| According to section 3 of the Maritime and Port Authority Shipping Circular No. 14 of 2013, dated 6 August 2013, Singapore's MLC Tripartite Working Group (comprised of the Singapore Maritime Officers Union (SMOU), Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS), the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) and the Singapore Maritime Employers Federation (SMEF)) has agreed that the MLC, 2006 will not apply to Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) as defined in the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) MODU Code (see Shipping Circular No. 08 of 2013), nor to Singapore ships that comply with the IMO MODU Code and hold a MODU Safety Certificate. |