Shipping: Working Hours
Commons · Question 85132 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Grahame Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the statutory limits on seafarers’ hours of work and rest when employed on Workboats over 200 gross tonnage in UK territorial waters.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 4 Nov 2025
The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018 apply to all sea-going commercially operated vessels, including workboats over 200 gross tonnage operating in UK territorial waters. These set the minimum hours of rest as...