Marine order 28—Operations standards and procedures

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.

Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures) 2025 will commence on 1 September 2025  

Related content

• Port State control inspection common international safety management code issue

Applications

• Sample shipboard working arrangements (form 424)

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)

Policy and Regulation