Merchant Shipping (Seafarers Shipboard Facilities) Regulation
PART II - ACCOMMODATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Bedding, mess utensils and miscellaneous provisions
Improvement of food services aboard ship
SCHEDULE I - MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT PART V – Crewmen - Division 5.—Crew Accommodation SCHEDULE II - MERCHANT SHIPPING (CREWMEN) REGULATION PART VI.—ACCOMMODATION AND PROVISIONS. Division 1.—Crew Accommodation. Division 2.—Provisions, etc. Division 3.—Medical Stores, etc.
SCHEDULE IV - MERCHANT SHIPPING (CREWMEN) REGULATION
SCHEDULE 6 - MEDICINES AND MEDICAL AND SURGICAL STORES.
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers Shipboard Facilities) Regulation
MADE under the Merchant Shipping Act.PART I. —PRELIMINARY. Interpretation.
In this Regulation, unless the contrary intention appears—
“NMSA” means the National Maritime Safety Authority established by the National Maritime Safety Authority Act 2003; “seafarer” means any person who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship to which this Regulation applies; “ship” means a ship other than one which navigates exclusively in inland waters or waters within, or closely adjacent to, sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply; “shipowner” means the owner of the ship or another organization or person, such as the manager, agent or bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the ship from the owner and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over the duties and responsibilities imposed on shipowners in accordance with this Regulations, regardless of whether any other organization or persons fulfil certain of the duties or responsibilities on behalf of the shipowner.
The requirements of this Regulation that relate to ship construction and
equipment apply only to ships constructed on or after the date when this Regulation comes into force.
For ships constructed prior to the coming into force of this Regulation, the requirements relating to ship construction and equipment shall be those set out in the Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter No. 242) – Part V – “Crewmen” and Regulations made under that Part.
These provisions are set forth in Schedules I to IV of this Regulation and shall continue to apply to the extent that they were applicable prior to the date of the coming into force of this Regulation.
A ship shall be deemed to have been constructed on the date when its keel is laid or when it is at a similar stage of construction.
Ships that have been imported into Papua New Guinea after the
coming into force of this Regulation, will be required, to the extent possible and practicable, to meet the Regulations for accommodation, recreational facilities, mess rooms, galleys, washrooms and toilet facilities, and store rooms specified in this Regulation at the discretion of the NMSA.
PART II - ACCOMMODATION AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES Accommodation (1)
The owners of Papua New Guinea ships shall provide and maintain
reasonable accommodation and recreational facilities for seafarers working or living on board, or both, consistent with promoting the seafarers’ health and well-being.
The owners of Papua New Guinea ships shall ensure that their ships
meet minimum standards to ensure that any accommodation for seafarers, working or living on board, or both, is safe, reasonably spacious, clean and hygienic and in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Regulation.
Ships to which this Regulation applies shall be periodically inspected
by the NMSA to ensure initial and ongoing compliance with these provisions.
The inspections referred to in Subsection (3) of this Section shall be
a ship is registered or re-registered; or
the seafarer accommodation on a ship has been substantially altered.
Inspections referred to in Subsection (3) of this Section shall take into
account health and safety protection and accident prevention, in light of the specific needs of seafarers that both live and work on board ship.
The NMSA shall pay particular attention to ensuring implementation
of the requirements of this Regulation relating to:
the size of rooms and other accommodation spaces;
noise and vibration and other ambient factors;
hospital accommodation (if required to be provided).
With respect to general requirements for accommodation:
there shall be adequate headroom in all seafarer accommodation; the minimum permitted headroom in all seafarer accommodation where full and free movement is necessary shall be not less than 203 centimetres; the NMSA may permit some limited reduction in headroom in any space, or part of any space, in such accommodation where it is satisfied that such reduction: (i)
will not result in discomfort to the seafarers;
the accommodation shall be adequately insulated to prevent excessive heat or cold;
in ships other than passenger ships, sleeping rooms shall be situated above the load line amidships or aft, except that in exceptional cases, where the size, type or intended service of the ship renders any other location impracticable, sleeping rooms may be located in the fore part of the ship, but in no case forward of the collision bulkhead;
there shall be no direct openings into sleeping rooms from cargo and machinery spaces or from galleys, storerooms, drying rooms or communal sanitary areas; that part of a bulkhead separating such places from sleeping rooms and external bulkheads shall be efficiently constructed of steel or other approved substance and be watertight and gas-tight;
materials used to construct internal bulkheads, panelling and sheathing, floors and joinings shall be suitable for the purpose and conducive to ensuring a healthy environment;
proper lighting and sufficient drainage shall be provided.
External bulkheads of sleeping rooms and mess rooms should be
adequately insulated. All machinery casings and all boundary bulkheads of galleys and other spaces in which heat is produced should be adequately insulated where there is a possibility of resulting heat effects in adjoining accommodation or passageways. Measures should also be taken to provide protection from heat effects of steam or hot-water service pipes or both.
Sleeping rooms, mess rooms, recreation rooms and alleyways in the
accommodation space should be adequately insulated to prevent condensation or overheating.
The bulkhead surfaces and deckheads should be of material with a
surface easily kept clean. No form of construction likely to harbour vermin should be used.
The bulkhead surfaces and deckheads in sleeping rooms and mess
rooms should be capable of being easily kept clean and light in colour with a durable, non-toxic finish.
The decks in all seafarer accommodation should be of approved
material and construction and should provide a non-slip surface impervious to damp and easily kept clean.
Ventilation and heating/cooling (1)
With respect to requirements for ventilation and heating:
sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately ventilated;
ships, except those regularly engaged in trade where temperate climatic conditions do not require this, shall be equipped with sufficient fans and/or forced air ventilation or air conditioning for seafarer accommodation, for any separate radio room and for any centralized machinery control room;
all sanitary spaces shall have ventilation to the open air, independently of any other part of the accommodation; and
adequate heat through an appropriate heating system shall be provided, except in ships exclusively on voyages in tropical climates.
The system of ventilation for sleeping rooms and mess rooms should
be controlled so as to maintain the air in a satisfactory condition and to ensure a sufficiency of air movement in all conditions of weather and climate.
Air-conditioning systems, whether of a centralized or individual unit
maintain the air at a satisfactory temperature and relative humidity as compared to outside air conditions, ensure a sufficiency of air changes in all air-conditioned spaces, take account of the particular characteristics of operations at sea and not produce excessive noises or vibrations; and
facilitate easy cleaning and disinfection to prevent or control the spread of disease.
Power for the operation of the air conditioning and other aids to
ventilation required by the preceding Subsections of this Regulation should be available at all times when seafarers are living or working on board and conditions so require. However, this power need not be provided from an emergency source. 4. Lighting With respect to requirements for lighting, subject to such special arrangements
as may be permitted in passenger ships, sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be lit by natural light and provided with adequate artificial light.
