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🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
ISO SLE / SL
Regulatory
- MLC 2006
- ratified (2018-04-23)
- Paris MoU rating
- black
- Tokyo MoU rating
- black
- USCG Qualship 21
- not listed
- ITF FoC
- listed as Flag of Convenience
Registry
- Vessel count
- —
- Deadweight
- —
- Administration
- Sierra Leone Maritime Administration
- File a complaint
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ITF FoC-listed. Paris MoU and Tokyo MoU black list — high PSC detention risk.
What this means for seafarers
- MLC 2006: This flag has ratified MLC 2006. Vessels must hold a valid Maritime Labour Certificate + DMLC Part II posted onboard. You can file an MLC complaint via the flag administration.
- Port-state-control profile: high-detention flag — expect rigorous PSC inspections at most ports. Read about PSC regimes →
- ITF Flag of Convenience: This flag is on the ITF FoC list. ITF Total Crew Cost (TCC) scale applies as the wage floor. Contact an ITF inspector at the next port if your contract is below TCC. Unpaid-wages route →
- STCW: Party to STCW. Verify a CoC issued under this flag at the administration.
See also: flag risk explained · MLC ratification list · white/grey/black lists.
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