Article II(3)
ART2_III
By Marine Notice MLC-001, Rev. 01/14, issued by the Liberian Maritime Authority concerning Implementation, Inspections and Certification under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006, the Liberia Administration considers that the following persons will not generally be considered as seafarers for the purpose of the MLC, 2006:
- Professional Pilots;
- Port Workers;
- Guest entertainers;
- Ship Inspectors/Surveyors;
- Ship Superintendents;
- Repair and maintenance technicians; and
- Temporary riding crew such as Suez Canal crew.
Cadets and Trainees enrolled in a maritime university and sent on board to complete the sea time required for graduation, may upon application and satisfactory review of their contractual or similar arrangements, be exempted from Regulations 1.4 (Recruitment and placement); 2.1 (Seafarers’ employment agreements); 2.2 (Wages); 4.2 (Shipowners’ liability); 4.5 (Social Security); and Standards A 2.4 (Entitlement to leave); and A 2.5.2(b) of the Convention.
Article II(5)
ART2_V
By Marine Notice MLC-001, Rev. 01/14, issued by the Liberian Maritime Authority concerning Implementation, Inspections and Certification under the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006, the Liberian Administration has decided for the present time The Liberian Administration has decided not to apply the provisions of MLC, 2006 to Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU), whose primary service is drilling operations for the exploration, exploitation, production of resources beneath the sea-bed and are not normally engaged in navigation or international voyages.
The Liberian Administration has also decided not to apply the provisions of MLC to Floating Production, Storage and Offloading facilities (FPSOs), Floating Storage Units (FSUs), and Self-Elevating Liftboats, whose primary service is neither underway nor engaged in an international voyage.
Application of MLC to Mobile Offshore Accommodation Units and other similar mobile offshore units, such as nonself-propelled barges, will be considered on a case by case basis.
Article II(6)
ART2_VI
NO_NAT_DET_DEFINED
