Major revisions to the STCW Convention and the STCW Code adopted in June 2010 aimed at bringing the Convention and Code up to date and to enable them to address issues anticipated to emerge in the foreseeable future. They entered into force on 1 January 2012, with a five-year transitional period until full implementation on 1 January 2017. Many organisations refer to the STCW Convention, as amended by the Manila Amendments, as “STCW 2010”.