Sleeping accommodation (1)
When sleeping accommodation on board ships is required, the
following requirements for sleeping rooms apply:
in ships other than passenger ships, an individual sleeping room shall be provided for each seafarer; in the case of ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage or special purpose ships, exemptions from this requirement may be granted by the NMSA after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations concerned;
separate sleeping rooms shall be provided for men and for women;
sleeping rooms shall be of adequate size and properly equipped so as to ensure reasonable comfort and to facilitate tidiness;
a separate berth for each seafarer shall in all circumstances be provided;
the minimum inside dimensions of a berth shall be at least 198 centimetres by 80 centimetres;
in single berth seafarers’ sleeping rooms the floor area shall not be less than: (i)
4.5 square metres in ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage;
5.5 square metres in ships of 3,000 gross tonnage or over but less than 10,000 gross tonnage;
7 square metres in ships of 10,000 gross tonnage or over;
however, in order to provide single berth sleeping rooms on ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage, passenger ships and special purpose ships, the NMSA may allow a reduced floor area;
in ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage other than passenger ships and special purpose ships, sleeping rooms may be occupied by a maximum of two seafarers; the floor area of such sleeping rooms shall not be less than 7 square metres;
on passenger ships and special purpose ships the floor area of sleeping rooms for seafarers not performing the duties of ships’ officers shall not be less than: (i)
7.5 square metres in rooms accommodating two persons;
11.5 square metres in rooms accommodating three persons;
14.5 square metres in rooms accommodating four persons;
on special purpose ships sleeping rooms may accommodate more than four persons; the floor area of such sleeping rooms shall not be less than 3.6 square metres per person;
on ships other than passenger ships and special purpose ships, sleeping rooms for seafarers who perform the duties of ships’ officers, where no private sitting room or day room is provided, the floor area per person shall not be less than: (i)
7.5 square metres in ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage;
8.5 square metres in ships of 3,000 gross tonnage or over but less than 10,000 gross tonnage;
10 square metres in ships of 10,000 gross tonnage or over;
on passenger ships and special purpose ships the floor area for seafarers performing the duties of ships’ officers where no private sitting room or day room is provided, the floor area per person for junior officers shall not be less than 7.5 square metres and for senior officers not less than 8.5 square metres; junior officers are understood to be at the operational level, and senior officers at the management level;
the master, the chief engineer and the chief navigating officer shall have, in addition to their sleeping rooms, an adjoining sitting room, day room or equivalent additional space; ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage may be exempted by the NMSA from this requirement after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations concerned;
for each occupant, the furniture shall include a clothes locker of ample space (minimum 475 litres) and a drawer or equivalent space of not less than 56 litres; if the drawer is incorporated in the clothes locker then the combined minimum volume of the
clothes locker shall be 500 litres; it shall be fitted with a shelf and be able to be locked by the occupant so as to ensure privacy;
each sleeping room shall be provided with a table or desk, which may be of the fixed, drop-leaf or slide-out type, and with comfortable seating accommodation as necessary.
As far as practicable, sleeping rooms of seafarers should be so
arranged that watches are separated and that no seafarers working during the day share a room with watchkeepers.
Space occupied by berths and lockers, chests of drawers and seats
should be included in the measurement of the floor area. Small or irregularly shaped spaces which do not add effectively to the space available for free movement and cannot be used for installing furniture should be excluded.
Berths should not be arranged in tiers of more than two; in the case of
berths placed along the ship’s side, there should be only a single tier where a sidelight is situated above a berth.
The lower berth in a double tier should be not less than 30 centimetres
above the floor; the upper berth should be placed approximately midway between the bottom of the lower berth and the lower side of the deckhead beams.
Sleeping rooms should be fitted with curtains or equivalent for the
sidelights. 6. Mess rooms (1)
With respect to requirements for mess rooms: (a)
mess rooms shall be located apart from the sleeping rooms and as close as practicable to the galley; ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage may be exempted by the NMSA from this requirement after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations concerned; and
mess rooms shall be of adequate size and comfort and properly furnished and equipped (including ongoing facilities for refreshment), taking account of the number of seafarers likely to use them at any one time; provision shall be made for separate or common mess room facilities as appropriate.
On ships other than passenger ships, the floor area of mess rooms for
seafarers should be not less than 1.5 square metres per person of the planned seating capacity.
In all ships, mess rooms should be equipped with tables and
appropriate seats, fixed or movable, sufficient to accommodate the greatest number of seafarers likely to use them at any one time.
There should be available at all times when seafarers are on board:
a refrigerator, which should be conveniently situated and of sufficient capacity for the number of persons using the mess room or mess rooms;
Sanitary facilities (1)
With respect to requirements for sanitary facilities: (a)
all seafarers shall have convenient access on the ship to sanitary facilities meeting minimum standards of health and hygiene and reasonable standards of comfort, with separate sanitary facilities being provided for men and for women;
there shall be sanitary facilities within easy access of the navigating bridge and the machinery space or near the engine room control centre; ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage may be exempted by the NMSA from this requirement after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations concerned;
in all ships a minimum of one toilet, one wash basin and one tub or shower or both for every six persons or less who do not have personal facilities shall be provided at a convenient location;
with the exception of passenger ships, each sleeping room shall be provided with a washbasin having hot and cold running fresh water, except where such a washbasin is situated in the private bathroom provided;
in passenger ships normally engaged on voyages of not more than four hours’ duration, consideration may be given by the NMSA to special arrangements or to a reduction in the number of facilities required; and
hot and cold running fresh water shall be available in all wash places.
Washbasins and tub baths should be of adequate size and constructed
of approved material with a smooth surface not liable to crack, flake or corrode.
All toilets should be of an approved pattern and provided with an
ample flush of water or with some other suitable flushing means, such as air, which are available at all times and independently controllable.
Sanitary accommodation intended for the use of more than one person
floors should be of approved durable material, impervious to damp, and should be properly drained;
bulkheads should be of steel or other approved material and should be watertight up to at least 23 centimetres above the level of the deck;
the accommodation should be sufficiently lit, heated and ventilated;
toilets should be situated convenient to, but separate from, sleeping rooms and wash rooms, without direct access from the sleeping rooms or from a passage between sleeping rooms and toilets to which there is no other access; this requirement does not apply where a toilet is located in a compartment between two sleeping rooms having a total of not more than four seafarers; and
where there is more than one toilet in a compartment, they should be sufficiently screened to ensure privacy.
Where separate facilities for engine department personnel to change
their clothes are provided, they should be:
located outside the machinery space but with easy access to it; and
fitted with individual clothes lockers as well as with tubs or showers or both and washbasins having hot and cold running fresh water.
Laundry facilities (1)
Appropriately situated and furnished laundry facilities shall be
All ships shall have a space or spaces on open deck to which the
seafarers can have access when off duty, which are of adequate area having regard to the size of the ship and the number of seafarers on board.
The laundry facilities provided for seafarers’ use should include: (a)
drying machines or adequately heated and ventilated drying rooms; and
irons and ironing boards or their equivalent.
Bedding, mess utensils and miscellaneous provisions Shipowners to whom this Regulation applies shall supply:
clean bedding, towels and mess utensils to all seafarers for use on board during service on the ship, and such seafarers should be responsible for their return at times specified by the master and on completion of service in the ship;
bedding should be of good quality, and plates, cups and other mess utensils should be of approved material which can be easily cleaned; and
soap and toilet paper for all seafarers should be provided by the shipowner.
Prevention of noise and vibration
Accommodation, recreational and catering facilities should be located
as far as practicable from the engines, steering gear rooms, deck winches, ventilation, heating and air-conditioning equipment and other noisy machinery and apparatus and in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Seafarers Health and Welfare) Regulation.
Acoustic insulation or other appropriate sound-absorbing materials
should be used in the construction and finishing of bulkheads, deckheads and decks within the sound-producing spaces as well as self-closing noise-isolating doors for machinery spaces.
Engine rooms and other machinery spaces should be provided,
wherever practicable, with soundproof centralized control rooms for engine-room personnel. Working spaces, such as the machine shop, should be insulated, as far as practicable, from the general engine-room noise and measures should be taken to reduce noise in the operation of machinery, in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Seafarers Health and Welfare) Regulation.
The limits for noise levels for working and living spaces should be in
conformity with International Labour Organisation guidelines on exposure and, where applicable, the specific protection recommended by the International Maritime Organization, and with any subsequent amending and supplementary instruments for acceptable noise levels on board ships.
No accommodation or recreational or catering facilities should be
Ship’s Office All ships shall be provided with separate offices or a common ship’s office for
use by deck and engine departments; ships of less than 3,000 gross tonnage may be exempted by the NMSA from this requirement after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations concerned. 12. Recreational facilities (1)
Appropriate seafarers’ recreational facilities, amenities and services,
shall be provided on board for the benefit of all seafarers, taking into account their well-being and need for off-duty activities, as well as on health and safety protection and accident prevention.
Recreational facilities and services should be reviewed frequently to
ensure that they are appropriate in the light of changes in the needs of seafarers resulting from technical, operational and other developments in the shipping industry.
