STCW Training News
In STCW Training News update nr. 14: Amendments to guidelines on the use of electronic certificates of seafarers as of 2025
December 2024
Amendments to guidelines on the use of electronic certificates of seafarers as of 2025
As part of the continuing digitization of the shipping industry it’s important to move certification from paper format to electronic format. The amendment allows seafarers’ certification to be in an electronic form provided minimum information is available to the Administration in accordance with the STCW code. This means, as of 2025 these amendments allow seafarers, ship managers and ship masters to keep electronic seafarers’ certificates on board.
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