Hours of rest

The mandatory minimum rest seafarers must receive under the MLC 2006 and STCW: at least 10 hours in any 24-hour period and 77 hours in any 7-day period, with rest split into no more than two periods of which one is at least 6 hours. The rules guard against fatigue-related error on watch. Compliance is logged in the work-and-rest-hours record, a routine target of Port State Control and a frequent finding where commercial pressure squeezes the schedule.