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Minimum Age (Sea) Convention (Revised), 1936 (No. 58) - United States of America (RATIFICATION: 1938)

Article 2 of the Convention. Minimum age for admission to employment on vessels. The Committee seizes this opportunity to recall that Convention No. 58, together with 67 other international maritime labour instruments, is revised by the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). More concretely, the minimum age for admission to employment on board a ship is raised to 16 years (Standard A4.1(1)) while special attention is given to young persons under the age of 18, for example prohibition of night work (Standard A1.1(2)), maximum validity of medical certificate of one year (Standard A1.2(7)), and prohibition to be employed as a ship’s cook (Standard A3.2(8)). Noting that the Government has initiated the review and consultation process with a view to the future ratification of the MLC, 2006, the Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any further developments in this respect.

Part V of the report form. Practical application. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide it with up-to-date information on the application of the Convention in practice, including, for instance, coastguard inspection results showing the number and nature of infringements observed and sanctions imposed with respect to the minimum age requirements for merchant mariners.