Hours of Rest

Rest hours,
on the record.

Crew log their own hours on their phone. Every limit is checked as the day is entered, and the Master signs one record per seafarer per month.

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The signed monthly record for one seafarer: a row per day with half-hour columns shaded for work and rest, daily rest totals down the right, and the rolling 24-hour and 7-day minima beneath.
The signed month · ILO Convention No. 180 layout, kept per seafarer

Logged in seconds.

A day is a couple of time ranges. Pickers snap to 15 minutes, breaks sit inside the work period, and a day off is marked as a rest day in one control.

The day editor in the crew app: start and finish times, a break inside the work period, and the rest total for the day.
The day editor · start, finish and breaks
The month as a calendar in the crew app, with compliant days in green, non-conformities in red and marked rest days.
The month · hold a range to log several days at once

Bulk entry

Hold a date range, enter it once, and it applies to every day you selected.

Offline first

Days save on the phone with no signal and sync as one request when it returns.

Auto-submit

A complete month goes to sign-off by itself. There is nothing for the crew member to remember.

Three rules, checked on every save.

The same engine runs on the phone and on the server, so the verdict is instant and does not wait for signal. Windows anchor at the start of work, and a window that breaks a limit belongs to the day whose work completed it.

10h in 24Rest in any 24-hour window the day’s work opens or completes, not just midnight to midnight.
77h in 7 daysA rolling week, looking back from each day’s work. Leave days credit a full 24 hours of rest.
Two periodsOne block of at least 6 hours, and no continuous run of work over 14 hours between rests.
Short breaksGaps of an hour or less merge into work. They never count as rest.
A red day in the crew app naming the rule that was broken, the window it was measured over, and the clause behind it.
A red day names the rule, the window, and the reason behind it

The limits it checks, and the record it keeps: MLC 2006 · STCW 2010 · ILO C180 · MCA MSN 1877

Settled in one thread.

Cross a limit and the app explains the rule. The crew member, their Head of Department and the Captain settle it in one thread, and the day locks once it has been reviewed.

A non-conformity in the admin panel: the crew member's reason, the Head of Department's comment, and the bridge's acknowledgement in one thread.
The day’s thread · the note, the comment, the reply

The reason gate

A day that breaks a limit cannot be saved until a comment explains it. The record never carries an unexplained red day.

The Head of Department hears first

A new non-conformity in their department goes to their phone, before it reaches the bridge.

Corrections stay visible

A reviewed day goes read-only. Changing it afterwards goes through an unlock that stays on the audit trail.

The whole crew, one queue.

Every seafarer’s month, grouped by what it needs: your signature, your attention, or more time. Sign one crew member, or work straight down the queue.

The sign-off queue in the admin panel, grouped into months needing a signature, months needing attention, and months still open.
The queue · who needs a signature, who needs attention
The month grid in the admin panel showing every crew member as a row of coloured days, with gaps and red days visible at a glance.
The grid · gaps and red days at a glance
Every day filledJoining dates, leave and departures shrink what the month expects.
Every red day answeredThe reason and the acknowledgement both have to be there.
The signature on fileSign-off stays blocked until the seafarer’s signature is stored.

A record inspectors recognise.

The Record of Hours of Work and Rest, laid out the way an inspector expects it: one row per day, half-hour columns, daily rest totals, and the rolling minima. Comments print on their own sheet.

A detail of the record sheet: half-hour columns across the day, shaded for work and rest, with the daily rest total at the end of the row.
Half-hour columns, rest totals, and the rolling minima

Stored at sign-off

The PDF is kept on the record for inspection, and a copy is emailed to the seafarer the same day.

Reminders that back off

Crew are chased at one, two, seven and fourteen days, then weekly, timed to land after their usual knock-off.

Names stay private

A department digest carries a count. It never names a crew member.

Before the first month.

What does the app do when a day breaks a limit?

It turns the day red and names the rule, the window it was measured over, and the clause behind it. The day cannot be saved until a comment explains it, so the record never carries an unexplained red day.

What is the minimum hours of rest for seafarers?

Ten hours in any 24, and 77 in any seven days, split over no more than two periods with one of them at least six hours long. Those are the MLC and STCW minima, and they are the three limits the app checks on every save. The rules in full

Do the crew need signal to log?

No. Days save on the phone and sync as one request when the phone is back online.

Which windows are the limits measured over?

Windows anchor at the start of a work period rather than at midnight, which is the counting method MCA guidance describes. A window that breaks a limit belongs to the day whose work completed it. How the rules work

Can a signed month be changed?

A reviewed day is read-only, and changing it goes through an unlock that stays on the audit trail. Every state change is written to that trail and is never edited or deleted.

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