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Article 14 1. This Article applies to persons employed in the catering department of a vessel. 2. In the case of a passenger ship normal hours of work shall not exceed : (a) When the vessel is at sea, and on days of sailing and arrival, ten hours in any consecutive period of fourteen hours ; (b) When the vessel is in port — (i) When passengers are on board, ten hours in any period of fourteen hours ; (ii) In other cases — On the day preceding the weekly day of rest, five hours ; On the weekly day of rest, five hours for persons engaged in messing duties and such time not exceeding two hours as is necessary for ordinary routine and sanitary duties in the case of other persons ; On any other day, eight hours. 3. In the case of a vessel not a passenger ship, normal hours of work shall not exceed — (a) When the vessel is at sea and on days of sailing and arrival, nine hours in any period of thirteen hours ; (b) When the vessel is in port — On the weekly day of rest, five hours ; On the day preceding the weekly day of rest, six hours ; On any other days, eight hours in any period of twelve hours. 4. When the total number of hours worked in a period of two consecutive weeks exceeds one hundred and twelve the person concerned shall be compensated by time off in port or otherwise as may be determined by collective agreement between the organizations of shipowners and seafarers concerned. 5. National laws or regulations or collective agreements between the organizations of shipowners and seafarers concerned may make special arrangements for the regulation of the hours of work of night watchmen. Article 15 1. This Article applies to officers and ratings employed in near and distant-trade ships. 2. Time off in port should be the subject of negotiations between the organizations of shipowners and seafarers concerned on the basis that officers and ratings should receive the maximum time off in port that is practicable and that such time off should not count as leave. Article 16 1. The competent authority may exempt from the application of this Part of this Convention officers not already excluded therefrom by virtue of Article 10, subject to the following conditions : (а) The officers must be entitled in virtue of a collective agreement to conditions of employment which the competent authority certifies constitute full compensation for the non-application of this Part of the Convention ; (б) The collective agreement must have been originally concluded before ,30 June 1946 and the agreement or a renewal thereof must be still in force. 2. A member having recourse to the provisions of paragraph 1 shall supply to the Director of the International Labour Office full particulars of any such collective agreement and the Director shall lay a summary of the information received by him before the committee referred to in Article 21.

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