Where possible and practicable, seafarers should be given reasonable
access to ship-to-shore telephone communications, and email and Internet facilities, where available, with any charges for the use of these services being reasonable in amount.
Shipowners and masters shall ensure that every effort is made to
ensuring that the forwarding of seafarers’ mail is as reliable and expeditious as
possible. Efforts should also be considered for avoiding seafarers being required to pay additional postage when mail has to be readdressed owing to circumstances beyond their control. 13. Master’s duties The master shall carry out frequent inspections to ensure that the seafarer’s
accommodation is clean, habitable and maintained in a good state of repair. The results of each such inspection shall be recorded in the Official Log Book and be available for review by the NMSA. 14. Culture and Religion In the case of ships where there is need to take account, without
discrimination, of the interests of seafarers having differing and distinctive religious and social practices, the NMSA may, after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations concerned, permit fairly applied variations in respect of this Regulation on condition that such variations do not result in overall facilities less favourable than those which would result from the application of this Regulation. 15. Exemptions (1)
The NMSA may, after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’
organizations, exempt ships of less than 200 gross tonnage where it is reasonable to do so, taking account of the size of the ship and the number of persons on board.
Any exemptions with respect to the requirements of this Regulation
may be made only where they are expressly permitted in this Regulation and only for particular circumstances in which such exemptions can be clearly justified on strong grounds and subject to protecting the seafarers’ health and safety.
PART III - FOOD AND CATERING Food preparation and service (1)
The owners of all Papua New Guinea ships shall carry on board, and
serve, food and drinking water of appropriate quality, nutritional value and quantity that adequately covers the requirements of the ship and takes into account the differing cultural and religious backgrounds of the seafarers on board.
Shipowners and masters shall ensure that their ships meet the
food and drinking water supplies, having regard to the number of seafarers on board, their religious requirements and cultural practices as they pertain to food, and the duration and nature of the voyage, shall be suitable in respect of quantity, nutritional value, quality and variety;
the organization and equipment of the catering department shall be such as to permit the provision to the seafarers of adequate, varied and nutritious meals prepared and served in hygienic conditions.
Seafarers on board a ship shall be provided with food free of charge
Ship’s Cooks (1)
Seafarers employed as ships’ cooks with responsibility for food preparation and catering staff shall be properly trained or
instructed for their positions must be trained and qualified for their position on board ship.
The training referred to in paragraph (a) above shall include a completion of a training course approved or recognized by the NMSA, which covers practical cookery, food and personal hygiene, food storage, stock control, and environmental protection and catering health and safety.
Seafarers should only be qualified as ships’ cooks if they have: (a)
served at sea for a minimum period to be prescribed by the NMSA, which could be varied to take into account existing relevant qualifications or experience;
passed an examination prescribed by the NMSA or passed an equivalent examination at an approved training course for cooks.
The prescribed examination may be conducted and certificates granted
either directly by the NMSA or, subject to its control, by an approved school for the training of cooks.
The NMSA should provide for the recognition, where appropriate, of
certificates of qualification as ships’ cooks issued by other States, which have ratified an appropriate international convention or certified an internationally recognised institution.
On ships operating with a prescribed manning of less than ten which,
by virtue of the size of the crew or the trading pattern, may not be required by the competent authority to carry a fully qualified cook, anyone processing food in the galley shall be trained or instructed in areas including food and personal hygiene as well as handling and storage of food on board ship.
In circumstances of exceptional necessity, the NMSA may issue a
dispensation permitting a non-fully qualified cook to serve in a specified ship for a specified limited period, until the next convenient port of call or for a period not exceeding one month, provided that the person to whom the dispensation is issued is trained or instructed in areas including food and personal hygiene as well as handling and storage of food on board ship. 18. Master’s inspections (1)
The master shall carry out frequent inspections in respect of: (a)
all spaces and equipment used for the storage and handling of food and drinking water; and
galley and other equipment for the preparation and service of meals.
The results of each such inspection shall be recorded in the Official
Log Book and be available for review by the NMSA. 19. Improvement of food services aboard ship (1)
The NMSA should, in cooperation with other relevant agencies and
organizations (especially the Papua New Guinea Maritime College), collect up-to-date information on nutrition and on methods of purchasing, storing, preserving, cooking and serving food, with special reference to the requirements of catering on board a ship. This information should be made available, free of charge or at reasonable cost, to manufacturers of and traders in ships’ food supplies and equipment, masters, stewards and cooks, and to shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations. Appropriate forms of publicity, such as manuals, brochures, posters, charts or advertisements in trade journals, should be used for this purpose.
The NMSA should issue recommendations to avoid wastage of food,
facilitate the maintenance of a proper hygiene regime aboard ship, and ensure the maximum practicable convenience in working arrangements.
The NMSA should work in close cooperation with the shipowners’ and
seafarers’ organizations concerned and with national or local authorities dealing with questions of food and health, and may where necessary utilize the services of such authorities.
SCHEDULE I MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT Division 5.—Crew Accommodation. Crew accommodation.
A ship must have accommodation exclusively reserved for the use of
The accommodation referred to in Subsection (1) shall be known as the
The crew accommodation of a ship must be of the prescribed standard.
An owner or master of a ship who permits the ship to go to sea without
crew accommodation of the prescribed standard is guilty of an offence. Penalty:
Minister to obtain report from Committee of Advice. [Repealed] Regulations for crew accommodation.
The regulations may make provision, not inconsistent with this Division, for and in relation to—
the crew accommodation requirements for new and existing ships; and
the minimum space per man which must be provided by way of sleeping accommodation for crewmen and the maximum number of persons by whom a specified part of such sleeping accommodation may be used; and
the position in a ship in which the crew accommodation or any part of the crew accommodation is to be located; and
the standards to be observed in the construction, equipment, ventilation, lighting, heating and furnishing of crew accommodation; and
the provision of washing, sanitary, toilet, messing and hospital facilities for crewmen; and
the standards of maintenance of crew accommodation; and
the prohibition or restriction, of the use of crew accommodation for purposes other than those for which it is designed; and
the determination by the Authority of the crew accommodation requirements for existing ships; and
the particulars of the fines to be paid under Section 128.
SCHEDULE II MERCHANT SHIPPING (CREWMEN) REGULATION
PART VI.—ACCOMMODATION AND PROVISIONS.
Division 1.—Crew Accommodation. Crew accommodation.
The crew accommodation in a ship shall be— (a)
except in the case of store rooms, kept free of goods and stores not belonging to the crew.
The master of a ship shall inspect every part of the crew accommodation of the
ship at intervals of not more than 30 days and, on each inspection, shall be accompanied by a crewman. 22. Complaints about crew accommodation.
an officer of an industrial organization representing a crewman; or
belonging to a ship complain to the Safety Officer that the crew accommodation in the ship is not in accordance with this Regulation, the Safety Officer shall direct a surveyor to inspect the crew accommodation of the ship. (2)
received a direction under Subsection (1); and
inspected the crew accommodation of a ship,
shall submit a written report to the Safety Officer. 23. Crew accommodation requirements.
The crew accommodation requirements for new ships are as specified in
The crew accommodation requirements in the case of a new ship of— (a)
500 t or more are as specified in Part A of Schedule 5; and
20 m or more in length and less than 500 t are as specified in Part B of Schedule 5; and
less than 20 m in length are as specified in Part C of Schedule 5.
In the case of an existing ship the Safety Officer may, if he is not satisfied as
to the standard of the crew accommodation of the ship, require such modification to be made to the crew accommodation as he determines. (4)
In making a requirement under Subsection (3), the Safety Officer shall have
Where a particular fitting, furnishing, appliance or standard of construction or
fitting is required under this Regulation, the Safety Officer may, if he is satisfied that another fitting, furnishing, appliance or standard of construction or fitting, as the case may be, is equivalent to, or superior to, that required under this Regulation, permit that other fitting, furnishing, appliance or standard of construction or fitting to be fitted, carried or used in the ship. (6)
a ship is in the course of being built, chartered or purchased; and
the person to whose order the ship is being so built, chartered or purchased intends that the ship shall be a ship to which Part V of the Act applies,
he shall submit to the Safety Officer a plan of the ship showing clearly the proposed—
construction of crew accommodation in a new ship; or
any substantial alteration or reconstruction is commenced in an existing ship,
detailed plans of the crew accommodation of the ship shall be submitted to the Safety Officer. 24. Annual inspections of crew accommodation.
