CLARIFICATIONS OF TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE 2010 MANILA AMENDMENTS TO THE STCW CONVENTION AND CODE

All manning companies in the Philippines and in the world are scrambling to meet the requirements of the STCW 2010 Manila Amendments this year 2012.

 

But, in accordance to the Memorandum Circulars by the IMO and Maritime Training Council (MTC) of the Philippines, all crew documents not yet in compliance to the STCW 2010 will still be valid not beyond 01 January 2017.

With the strict implementation looming from 2017, all manning agencies must start to require all their crewmembers to start their refresher training, as early as possible, as required by the STCW 2010.