MGN 486(M+F) Amendment 3 access to shore based welfare facilities
This guidance outlines the arrangements in place in the UK for accessing shore based welfare facilities.
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This notice replaces MGN 486 (M+F) Amendment 2.
The maritime labour convention, 2006 require members to ensure that shore-based welfare facilities are easily accessible and to promote the development of appropriate welfare facilities in designated ports.
The merchant navy welfare board acts as the national seafarers’ welfare board and is the umbrella charity for the welfare of seafarers (including fishermen) and their dependants in the UK, including supporting the port welfare committees at local and regional levels, which promote welfare activities locally.
Amendment 3 highlights the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the MCA and the Merchant Navy Welfare Board, cementing the working relationship between the two organisations.
Notice to
- shipowners
- fishing vessel owners
- masters
- skippers
- seafarers and fishermen