Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
McDonald Brown
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In conjunction with his safe ship management company amend his operations manual to include specific instructions on the use of the watch alarm by the skippers of his vessels.
Reply Text
It is the company policy that the skipper is responsible to ensure that the watch keeper alarm is used when the vessel is underway or at any time that a watch is required to be kept.
The skipper is responsible to ensure that when the crew is on duty, that they are fit to carry out that duty. See fitness for duty and Fatigue at end of manual.
The skipper is responsible to ensure that when the crew is on duty, that they are fit to carry out that duty. See fitness for duty and Fatigue at end of manual.
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