heuertarifvertrag See (HTV See, valid from 01 July 2021)
- English version: Heuertarifvertrag See (HTV See, valid from 01 January 2020)
Hours of work and rest
- Record of hours of work
- Table shipboard working arrangements
- Annex 1 to the "Ordinance on the table of shipboard working arrangements and records of hours of work in maritime shipping" (See-Arbeitszeitnachweisverordnung): Model format for table of shipboard working arrangement
- Annex 2 to the "Ordinance on the table of shipboard working arrangements and records of hours of work in maritime shipping" (See-Arbeitszeitnachweisverordnung): Model format for records of hours of work and hours of rest of crew members