The Safety Officer may request a surveyor to carry out an inspection of the
as soon as is practicable after the ship is first registered; and
at yearly intervals after the first registration of the ship.
A surveyor who has carried out an inspection under this section shall make a
written report to the Safety Officer. 25. Hospital accommodation.
The hospital accommodation in a ship designated as hospital accommodation for the crew of the ship shall not be used for other than a medical or surgical purpose.
Provisions and water.
Subject to this section, a ship shall carry provisions and water in accordance
to which a Shipping Officer makes no objection; and
agreed between the employer and the crewmen employed in the ship.
A Shipping Officer shall, in making an objection to a scale referred to in
the number of crewmen employed in the ship; and
the duration and nature of the voyage to be undertaken; and
the quantity, quality, nutritive value and variety of the provisions; and
The provisions and water carried in a ship shall— (a)
likely to cause sickness or injury to health; or
which may render the provisions or water unpalatable or unfit for human consumption.
The provisions and water carried in a ship shall be provided to the crew in
in the case of water or fresh provisions—daily; and
A ship shall carry such weighing and measuring apparatus as is necessary for
the purpose of weighing and measuring accurately the provisions and water carried in the ship. (6)
the provisions and water provided for the use of the crew; and
the weighing and measuring apparatus referred to in Subsection (5).
Where a Shipping Officer is of the opinion that the— (a)
carried in a ship are not in accordance with this Regulation he may require the owner or the master of the ship to take such action as is necessary to comply with this Regulation.
Division 3.—Medical Stores, etc. Medical attendants and medical stores.
medical and surgical stores and appliances; and
instructions for the use of such medicines, stores and appliances,
to be carried in a ship are as specified in Schedule 6. (2)
carrying more than 100 persons on board; and
proceeding on a voyage other than a Papua New Guinea Voyage— (i)
of a distance of more than 750 nautical miles; or
where more than three days are likely to elapse between consecutive ports,
medical and surgical stores and appliances; and
instructions for the use of such medicines, stores and appliances to be carried in a ship,
as are specified in Part A of Schedule 6. (3)
a voyage other than a Papua New Guinea Voyage, being a ship to which Subsection (2) does not apply; or
a Papua New Guinea Voyage where more than two days are likely to elapse between consecutive ports,
medical and surgical stores and appliances; and
instructions for the use of such medicines, stores and appliances to be carried in a ship,
as are specified in Part B of Schedule 6. (4)
A ship that is a ship to which Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply shall carry
medical and surgical stores and appliances; and
instructions for the use of such medicines, stores and appliances to be carried in a ship,
as are specified in Part C of Schedule 6. (5)
A ship shall carry storage facilities of a size, design and construction suitable
for the safe custody and storage of the medicines, medical and surgical stores and appliances required to be carried in the ship.
SCHEDULE III MERCHANT SHIPPING (CREWMEN) REGULATION Schedule 5.1. General requirements
(1) The location, means of access, structure and arrangement in relation to other spaces of
crew accommodation shall be such as to ensure adequate security, protection against weather and sea, and insulation from heat or cold, undue noise or effluvia from other spaces.
(2) There shall be no direct openings into sleeping rooms from spaces for cargo and
machinery or from galleys, lamp and paint rooms, or from engine, deck and other bulk storerooms, drying rooms, communal wash places or water closets- That part of the bulkhead separating such places from sleeping rooms and external bulkheads shall be efficiently constructed of steel or other approved substance and shall be watertight and gastight.
(3) External bulkheads of sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately insulated. All
machinery casings and all boundary bulkheads of galleys and other spaces in which heat is produced shall be adequately insulated where there is a possibility of resulting heat effects in adjoining accommodation or passageways. Care shall also be taken to provide protection from heat effects of steam and/or hot-water service pipes.
(4) Internal bulkheads shall be of approved material which is not likely to harbour vermin.
(5) Sleeping rooms, mess rooms, recreation rooms and alley-ways in the crew accommodation
space shall be adequately insulated to prevent condensation or over-heating.
(6) Main steam and exhaust pipes for winches and similar gear shall not pass through crew
accommodation or, whenever technically possible, through alley-ways leading to crew accommodation; where they do pass through such alley-ways they shall be adequately insulated and encased.
(7) Inside panelling or sheeting shall be of material with a surface easily kept clean- Tongued
and grooved boarding or any other form of construction likely to harbour vermin shall not be used.
(8) The Safety Officer shall decide to what extent fire-prevention or fire-retarding measures
shall be required EO be taken in the construction of the accommodation.
(9) The wall surface and deckheads in sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be capable of
being easily kept clean and, if painted, shall be light in colour; lime wash must not be used.
(10) The wall surfaces shall be renewed or restored as necessary.
(11) The decks in all crew accommodation shall be of approved material and construction and
shall provide a surface impervious to damp and easily kept clean.
(12) Where the floorings are of composition the joining with sides shall be rounded to avoid
(13) Sufficient drainage shall be provided.
Schedule 5.2- Ventilation.
(1) Sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately ventilated.
(2) The system of ventilation shall be controlled so as Co maintain the air in a satisfactory
condition and to ensure a sufficiency of air movement in all conditions of weather and climate-
(3) Ships regularly engaged on voyages in the tropics shall be equipped with both mechanical
means of ventilation and electric fans: Provided that one only of these means need be adopted in .spaces where this ensures satisfactory ventilation.
(4) Ships engaged outside the tropics shall be equipped with either mechanical -means of
ventilation or electric fans. The Safety Officer may exempt ships normally employed in the cold waters of the northern or southern hemispheres from this requirement.
(5) Power fur the operation of [he aids to ventilation required by Subsections (3) and (4) shall,
when practicable, be available at all times when the crew is living or working on board and conditions so require.
Schedule 5.3. Heating (Applicable to ships making periodic voyages outside the tropics)
(1) An adequate system of hearing the crew accommodation shall be provided.
(2) The heating system shall, when practicable, be in operation at all times when [he crew is
living or working on board and conditions require its use-
3) In all ships in which a heating system is required, the heating shall be by means of steam,
(4) In any ships in which heating is provided by a stove, measures shall be taken to ensure
that the stove is of sufficient size and is properly installed and guarded and that the air is nor fouled.
(5) The heating system shall be capable of maintaining the temperature in crew
accommodation ac a satisfactory level under normal conditions of weather and climate likely to be met with on service; the Safety Officer shall prescribe the standard to be provided.
(6) Radiators and other heating apparatus shall be so placed and, where necessary, shielded as
to avoid risk of fire or danger or discomfort to the occupants.
Schedule 5.4. Lighting.
(1) Subject to such special arrangements as may be permitted in passenger ships, sleeping
rooms and mess rooms shall be properly lighted by natural light and shall be provided with adequate artificial light.
(2) All crew spaces shall be adequately lighted. The minimum standard for natural lighting in
living rooms shall be such as to permit a person with a normal vision to read on a clear day an ordinary newspaper in any part of the space available for free movement. When it is not possible to provide adequate natural lighting, artificial lighting of the above minimum standard shall be provided.
(3) In all ships electric lights shall be provided in the crew accommodation- If there are not
two independent sources of electricity for lighting, additional lighting shall be provided by properly constructed lamps or lighting apparatus for emergency use.
(4) Artificial lighting shall be so disposed as to give the maximum benefit to the occupants of
(5) In sleeping rooms an electric reading lamp shall be installed at the head of each berth.
Schedule 5-5. Sleeping accommodation
(1) Sleeping rooms shall be situated above the load line amidships or aft.
(2) The Safety Officer may, if the size, type or intended service of the ship render any other
location unreasonable or impracticable, permit the location of sleeping rooms in the fore part of the ship, but in no case forward of the collision bulkhead.
