Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Repatriation of Seafarers Convention (Revised), 1987 (No. 166) - Guyana (Ratification: 1996)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that the next report will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous comments.

Repetition

Article 1(4) of the Convention. Definition of the term “seafarer”. The Committee has been drawing the Government’s attention to the provisions of the Shipping Act (No. 7 of 1998) on repatriation which apply to seamen – as defined in section 2(2)(q) of the Act – but not to masters and apprentices, offering therefore more limited coverage than that envisaged by the Convention. The Committee recalls that the Convention is meant to apply to any person employed in any capacity on board a seagoing ship and further recalls also that the term “seafarer” is defined in practically identical terms in Article II(1)(f) of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006), which revises Convention No. 166. The Committee accordingly requests the Government to take all necessary action to ensure that masters and apprentices are not excluded from the scope of sections 188–213 of the Shipping Act with respect to repatriation and to provide information on any progress made.