Vessel Refits Clause Samples
The Vessel Refits clause outlines the terms and conditions under which a vessel may undergo repairs, upgrades, or modifications during the term of an agreement. Typically, it specifies the responsibilities of the parties regarding scheduling, costs, and the scope of work, and may require advance notice or approval before any refit activities commence. This clause ensures that both parties are aware of and agree to the procedures for maintaining or improving the vessel, thereby minimizing disputes and operational disruptions.
Vessel Refits. (a) Shift changes for employees required to be with a vessel during refit shall be made to make scheduled shifts coincide with refit shifts.
(b) Employees required to deliver a vessel to and from refit shall be paid applicable overtime rates for hours worked in excess of their regularly scheduled shift. Where the return delivery job abuts a refit shift, then the length of that refit shift shall be used as the length of the regularly scheduled shift.
(c) Employees required to be with the vessel at refit shall work their regular shift up to the commencement of refit. Such employees shall resume their regular shift pattern upon the completion of refit.
(d) The actual hours worked during refit shall be measured against those hours which would have been worked had the employee remained on their regular shift pattern. The period used for such comparison shall commence on the first day of the last completed shift pattern prior to refit and end on the last day of the first completed shift pattern after refit. Any shortfall resulting from such comparison shall be forgiven. Any surplus resulting from such comparison may be compensated in cash or time off in accordance with Clause 16.7.
(e) Employees will be provided with reasonable, shared transportation between the shipyard and their provided residence during the period of refit.