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Guidance: MGN 479 (M) Maritime labour convention 2006 repatriation of seafarers

Maritime Coastguard Agency

October 4
15:19 2022

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This notice should be read with Part 6 of the merchant shipping (maritime labour convention) (minimum requirements for Seafarers etc.) regulations 2014 (the MLC minimum requirements regulations) and replaces MGN 479 (M).

Amendment 1 refers to the guidance in MGN 477 amendment 4 on the maximum period of sea service, includes additional guidance on the costs of quarantine, and other minor editorial changes for clarification.

Notice to

  • shipowners
  • ship operators and ship managers
  • employers of seafarers
  • masters
  • officers and seafarers on sea-going ships ordinarily engaged in commercial operations.
Published 4 October 2022

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