Merchant Shipping: Training
(asked on 7th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training is provided to members of the merchant navy who are involved in assisting to retrieve passengers from migrant vessels.
This question was answered on 26th February 2018
The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978 and the International Safety Management Code (ISM) require all merchant navy seafarers to be prepared for the recovery of anyone in the water, hyperthermia, drowning and applicable emergency drills.