Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.1052(27) – Procedures for Port State Control, 2011 – (Adopted on 30 November 2011) - Annex – Procedures for Port State Control, 2011 - Appendix 11 – Minimum Manning Standards and Certification - 2 Manning control
2 Manning control
2.1 If a ship is manned in accordance with a safe manning document or equivalent document issued by the flag State, the PSCO should accept that the ship is safely manned unless the document has clearly been issued without regard to the principles contained in the relevant instruments in which case the PSCO should act according to the procedures defined in paragraph 2.3.
2.2 If the actual crew number or composition does not conform to the manning document, the port State should request the flag State for advice as to whether or not the ship should be allowed to sail with the actual number of crew and its composition. Such a request and response should be by expedient means and either Party may request this communication in writing. If the actual crew number or composition is not brought into accordance with the safe manning document or the flag State does not advise that the ship could sail, the ship may be considered for detention after the criteria set out in section 4 have been taken into proper account.
2.3 If the ship does not carry a safe manning document or equivalent, the port State should request the flag State to specify the required number of crew and its composition and to issue a document as quickly as possible.
2.4 In case the actual number or composition of the crew does not conform to the specifications received from the flag State the procedure as contained in paragraph 2.2 applies.
2.5 If the flag State does not respond to the request this should be considered as clear grounds for a more detailed inspection to ensure that the number and composition of the crew is in accordance with the principles laid down in section 1 above. The ship should only be allowed to proceed to sea if it is safe to do so, taking into account the criteria for detention indicated in section 4. In any such case the minimum standards to be applied should be no more stringent than those applied to ships flying the flag of the port State.
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