Marine engineers get 3.5% rise from 1 September; reply due 16th

From 1 September 2026Dnmf a general addition of 3.5% applies to pay under the NOR and SF agreements between Kystrederiene and Det norske maskinistforbundDnmf, and every krone-denominated amount is adjusted correspondingly. For wellboats (brønnbåt) the protocol changes the rate from 2.5% to 4%Dnmf; unlike the general addition, the protocol states no effective date for the wellboat changeDnmf.

The shipowner's annual pension contribution is 5% of the pension basis between 0 G and 7.1 GDnmf and 15% of the pension basis between 7.1 G and 12 GDnmf, where G is the grunnbeløpet i folketrygden.

The modernised service- og flerbruksavtale enters into forceDnmf. Point 3.3 on voluntary extra service (frivillig ekstratjeneste) is removed. Under point 3.2.1 on extended service (forlenget tjeneste), agreements that the shipowner and the local employee representative negotiate locally and that depart from the stated practice must be in writing.

Under the new text of § 25 of the NOR agreement, aboard ships that are not covered by § 3 of the forskrift om kvalifikasjoner og sertifikater for sjøfolk, the engineer officer may take part in deck service to a limited extent, provided that service does not come at the expense of engineering dutiesDnmf. An engineer officer covered by the provision advances one pay class. Deck service to a limited extent does not include bridge-watch service.

A joint committee is to find measures that correct and counteract self-reinforcing skews between the pay tables of deck and engineer officers of the same rank and length of service, and is to present a result for the 2027 interim settlement (mellomoppgjøret 2027). A demand for 1/30 of monthly pay per day from the roster's agreed relief day until actual relief, with those days to be recorded as service days, goes to a joint committee for investigation and costing, for negotiation at the 2027 interim settlement; the protocol presents this only as a demand to be investigated, not as an agreed ruleDnmf.

The modernised provisions on short welfare leave (Korte velferdspermisjoner) in § 13 of the SF agreementDnmf and § 19 of the NOR agreement enter into force between the partiesDnmf. The agreements are updated with the correct reference to ferieloven with appurtenant regulations. The parties will appoint a committee to prepare overarching routines for drug testing, and will take part in the calculation committee (beregningsutvalget) to establish a shared understanding of costs for future settlements.

Kystrederiene has until 16 September 2026 to reply to the negotiated protocolDnmf. Legal basis: the NOR and SF main-settlement protocol of 1–2 September 2026, § 3 of the forskrift om kvalifikasjoner og sertifikater for sjøfolk, and ferieloven.