3) In passenger ships the Safety Officer may, on condition that satisfactory arrangements are
made for lighting and ventilation, permit the location of sleeping rooms below the load line, but in no case immediately beneath working alley-ways.
(4) The floor area per person of sleeping rooms intended for ratings shall be not less than—
(b) 2-35 m2 in vessels of 800 E or over, but under 3 000 t; and
c) 2.78 m2 in vessels of 3 000 i or over.
Provided that, in the case of passenger ships in which more than four ratings are berthed in
one room, the minimum per person may be 2.22 m2.
(5) In the case of ships in which are employed such groups of ratings as necessitate the
employment of a substantially larger number of ratings than would otherwise be employed, the Safety Officer may, in respect of such groups, reduce the minimum floor area of sleeping rooms per person, subject to the: conditions that—
the total sleeping space allotted to the group or groups is not less than would have been allotted had the numbers not been increased; and
the minimum floor area of sleeping rooms is not less than—
1.6" m2 per person in ships under 3 000 t; and
1.85 m2 per person in ships of 3 000 t or over.
(6) Space occupied by berths and lockers, chests of" drawers and seats shall be included in the
measurement of the floor area- Small or irregularly shaped spaces which do not add effectively to the space available for free movement and cannot be used for installing furniture shall be excluded.
(7) The clear head room in crew sleeping rooms shall not be less than 190 cm.
(8) There shall be a sufficient number of sleeping rooms to provide a separate room or rooms
for each department; Provided that the Safety Officer may relax this requirement in the case of small ships.
(9) The number of persons allowed to occupy sleeping rooms shall not exceed the following
officers in charge of a department, navigating and engineer officers in charge of a watch and senior radio officers or operators; one person per room;
other officers: one person per room wherever possible, and in no case more than two;
petty officers: one or two persons per room, and la no case more than two;
other ratings: two or three persons per room wherever possible and in no case more than four.
(10) With a view to ensuring adequate and more comfortable accommodation the Safety
Officer, after consultation with the Committee of Advice, may grant permission to accommodate up to 10 ratings per sleeping room in the case of certain passenger ships.
(11) The maximum number of persons to be accommodated in any sleeping room shall be
indelibly and legibly marked in some place in the room where it can conveniently be seen.
(12) Members of the crew shall be provided with individual berths.
(13) Berths shall not be placed side by side in such a way that access to one berth can be
(14) Berths shall not be arranged in tiers of more than two: In the case of berths placed along
the ship's side, there shall be only a single tier where a sidelight is situated above a berth-
(15) The lower berth in a double tier shall be not less than 30 cm above the floor; the upper
berth shall be placed approximately midway between the bottom of the lower berth and the lower side of the deckhead beams.
(16) The minimum inside dimensions of a berth shall be 190 cm by 68 cm.
(17) The framework and the lee-board (if any), of a berth shall be of approved material, hard,
smooch, and not likely to corrode or to harbour vermin.
(18) If tubular frames are used for the construction of berths, they shall be completely sealed
and without perforations which would give access 10 vermin,
(19) Each berth shall be fitted with a spring bottom or a spring mattress and with a mattress of
approved material. Stuffing of straw or other material likely to harbour vermin shall not be used.
(20) When one berth is placed over another a dust-proof bottom of wood, canvas or other
suitable material shall be fitted beneath the spring bottom of the upper berth.
(21) Sleeping, rooms shall be so planned and equipped as to ensure reasonable comfort for the
(22) The furniture shall include a clothes locker for each occupant. The clothes lockers shall
be not less than 152 cm in height and of a cross-section area of 19.30 dm2 and shall be fitted with a shelf and haps for a padlock. The padlock shall be provided by the occupant.
(23) Each sleeping room shall be provided with a table or desk, which may be of the fixed,
drop-leaf or slide-out type, and with comfortable seating accommodation as necessary,
(24) The furniture shall be of smooth, hard material not liable to warp or corrode.
(25) The drawer or equivalent space for each occupant shall be nor less than 0.056 m3.
(26) Sleeping rooms shall be fitted with curtains for the sidelights.
(27) Sleeping rooms shall be fitted with a mirror, small cabinets for toilet requisites, a book
rack and a sufficient numbers of coat hooks.
(28) As far as practicable berthing of crew members shall be so arranged that watchers are
separated and that no daymen share a room with watch-keepers.
Schedule 5.6. Mess rooms.
(1) Sufficient mess room accommodation shall be provided in all ships.
(2) In ships of less than 1 000 t separate mess room accommodation shall be provided for—
(3) In ships of 1 000 t and over, separate mess room accommodation shall be provided for—
(b) deck department petty officers and other ratings; and
(c) engine department petty officers and other ratings:
(i) one of" the two mess rooms for the petty officers and other ratings may be
allotted to the petty officers and the other to the other ratings;
(ii) a single mess room may be provided for deck and engine department
petty officers and other ratings in cases in which the organizations of shipowners and/or shipowners and the recognized bona fide trade unions of seafarers concerned have expressed a preference for such an arrangement.
(4) Adequate mess room accommodation snail be provided for the catering department, either
by the provision of separate mess rooms or by giving them the right to the use of the mess rooms assigned to other groups; in the case of ships 5 000 r or over with more than five persons in the catering department consideration shall be given to the provision of a separate mess room.
(5) The dimensions and equipment of each mess room shall be sufficient for the number of
persons likely to use it at any one rime.
(6) Mess rooms shall be equipped with tables and approved seats sufficient for the number of
persons likely to use them at any one time.
(7) The Safety Officer may permit such exceptions to the foregoing rules concerning mess
room accommodation as may be necessary to meet the special conditions in Passenger Ships-
(8) Mess rooms shall be located apart from the sleeping rooms and as close as practicable co
(9) Where available pantries are not accessible to mess rooms, adequate lookers for mess
utensils and proper facilities for washing utensils shall be provided.
(10) The tops of tables and seats shall be of damp-resisting material, without cracks and
Schedule 5-7. Recreation spaces
(1) In ail ships a space or spaces to which the crew can have access when off duty shall be
provided on an open deck; the space or spaces shall be of adequate area, having regard to the size of the ship and the crew.
(2) Recreation accommodation, conveniently situated and appropriately furnished, shall be
provided for officers and for ratings- Where this is nor provided separately from the mess rooms the latter shall be planned, furnished, and equipped to give recreational facilities-
Schedule 5.8. Sanitary accommodation
(1) Sufficient sanitary accommodation, including wash basins and tub and/or shower baths,
(2) The following minimum number of separate water closets shall be provided—
(a) in ships of under 800 t—three; and
(b) in ships of 800 r or over, but under 3 000 r—four; and
(c) in ships of 3 000 t or over—six; and
(d) in ships where [he radio officers or operators are accommodated in an isolated
position, sanitary facilities near or adjacent thereto shall be provided.
(3) Sanitary facilities for all members of the crew who do not occupy rooms to which private
facilities are attached shall be provided for each group of the crew on the following scale:—
(a) one tub and/or shower bath for every eight persons or less; and
(b) one water closer for every eight persons or less; and
(c) one wash basin for every six persons or less:
Provided that when the number of persons in a group exceeds an even multiple of the specified number by less than 50% of the specified number this surplus may be ignored for the purpose of this subsection.
(4) When the total number of the crew exceeds 100 and in passenger vessels normally
engaged on voyages of not more than four hours' duration, consideration may be given by the Safety Officer to special arrangements or a reduction in the number of facilities required.
(5) Cold fresh water and hot fresh water or means of heating water shall be available in all
communal wash places. The Safety Officer, in consultation with the Committee of Advice, may fix the maximum amount of fresh water which the shipowner may be required to supply per man per day.
(6) Wash basins and tub baths shall be of" adequate size and constructed of approved material
with a smooth surface not liable to crack, flake or corrode.
(7) All water closets shall have ventilation to the open air independently of any other pan: of
(8) All water closets shall be of an approved pattern and provided with an ample flush of
water available all times and independently controllable.
