Marine order 28—Operations standards and procedures

Watchkeeping standards, fatigue management and emergency operations.

Current	Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures) 2025
Commenced	1 September 2025
About	Marine order 28 sets out the requirements for the responsibilities of seafarers and vessel owners on: fitness for duty watchkeeping standards minimum hours of rest drills and emergency operations.
Announcement
Assistance and tools	Related content Port State control inspection common international safety management code issue Applications Sample shipboard working arrangements (form 424)
Superseded	Refer to the Federal Register of Legislation for previous versions of this marine order.
Reference	List of material referenced in this marine order: Guidelines for the development of tables of seafarers’ shipboard working arrangements and formats of records of seafarers’ hours of work or hours of rest, IMO/ILO International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978 (STCW Convention) (access) STCW Code (access)
Author	Policy and Regulation

Last updated: 1 September 2025

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