Statutory Documents - MCA Publications - PYC - A Code of Practice for Yachts Carrying 13 to 36 Passengers (The Passenger Yacht Code) - Chapter 12 - Manning, Certification and Hours of Work - 12.3 Safe Manning:
12.3 Safe Manning:
General
(1) All passenger yachts to which this Code applies shall carry, in addition to master, a sufficient number of qualified deck and engineer officers, together with a sufficient number of appropriately qualified ratings, to ensure that the yacht can at all times be operated safely, with respect to the safety of the yacht and all persons on board, the protection of the marine environment and maritime security.
Principles of Safe Manning
(1) In assessing the appropriate safe manning level for a passenger yacht due regard shall be given to-
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(f) IMO Resolution 890(21) (as amended from time to time) which defines the principles of safe manning necessary to ensure the safe operation of ship and the prevention of pollution of the marine environment;
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(g) applicable international Conventions, including the IMO STCW Convention and the ILO Maritime Labour Conventionfootnote; and
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(h) national legislation relating to Safe Manning Certification, Hours of Work and Rest and related matters.
Responsibility for Safe Manning:
(2) It is the responsibility of the owner, master and operators of passenger yachts to ensure that at all times the vessel is safely manned and operated in compliance with the standards of safety, marine environment protection and security set out in the various applicable international Conventions, Codes and national legislation and in accordance with any Safe Manning Document or similar certification in force with respect to the ship.
(3) In assessing the appropriate level of manning for a passenger yacht the following factors, in addition to those in subsection (2) are among those which are to be taken into account-
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(a) the size, type and complexity of the yacht and its equipment;
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(b) type and size of the yacht’s main propulsion and auxiliary machinery;
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(c) the area and type of operation in which the yacht is to be engaged including-
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(i) likely navigational and other hazards to be encountered;
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(ii) frequency of port calls; and
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(iii) density of traffic; and
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(d) the demands on the master, officers and crew in the normal day to day running of the yacht over and above safety and marine environmental protection considerations;
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(e) the need to mount safe navigational and engine watches at sea, at anchor and in port;
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(f) peak workloads;
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(g) the need to provide statutory periods of rest;
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(h) on-board maintenance requirements;
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(i) on-board mooring and unmooring arrangements; and
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(j) emergency situations and procedures including the mustering and evacuation of passengers;
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(k) compliance with the yacht’s Safety Management System; and
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(l) compliance with Maritime Security requirements.
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