(9) Soil pipes and waste pipes shall be of adequate dimensions and shall be so constructed as
to minimise the risk of obstruction and to facilitate cleaning.
(10) Sanitary accommodation intended for the use of more than one person shall comply with
(a) floors shall be of approved durable material, easily cleaned and impervious to
damp, and shall be properly drained; and
(b) bulkheads shall be of steel or Other approved material and shall be water-tight up
co at least 23 cm above the level of" the deck; and
(c) the accommodation shall be sufficiently lighted, heated and ventilated; and
(d) water closets shall be situated convenient to, but separate from, sleeping rooms or
from a passage between sleeping rooms and water closets EO which there is no other access: Provided that this requirement shall not apply where a water closer is located in a compartment between two sleeping rooms having a total of not more than four persons;
(c) where there is more than one water closer in a compartment, the;' shall be
sufficiently screened to ensure privacy.
(11) In all ships facilities for washing and drying clothes shall be provided on a scale
appropriate to the size of the crew and the normal duration of the voyage.
(12) The facilities for washing clothes shall include suitable sinks, which may be installed in
wash rooms, if separate laundry accommodation is not reasonably practicable, with an adequate .supply of cold fresh water and hot fresh water or means of hearing water.
(13) The facilities for drying clothes shall be provided in a compartment separate from
seeping rooms and mess rooms, adequately ventilated and heated and equipped with lines or Other fittings for hanging clothes.
Schedule 5.9. Hospital accommodation-
(1) In any ship carrying a crew of 15 or more and engaged in an overseas voyage of more man
three days’ duration, separate hospital accommodation shall be provided,
(2) The hospital accommodation shall he suitably situated, so that it is easy of access and so
that the occupants may be comfortably housed and may receive proper attention in ail weather,
(3) The arrangement of the entrance, berths, lighting, ventilation, heating and water supply
shall be designed to ensure the comfort and facilitate the treatment of the occupants-
(4) The number of hospital berths required shall be prescribed by the Safety Officer.-
(5) Water closet accommodation shall be provided for the exclusive use of the occupants of
the hospital accommodation, either as part of the accommodation or in close proximity to it.
(6) Hospital accommodation shall not be used for other than medical purposes.
(7) An approved medicine chest with readily understandable instructions shall be carried in
every ship which does not carry a doctor.
Schedule 5.10 Special requirements
(1) Sufficiently and adequately ventilated accommodation for the hanging of oilskins shall be
provided outside but convenient to the sleeping rooms.
(2) In ships of over 3 0001 one room for me deck department and one room for the engine
department shall be provided and equipped for use as an office.
(3) In ships regularly trading to mosquito-infested ports provision shall be made to protect the
crew's quarters against the admission of mosquitoes by the fitting of suitable screens to side scuttles, ventilators and doors to the open deck.
(4) All ships trading regularly to or in the tropics shall be equipped with awnings for use over
exposed decks above crew accommodation and over recreation deck space or spaces.
Schedule 5.11 Modifications.
(1) In the case of the ships mentioned in Section Schedule 5.5(5) the Safety Officer may, in
respect of the members of the crew there referred to, modify the requirements laid down in the foregoing articles as far as may be necessary to take account of their distinctive national habits and customs and la particular may make special arrangements concerning the number of persons occupying sleeping rooms and concerning mess room and sanitary facilities.
(2) In modifying such requirements the Safety Officer shall be bound by the specifications set
forth in Section Schedule 5.5(1) and (2) and by the minimum sleeping space requirements prescribed for such groups of ratings in Section Schedule 5.5(5).
(3) In ships in which the crews in any department are persons of widely different national
habits and customs, separate and appropriate sleeping and living accommodation shall be provided as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the different groups.
(4) In the case of the ships mentioned in Section Schedule 5.5(5) the hospital, dining, bathing
and sanitary facilities shall be provided and maintained on a standard, in regard to their quantity and practical usefulness equal or comparable to that which obtains aboard all other ships of similar type and belonging to the same registry.
PART B.—NEW SHIPS OF 20 OR MORE METRES IN LENGTH AND LESS THAN 500 TONS. Schedule 5.12 General requirements,
(1) The location, means of access, structure and arrangement in relation to other spaces of
crew accommodation shall be such as to ensure adequate security, protection against weather and sea, and insulation from heat or cold, undue noise or effluvia from other spaces-
(2) There shall be no direct openings into sleeping rooms from spaces for cargo and
machinery or from galleys, lamp and point rooms or from engine, deck and other bulk storerooms, drying rooms, communal wash places or water closets. That part of the bulkhead separating such places from sleeping rooms and external bulkheads shall be efficiently constructed of steel or other approved substance and shall be watertight and gaslight.
(3) External bulkheads of sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately insulated. All
machinery casings and all boundary bulkheads of galleys and other spaces in which heat is produced shall be adequately insulated where there is a possibility of resulting heat effects in adjoining accommodation or passageways- Care shall also be taken to provide protection from hear effects of steam and/or hot water service pipes.
(4) Internal bulkheads shall be of approved material which is not likely to harbour vermin.
(5) Steeping rooms, mess rooms, recreation rooms and alley-ways in the crew accommodation
space shall be adequately insulated co prevent condensation or overheating.
(6) Main steam and exhaust pipes for winches and similar gear shall not pass through crew
accommodation nor, whenever technically possible, through alley-ways leading to crew accommodation; where they do pass through such alley-ways they shall be adequately insulated and encased.
(7) Inside panelling or sheering shall be of material with a surface easily kept clean. Tongued
and grooved boarding or any other form of construction likely to harbour vermin shall not be used.
(8) The Safety Officer shall decide to what extent fire-prevention or fire-retarding measures
shall be required to be taken in the construction of the accommodation.
(9) The wall surface and deckheads in sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be capable of
being easily kept dean and, if painted, shall be light in colour; lime wash must not be used.
(10) The wall surfaces shall be renewed or restored as necessary.
(11) The decks in all crew accommodation shall be of approved material and construction and
shall provide a surface impervious to damp and easily kepi clean.
(12) Where the floorings arc of composition the joining with the sides shall be rounded to
(13) Sufficient drainage shall be provided.
Schedule 5.13 Ventilation
(1) Sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately ventilated.
(2) The system of ventilation shall be controlled so as to maintain the air in a satisfactory
condition and to ensure a sufficiency of air movement in all conditions of weather and climate.
(3) Ships regularly engaged on voyages in the tropics shall be equipped with either
mechanical means of ventilation or electric fans.
(4) Power for the operation of the aid to ventilation required by Subsection (3) shall, when
practicable, be available at all times when the crew is living or working on board and conditions so require-
Schedule 5.14. Heating (Applicable to ships making periodic voyages outside the tropics)
(1) An adequate system of heating for the crew accommodation shall be provided.
(2) The heating system shall, when practicable, be in operation at all times when the crew is
living or working on board and conditions require its use.
(3) In all ships in which a hearing system is required the heating shall be by means approved
(4) In any ships in which heating is provided by a stove, measures shall be taken to ensure
that the stove is of sufficient size and is properly installed and guarded and that the air is not fouled.
(5) The heating system shall be capable of maintaining the temperature in crew
accommodation at a satisfactory level under normal conditions of weather and climate likely to be met with on service.
(6) Radiators and other hearing apparatus shall be so placed and, where necessary, shielded as
to avoid risk of fire or danger or discomfort to the occupants.
Schedule 5.15. Lighting
(1) Subject 10 such special arrangements as may be permitted in passenger ships, sleeping
rooms and mess rooms shall be properly lighted by natural light and shall be provided with adequate artificial light.
(2) All crew spaces shall be adequately lighted. The minimum standard for natural lighting in
living rooms shall be such as to permit a person with a normal vision to read on a clear day an ordinary newspaper in any pan of the space available for free movement. When it is not possible to provide adequate natural lighting, artificial lighting of the above minimum standard shall be provided.
(3) In all ships electric lights shall be provided in the crew accommodation. If there are not
two independent sources of electricity for lighting, additional lighting shall be provided by lamps or torches for emergency use.
