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In my organization that I am involved in the Safety & Quality Department is responsible for the implementation and update of Company's SMS. Several months before the implementation of the MLC 2006 on 20/08/2013 my department has been engaged to perform a GAP analysis related to the MLC 2006 convention.

Most of the article and Flag Administration's requirements had already been met. In particular to the crew living conditions most of Company's vessels are newbuilds and they have been constructed and certified in accordance to ILO 92 & 133 requirements. For the older builds relevant exception certificate has been granted by the Flag Administration.

In relation to the safe working conditions Company's SMS proved to be adequate since all relevant KPIs related to crew safety, ISM audit non conformities KPI and no. of PSC deficiency KPI has been achieved. Moreover it is evident that there is a trend of reduction of in the number of ISM non conformities and PSC inspection deficiencies even though there was an increase in the PSC inspections and ISM internal / external audits.

Furthermore Company's SMS is being audited by a well known vetting provider (Rightship) without any adverse findings. However despite the above Company's SMS has been reviewed. Considering the working conditions in relation to crew's compensation and recruitment through our manning agencies no concerns have been noted.

Despite the above it was apparent that there were some missing points especially in the complaint procedure, seafarers employment agreements and training/familiarization of crew and ashore staff.

Upon reviewing the guidelines concerning the issue of the complaint procedure provided by the Flag Administration we were able to produc...

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...ted that Flag Administration has been supportive issuing informative circulars containing guidelines and model forms and checklists in order to provide support in adoption and implementation of the MLC 2006 and Flag State requirements.

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The Company has developed onboard complaint procedure in order to handle with various issues that may rise. In case a seafarer wishes to raise a complaint concerning the conditions and terms of his/her employment then he/she will follow the onboard complaint procedure which is fully compliant with the provisions of the Flag Administration, since Company has drafted the mentioned procedure upon review of the relevant guideline issued by the Flag Administration. Needless to say that the complaint procedure protects the complainant against victimization and also provides the opportunity to raise his/her concern anonymously.

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