DMLC

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“DMLC” means Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance

Every ship is required-

→to carry and maintain a declaration of maritime labour compliance

→stating the national requirements implementing this Convention

→for the working and living conditions for seafarers and

→setting out the measures adopted by the shipowner

→to ensure compliance with the requirements on the ship or ships concerned.

The DMLC consists of two parts:

Part I-

The Flag State will draw up a ship-specific Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance.

Part II-

The shipowner / operator shall develop and implement measures to ensure compliance with the national requirements in the ship-specific Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance

The declaration is attached to the Maritime Labour Certificate. It indicates the ship operator’s plan for ensuring that the national requirements will be maintained on the ship between inspections. 

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Amendment in 2018:

Title 2.1:  Seafarer’s employment agreement:

→ Seafarer’s employment agreement will have full effect while a seafarer is held captive on or off the ship because piracy or armed robbery against ships, whether or not the employment agreement has expired.

• In this situation the company must continue to give wages and facilities to the seafarer.

→ Entitlement to repatriation

The entitlement to repatriation may prolong if the seafarers concerned do not claim his repatriation within a reasonable period of time according to the employment agreement. This rule will not apply if the seafarer is held captive on or off the ship because of piracy or armed robbery against ships.

This means if any seafarer doesn’t claim his sign off according to his employment agreement then afterwards the seafarer can not claim to sign off at his will. The company will then decide when it is ready to sign off that particular seafarer.

Amendment in 2022, will enter into force in 2024

More than 500 delegates met in hybrid format meeting in May 2022. The amendments they agreed will ensure that:

• seafarers have appropriately sized personal protective equipment, because of the increasing number of women seafarers;
• good quality drinking water should be available free of charge for seafarers.
• States should further facilitate the prompt repatriation of abandoned seafarers;
• States should provide medical care for seafarers in need of immediate assistance and give the repatriation of the remains of seafarers who have died on board;
• seafarers are provided with appropriate social connectivity by shipowners and States provide internet access in their ports;
• seafarers are informed of their rights regarding recruitment and placement services to compensate seafarers for monetary losses; and
• all deaths of seafarers are recorded and reported annually to the ILO and the relevant data is published.

The amendments was presented for approval to International Labour Conference. It has been approved, and should enter into force by December 2024.