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Under MLC 2006 Reg. 2.5 the shipowner must repatriate you at no cost to you when your contract ends, on injury, or on early termination by you for serious cause. Maximum permitted contract length is 11 months. The 2014 financial security amendments require the shipowner to maintain insurance covering repatriation, wages owed up to four months, and essential needs. If the shipowner refuses or delays repatriation, the flag state's MLC financial security mechanism, the IMO/ILO Joint Database of Abandoned Seafarers, and port-state intervention all activate.
MLC 2006 Reg. 2.5 (repatriation), Standard A2.5.1 (entitlement) and Standard A2.5.2 (financial security, 2014 amendments effective 2017). The IMO / ILO Joint Database of Abandoned Seafarers (publicly searchable) records active cases. ILO Resolution V (2006) provides guidelines for fair treatment of seafarers in the event of abandonment.