Preface
- The Maritime Safety Committee, at its seventy-first session (19 to 28 May 1999), considered the issue of human fatigue and agreed to develop practical guidance to provide appropriate information on fatigue to all parties concerned.
- Consequently, at its seventy-fourth session (30 May to 8 June 2001), the Committee approved MSC/Circ.1014 on Guidance on fatigue mitigation and management.
- The Committee, at its ninety-fourth session (17 to 21 November 2014), agreed to undertake a revision of the Guidance on fatigue mitigation and management and instructed the Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (HTW) to conduct the review.
- Accordingly, the Committee, at its 100th session (3 to 7 December 2018), approved the annexed Guidelines on fatigue, finalized by the HTW Sub-committee, at its fifth session (16 to 20 July 2018).
- Member States are invited to:
.1 bring the Guidelines to the attention of their maritime Administrations and all stakeholders, including seafarers, companies, naval architects/ship designers and training providers;
.2 use the Guidelines as a basis for disseminating information on fatigue (for example by means of pamphlets, video training modules, seminars and workshops); and
.3 take the Guidelines into consideration when determining minimum safe manning.
- Companies are strongly urged to take the issue of fatigue into account when developing, implementing and improving safety management systems under the ISM Code.
- This circular supersedes MSC.1/Circ.1014 on Guidance on fatigue mitigation and management, approved on 12 June 2001.
"Guidelines on fatigue" - The complete document