(4) Artificial lighting shall be so disposed as to give the maximum benefit to the occupants of
Schedule 5.16. Sleeping accommodation
(1) Sleeping rooms shall be situated above the load line amidships or aft.
(2) In exceptional cases, if the size, type or intended service of the ship render any other
location unreasonable or impracticable, sleeping rooms in the fore part of the ship may be permitted bur in no case forward of the collision bulkhead.
(3) In passenger ships on condition that satisfactory arrangements are made for lighting and
ventilation, location of sleeping rooms below the load line may be permitted but in no case immediately beneath working alley-ways.
(4) The floor area per person of sleeping rooms intended for ratings shall be not less than 1.58
m. This area may be reduced to 1.39 m2 in vessels under 30 m long with the approval of the Safety Officer.
(5) Space occupied by berths and lockers, chests of drawers and seats shall be included in the
measurement of the floor area. Small or irregularly shaped spaces which do not add effectively to the space available for free movement and cannot be used for installing furniture shall be excluded.
(6) The clear head room in crew sleeping rooms shall not be less than 190 cm.
(7) Where possible, the number of persons allowed to occupy sleeping rooms shall not exceed
(b) petty officers: four persons per room;
(c) other ratings: six persons per room:
Note: In vessels less than 30m long petty officers and ratings may be accommodated
together and up to eight persons per room may be permitted.
(8) The maximum number of persons to be accommodated in any sleeping room shall be
indelibly and legibly marked in some place in the room where it can conveniently be seen.
(9) Members of the crew shall be provided with individual berths.
(10) Berths shall not be placed side by side in such a way that access to one berth can be
(11) Berths shall not be arranged in tiers of more than two; in the case of berths placed along
the ship's side, there shall be only a single tier where a sidelight is situated above a berth.
(12) The lower berth in a double tier shall be not less than 30 cm above the floor; the upper
berth shall be placed approximately midway between the bottom of the lower berth and the lower side of the deckhead beams.
(13) The minimum inside dimensions of a berth shall be 190 cm by 68 cm-
(14) The framework and the lee-board (if any) of a berth shall be of approved material, hard,
smooth and not likely to corrode or to harbour vermin.
(15) If tubular frames are used for the construction of berths, they shall be completely sealed
and without perforations which would give access to vermin.
(16) Each berth shall be fitted with a spring bottom or a spring mattress and with a mattress of
approved material. Stuffing of straw or other materials likely to harbour vermin shall not be used.
(17) When one berth is placed over another a dust-proof bottom of wood, canvas or other
suitable material shall be fitted beneath the spring bottom of the upper berth.
(18) Sleeping rooms shall be so planned and equipped as to ensure reasonable comfort for the
(19) The furniture shall include a clothes locker for each occupant. The clothes lockers shall
be act less than 91 cm in height and of a cross-section area of 19.30 dm2 and shall be fitted with a shelf and a hasp for a padlock.
(20) Each sleeping room shall be provided with a table or desk, which may be of the fixed,
(21) The furniture shall be of smooth, hard material not liable to warp or corrode.
(22) The drawer or equivalent space for each occupant shall be not less than -056 m3.
(23) Sleeping rooms shall be fitted with curtains for the sidelights.
(24) Sleeping rooms shall be fitted with a mirror and cabinet for toilet requisites.
Schedule 5.17- Mess rooms
(1) Sufficient mess room accommodation shall be provided in all ships.
(2) The dimensions and equipment of each mess room shall be sufficient for the number of
persons likely to use it ac any one time.
(3) Mess rooms shall be equipped with cables and sears sufficient for the number of persons
(4) Where possible mess rooms shall be located apart from the sleeping rooms and as close as
(5) Where available pantries are not accessible to mess rooms, adequate lockers for mess
utensils and proper facilities for washing utensils shall be provided.
(6) The tops of tables and seats shall be of damp-resisting material, without cracks and
Schedule 5.18- Sanitary accommodation
(1) Sufficient sanitary accommodation including wash basins and nib and/or shower baths,
(2) A minimum number of two separate water closets shall be provided-
(3) Sanitary facilities for all members of the crew who do not occupy rooms to which private
facilities are attached shall be provided for the crew on the following scale:—
(a) one cub and/or shower bath for every eight persons or less; and
(b) one water closer for every eight persons or less; and
(c) one wash basin for every six persons or less:
Provided that when the number of persons in a group exceeds as even multiple of the specified number by less than 50% of the specified number this surplus may be ignored for the purpose of this subsection.
(4) In vessels normally engaged on voyages of not more than four hours' duration,
consideration may be given by the Safety Officer to special arrangements or a reduction in the number of facilities required.
(5) Adequate cold fresh water shall be available in all communal wash places. Hot fresh water
or means of hearing water should also be available when required by the particular nature of the intended trade of the vessel.
(6) Wash basins and tub baths shall be of adequate size and constructed of approved material
with a smooth surface not liable to crack, flake or corrode.
(7) All water closets shall have ventilation to the open air, independently of any other part of
(8) All water closets shall be of an approved pattern and provided with an ample flush of
water, available at all times and independently controllable.
(9) Soil pipes and waste pipes shall be of adequate dimensions and shall be so constructed as
to minimise the risk of obstruction and to facilitate cleaning.
(10) Sanitary accommodation intended for the use of more than one person shall comply with
(a) floors shall be of approved durable material easily cleaned and impervious to
damp, and shall be properly drained; and
(b) bulkheads shall be of steel or other approved material and shall be watertight up to
at least 23 cm above the level of the deck; and
(c) the accommodation shall be sufficiently lighted, heated and ventilated; and
(d) water closets shall be situated convenient to, but separate from, sleeping rooms
and wash rooms, without direct access from the sleeping rooms or from a passage between sleeping rooms and water closets to which there is no other access:
Provided that this requirement shall not apply where a water closer is located in a compartment between two sleeping rooms having a local of not more than four persons;
(e) where there is more than one water closet in a compartment, they shall be
sufficiently screened to ensure privacy.
(11) In all ships facilities for washing and drying clothes shall be provided on a scale
appropriate to the size of the crew and the normal duration of the voyage.
Schedule 5.19. Special requirements
(1) In ships regularly trading EO mosquito-infested ports provision shall be made to protect
the crews' quarters against the admission of mosquitoes by the fitting of suitable screens to side scuttles, ventilators and doors to the open deck.
(2) All ships trading regularly to or in the tropics shall be equipped with awnings for use over
exposed decks above crew accommodation and over deck spaces used by the crew for recreation.
PART C.—NEW SHIPS OF LESS THAN 20 METRES IN LENGTH. Schedule 5-20. General requirements
(1) The location, means of access, structure and arrangement in relation to other spaces of
crew accommodation shall be such as to ensure adequate security, protection against weather and sea, and insulation from heat or cold, undue noise or effluvia from other spaces.
(2) There shall be no direct openings into sleeping rooms from spaces for cargo and
machinery or from engine and deck storerooms, wash places or water closets.
(3) External bulkheads of sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately insulated. All
machinery casings and all boundary bulkheads of galleys and other spaces in which heat is produced shall be adequately insulated where there is a possibility of resulting heat effects in adjoining accommodation or passage-ways. Care shall also be taken to provide protection from heat effects of steam and/or hot water service pipes.
(4) Internal bulkheads shall be of approved material which is not likely to harbour vermin.
(5) Sleeping rooms, mess rooms and alley-ways in the crew accommodation space shall be
adequately insulated to prevent condensation or overheating.
(6) Main steam and exhaust pipes for winches and similar gear shall not pass through crew
accommodation nor, whenever technically possible, through alley-ways leading to crew accommodation; where they do pass through such alley-ways they shall be adequately insulated and encased.
(7) Inside panelling or sheeting shall be of material with a surface easily kept clean. Tongued
and grooved boarding or any other form of construction likely to harbour vermin shall not be used.
(8) The Safety Officer shall decide to what extent fire-prevention or fire-retarding measures
shall be required to be taken in the construction of the accommodation.
