MLC Study Guide 2026
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📋 MLC Exam Format at a Glance
📚 MLC Topics to Study (31)
✍️ Sample MLC Questions & Answers
1. What term does the MLC use to describe the employer of seafarers on a ship?
The MLC, 2006 uses 'shipowner' to mean the owner of the ship or another organization or person who has assumed responsibility for the ship's operation.
2. Under MLC 2006, can a flag state set a national minimum wage for seafarers lower than the ILO Joint Maritime Commission minimum?
MLC 2006 treats the ILO Joint Maritime Commission minimum as the floor below which no flag state can go.
3. Which principle underlies MLC 2006's prohibition on charging seafarers placement fees?
MLC 2006's no-fee rule reflects the principle that the cost of recruiting and placing seafarers is a business expense borne by the employer, not a burden that should be imposed on workers seeking employment.
4. Under MLC 2006, accommodation standards require a minimum floor area per person in a seafarer's sleeping room on a ship of 3,000 GT or more. What is that minimum?
Standard A3.1 requires a minimum sleeping room floor area of 4.5 m² per person on ships of 3,000 GT or more (single-berth rooms).
5. Under MLC 2006, what is the minimum notice period a seafarer must give to terminate a Seafarers' Employment Agreement (SEA) early?
Standard A2.1 requires a minimum notice period of 7 days for early termination, with the exact period specified in the SEA.
6. For what duration are 'deviation' data pertaining to the Hours of Work laws have to be maintained? How lengthy are records that comply?
Two different retention periods apply: records of non-conformity (deviations from the hours rules) must be kept for 5 years, while routine hours of rest records are kept for 12 months. The other options describe the contents of a work schedule, security training, and certificate survey periods, which do not state record-retention durations.