Polar Code amendments to STCW Convention
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The Standard P&I Club highlights that the new STCW amendments concerning master and deck officers on ships operating in Polar Waters will take effect on July 2018 and not in January 2018 as it was previously announced.
As the Club reminds, these requirements were adopted by IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee in November 2016.
The new STCW amendments, which will now become effective on 1 July 2018, include transitional provisions which will allow seafarers who began their approved seagoing service in Polar Waters before 1 July 2018 to meet the alternative basic training or advanced requirements by 1 July 2020.
