Ordinance on ship personnel on the Rhine

The Ordinance on Ship Personnel on the Rhine (Schiffspersonalverordnung-Rhein, RheinSchPersV) is issued by the Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine . It regulates the manning regulations for ships sailing the Rhine on an international basis.

Overview of the regulation on ship personnel on the Rhine

Part I: General provisions (§§ 1.01–1.03)

Chapter 1: General provisions for parts I, II and III (§§ 1.01–1.03)

Part II: Occupation Regulations (§§ 2.01-5.11)

Chapter 2: General provisions for Part II (§§ 2.01–2.02)

Chapter 3: Regulations for all types of vehicles (§§ 3.01-3.23)

Section 1: Skills of the crew members (§§ 3.01-3.09)

Subsection 1: Requirements for the acquisition of the qualifications (§§ 3.02-3.04)

Subsection 2: Type of proof of competence (§§ 3.05-3.07)

Subsection 3: Driving time (§§ 3.08-3.09)

Section 2: Minimum rest period (§§ 3.10-3.13)

Section 3: Minimum crew on board (§§ 3.14-3.23)

Chapter 4: Supplementary provisions for the security staff on ships carrying dangerous goods (Section 4.01)

Chapter 5: Supplementary provisions for security staff on passenger ships (§§ 5.01-5.08)

Section 1: Requirements for the acquisition and proof of qualifications (Sections 5.02–5.08)

Section 2: Requirements for the operation of the passenger ships (§§ 5.09-5.11)

Part III: Patent regulations (§§ 6.01–9.04)

Chapter 6: General provisions for Part III (§§ 6.01–6.04)

Chapter 7: Skipper patents (§§ 7.01–7.25)

Section 1: Acquisition of the qualification (§§ 7.01–7.07)

Subsection 1: Types of patents (§§ 7.01–7.04)

Subsection 2: Route knowledge (§§ 7.05-7.07)

Section 2: Admission and examination procedures (§§ 7.08-7.16)

Section 3: Suitability check (§§ 7.17–7.19)

Section 4: Review and withdrawal (§§ 7.20–7.25)

Chapter 8: Radar patent (§§ 8.01–8.08)

Chapter 9: Transitional provisions (§§ 9.01–9.04)

Investments:

A: Crew (§§ A1 – A5)

B: Fitness (§§ B1 – B3)

C: Security personnel on passenger ships (§§ C1 – C4)

D: Patents (§§ D2 – D8)

Local validity

The RheinSchPersV does not expressly determine local applicability. The Rhine is mentioned in the legal text. However, since legal provisions for Lake Constance and the Upper Rhine are regulated by the International Shipping Commission for Lake Constance, it can be assumed that the RheinSchPersV applies to shipping on the Rhine from Basel (Middle Rhine Bridge, km 166.64) down the Rhine to the mouth.

Occupation Regulations

The manning regulations of the RheinSchPersV apply

• for ships from 20 m length or 100 m ³ volume (also for sport boats!)
• Regardless of the ship's dimensions for tugs and push boats, passenger ships, floating equipment and ships with a certificate of approval according to ADN
• not for ferries.

Depending on the type and length of the ship, the type of operation (daily journey time) and the equipment standard (roughly: with or without bow thruster), it is stipulated how many people with what qualifications must at least belong to the ship's crew. It is also specified how qualifications are to be demonstrated and which rest periods are to be observed. For passenger ships and ships that carry dangerous goods, there are corresponding regulations for additional security personnel.

Important for pleasure boating: pleasure craft less than 20 m in length may be driven by one person alone. From a length of 20 m, an additional person who is able to help with the ship maneuvers must be on board (§ 3.22).

Patents

The RheinSchPersV knows five patents:

1. the great patent for driving all vehicles;
2. the small patent for driving a vehicle less than 35 m in length, if it is not a tugboat or push boat or if it does not move any coupled vehicles, or for driving a vehicle that is intended to carry no more than 12 passengers ;
3. the sports patent for driving a sports vehicle less than 25 m in length;
4. the authority patent for driving authority vehicles and fire boats;
5. the radar patent for radar travel.

For pleasure craft less than 15 m in length, a certificate of competency that complies with the national regulations of the states on the banks of the Rhine and Belgium for inland waters is sufficient, i.e. in Germany the pleasure craft license inland .

All patents (except for the radar patent, which is valid for the whole of the Rhine) can be issued for the whole of the Rhine or for individual routes for which route knowledge is required; In any case, they also apply to all routes that do not have to be tracked.

The RheinSchPersV regulates the prerequisites for acquiring patents, the examination content and procedures, the recognition of equivalent ship master's certificates as well as the period of validity and the withdrawal of patents.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine: Ordinance on Ship Personnel on the Rhine ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF), edition: 2013 

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