Safe Manning

Every Cypriot ship should be in possession of a valid document of safe manning specifying the number and composition of her complement. Owners of Cypriot ships should apply to the Department of Merchant Shipping requesting the issue of a document of safe manning.

If the vessel is designed and constructed with unattended machinery spaces, or is provided with any other automated machinery or remote controls, on account of which the owner may seek reduced manning, then the owner should indicate these in his application and should request the vessel's classification society to advise the Department on these, including the corresponding class notation and confirm the class position of the vessel, as far as this notation is concerned.

If the vessel is to be engaged exclusively in trading in a particular geographical area and the owner seeks reduced manning on account of this, then he should indicate it by stating the names of the ports from which the vessel will be plying or by providing the geographical co-ordinates (latitude and longitude) and other appropriate information defining the geographical area in which the vessel will be sailing or by submitting an appropriately marked chart.

It is important to note that on application to the Minister of Communications and Works, dispensation from all the provisions of the manning regulations may be obtained if special circumstances apply.

Source: http://www.mcw.gov.cy/