STCW Convention

International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers

Published by International Maritime Organization (IMO)

The CFR incorporates STCW Convention by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.

The 3 editions the CFR requires

Different parts name different editions; each applies where its part says so. Newest first.

STCW Convention, STCW Consolidated Edition 2017, copyright 2017

As the CFR lists it: “STCW Convention (or STCW): The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers”

Listed in 46 CFR 11.102(a)(1); required by46 CFR 11.201 46 CFR 11.426 46 CFR 11.427 46 CFR 11.428 46 CFR 11.429 46 CFR 11.493 46 CFR 11.495 46 CFR 11.497 46 CFR 11.553 46 CFR 11.555 46 CFR 11.1001 46 CFR 11.1003 46 CFR 11.1009 46 CFR 11.1105
Listed in 46 CFR 12.103(a)(1); required by46 CFR 12.811 46 CFR 12.905

STCW Convention, 1978, as amended, 2011 (the STCW Convention or the STCW)

As the CFR lists it: “The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended, 2011 (the STCW Convention or the STCW)”

Listed in 46 CFR 10.103(b)(1); required by46 CFR 10.107 46 CFR 10.109 46 CFR 10.201 46 CFR 10.410

STCW Convention, 1978, as amended, 2011 (STCW Convention)

As the CFR lists it: “The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended, 2011 (STCW Convention)”

Listed in 46 CFR 15.103(b)(1); required by46 CFR 15.403 46 CFR 15.404 46 CFR 15.1103 ↗46 CFR 15.1105 46 CFR 15.1109

How to read it

Where to get itIMO Publishing ↗

A free or purchased copy may not be the edition the CFR names; check it against the edition above. Every incorporated standard can also be inspected at the National Archives (NARA) and at the agency named in the section that lists it.

STCW Convention is copyrighted by its publisher; RegKnot shows its title and the editions the CFR names, not its text. Read from the eCFR's incorporation-by-reference sections, current as of October 26, 2026. The regulation text governs. All standards the CFR requires.