Master’s Guide to Shipboard Disciplinary Procedures: Code of Conduct for the Merchant Navy

New edition brings the guidelines up to date with recent developments and is a must-have reference point for ships’ bridges across the world. The Code of Conduct for the Merchant Navy is a well-established document, setting out principles aimed at ensuring high standards of discipline on board merchant ships and hence promoting the well-being of the seafarers working on them. It is agreed between shipowners and seafarers’ representatives and approved by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The code is widely used across the shipping industry – it has been adopted by many employers of seafarers for use on ships registered in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, and it may be referred to in Seafarer Employment Agreements.