(9) The wall surface and deckheads in sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be capable of
being easily kept clean and, if painted, shall be light in colour; lime wash must not be used-
(10) The wall surfaces shall be renewed or restored as necessary.
(11) The decks in all crew accommodation shall be of approved material and construction and
shall provide a surface impervious to damp and easily kept clean.
(12) Where the floorings are of composition the joining with sides shall be rounded to avoid
(13) Sufficient drainage shall be provided.
Schedule 5.21. Ventilation
(1) Sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately ventilated.
(2) The system of ventilation shall be such as to maintain the air in a satisfactory condition
and to ensure a sufficiency of air movement in all conditions of weather and climate.
(3) Ships regularly engaged on voyages in the tropics shall be equipped with either
mechanical means of ventilation or electric fans in cases where natural ventilation is insufficient.
(4) Power for the operation of any aid to ventilation required by Subsection (3) shall, when
practicable, be available at all rimes when the crew is living or working on board.
Schedule 5.22. Lighting
(1) Sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be properly lighted by natural light and shall be
provided with adequate artificial light.
(2) All crew spaces shall be adequately lighted. The minimum standard for natural lighting in
living rooms shall be such as to permit a person with a normal vision to read on a clear day an ordinary newspaper in any part of the space available for free movement. When it is not possible to provide adequate natural lighting, artificial lighting of the above minimum standard shall be provided.
(3) In all ships electric lights shall be provided in the crew accommodation. If there are not
two independent sources of electricity for lighting, additional lighting shall be provided by lamps or torches for emergency use.
(4) Artificial lighting shall be so disposed as to give the maximum benefit to the occupants of
Schedule 5.23. Sleeping: Accommodation
(1) Sleeping rooms shall be situated above the load line amidships or aft.
(2) In exceptional cases, if the size, type or intended service of the ship render any other
location unreasonable or impracticable, sleeping rooms in the fore part of the ship may be permitted but in no case forward of the collision bulkhead.
(3) The floor area per person of sleeping rooms intended for ratings shall be not less than 1-59
(4) Space occupied by berths and lockers, chests of drawers and seats shall be included in the
measurement of the floor area. Small or irregularly shaped spaces which do not add effectively to the space available for free movement and cannot be used for installing furniture snail be excluded.
(5) The clear head room in crew sleeping rooms shall not be less than 190 cm.
(6) Where possible the number of persons allowed to occupy sleeping rooms shall not exceed
(b) Petty Officers and other Ratings: eight persons per room.
(7) The maximum number of persons to be accommodated in any sleeping room shall be
indelibly and legibly marked in some place in the room where it can conveniently be seen.
(8) Members of the crew shall be provided with individual berths.
(9) Berths shall not be placed side by side in such a way that access to one berth can be
(10) Berths shall not be arranged in tiers of more than two.
(11) The lower berth in a double tier shall be not less than 30 cm above the floor; the upper
berth shall be placed approximately midway between the bottom of the lower berth and the lower side of the deckhead beams.
(12) The minimum inside dimensions of a berth shall be 190 cm by 68 cm.
(13) The framework and the lee-board, if any, of a berth shall be of approved material, hard,
smooth and not likely to corrode or to harbour vermin.
(14) If tubular frames are used for the construction of berths, they shall be completely sealed
and without perforations which would give access to vermin.
(15) Each berth shall be fitted with a spring bottom or a spring mattress and with a mattress of
approved material. Scuffing of straw or other materials likely to harbour vermin shall not be used.
(16) When one berth is placed over another a dust-proof bottom of wood, canvas or other
suitable material shall be fitted beneath the spring bottom of the upper berth.
(17) Sleeping rooms shall be so planned and equipped as to ensure reasonable comfort for the
(18) The furniture shall include a clothes locker for each occupant. The clothes lockers shall
be not less than 91 cm in height and of a cross-section area of 19.30 dm2 and shall be fitted with a shelf and a hasp for a padlock.
(19) The furniture shall be of smooth, hard material not liable to warp or corrode.
(20) Sleeping rooms shall be fitted with curtains for the sidelights.
Schedule 5.24. Mess rooms.
(1) Sufficient mess room accommodation shall be provided in all ships,
(2) The dimensions and equipment of each mess room shall be sufficient for the number of
persons likely to use it at any one time.
(3) Mess rooms shall be equipped with rabies and seats sufficient for the number of persons
(4) Where possible mess rooms shall be located apart from the sleeping rooms and as close as
(5) Where available pantries are not accessible to mess rooms, adequate lockers for mess
utensils and proper facilities for washing utensils shall be provided-
(6) The tops of tables and seats shall be of damp-resisting material, without cracks and
Schedule 5.25. Sanitary accommodation
(1) Sufficient sanitary accommodation including wash basins and tub and/or shower baths,
(2) Each ship shall be provided with a minimum of one water closet.
(3) Sanitary facilities for all members of the crew who do not occupy rooms to which private
facilities ate attached shall be provided for the crew on the following scale:—
(a) one tub and/or shower bath for every eight persons or less; and
(b) one water closer for every eight persons or less; and
(c) one wash basin for every six persons or less:
Provided char when the number of persons in a group exceeds an even multiple of the specified number by less than 50% of the specified number this surplus may be ignored for the purpose of this subsection.
(4) In vessels normally engaged on voyages of not more than four hours' duration,
consideration may be given by the Safety Officer to special arrangements or a reduction in the number of facilities required.
(5) Adequate cold fresh water shall be available in all communal wash places.
(6) Wash basins and rub baths shall be of adequate size and constructed of approved material
with a smooth surface not liable to crack, flake or corrode-
(7) All water closets shall have ventilation to the open air, independently of any other pare of
(8) All water closets shall be of an approved pattern and provided with an ample flush of
water, available at all limes and independently controllable-
(9) Soil pipes and waste pipes shall be of adequate dimensions and shall be so constructed as
to minimise the risk of obstruction and to facilitate cleaning.
(10) Sanitary accommodation intended for the use of more than one person shall comply with
(a) floors shall be of approved durable material easily cleaned and impervious to
damp, and shall be properly drained; and
(b) bulkheads shall be of steel or other approved material and shall be watertight up to
at least 23 cm above the level of the deck; and
(c) the accommodation shall be sufficiently lighted and ventilated; and
(d) water closets shall be situated convenient to, but separate from, sleeping rooms
and wash rooms, without direct access from the sleeping rooms or from a passage between sleeping rooms and water closets to which there is no other access: Provided chat this requirement shall not apply where a water closer is located in a compartment between two sleeping rooms having a [oral of not more than four persons; and
(e) where there is more than one water closet in a compartment, they shall be
sufficiently screened to ensure privacy.
(11) In all ships facilities for washing and drying clothes shall be provided on a scale
appropriate to the size of the crew and the normal duration of the voyage.
Schedule 5.26. Special requirements
(1) In ships regularly trading to mosquito-infested ports provision shall be made to protect the
crews’ quarters against the admission of mosquitoes by the fitting of suitable screens to side scuttles, ventilators and doors EO the open deck.
(2) All ships trading regularly EO or in the tropics shall be equipped with awnings for use over
exposed decks above crew accommodation and over deck space used by the crew for recreation.
SCHEDULE IV MERCHANT SHIPPING (CREWMEN) REGULATION
MEDICINES AND MEDICAL AND SURGICAL STORES.
Antimalarial tablets (Chloroquine) Adult
Injectable Benzyl Penicillin G (1 Mega-unit per vial 600 mg)
Sterile tubes containing catgut (size O plain on needles 26 mm half circle cutting edge)
Scissors—fine edge—blunt (sharp surgical) (40 mm)
Tulle Gras (tins of 36 pieces 180 mm x 180 mm)
Syringe with needle (20 G. 40 nun prepacked sterile disposable)
Antimalarial tablets (Chloroquine) Adult
Scissors—fine edge—blunt (sharp surgical) (40 mm)
Antimalarial tablets (Chloroquine) Adult
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