002/04

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Recipient Name
McDonald Brown
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Promote and include in his operations manual information on the causes, effects and strategies to minimise the effects of fatigue on his crews, particularly the skippers.
Reply Text
It is the company policy that the skipper is responsible to ensure that the watch keeper alarm is used when the vessel is underway or at any time that a watch is required to be kept.

The skipper is responsible to ensure that when the crew is on duty, that they are fit to carry out that duty. See fitness for duty and Fatigue at end of manual.
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