The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 has come into force on 20 August 2006. As you know well, the Convention prescribes that ships constructed on or after the date of enforcement shall be applied to the new standards of constructions and equipment for accommodation/recreational facilities set out in the regulation 3.1 of the Convention.
ClassNK has established the Rules; "Rules for the Inspection and Registration of Maritime Labor System" (for Japanese ships, ClassNK has also amended "Rules for facilities of accommodation and sanitary") incorporated with requirements of the Convention and then verifies the compliance with requirements of constructions and equipment for accommodation/recreational facilities through the examination/approval of drawings & plans of accommodation and on-site survey as a part of the surveys during construction.

Regarding the treatment for surveys of new building ships on implementation of MLC, 2006, please kindly pay attention and respond accordingly as per attached.

For any questions about the above, please contact:

NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK)
Safety Management Systems Department, Administration Center, Head Office
Address: 4-7 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8567, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-5226-2173
Fax: +81-3-5226-2174
E-mail: smd@classnk.or.jp