§10103 — Title 46 Shipping | U.S. Code

Summary

If a vessel must follow the federal rules about hiring seamen, the captain must send the vessel owner a report whenever a seaman is hired or let go. The report must use the form and filing method the regulations require so the owner can show compliance with crew laws. This rule does not apply to a ferry or a towing vessel used in a ferry operation that is employed only in trades other than with foreign ports, lakes, bays, sounds, bayous, canals, or harbors.

Title 46, §10103

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(a)A master of a vessel to which section 8701(a) of this title applies, who engages or discharges a seaman, shall submit reports to the vessel owner in the form, content, and manner of filing as prescribed by regulation, to ensure compliance with laws related to manning and the engagement and discharge of seamen.

(b)This section does not apply to a ferry or towing vessel operated in connection with a ferry operation, employed only in trades other than with foreign ports, lakes, bays, sounds, bayous, canals, or harbors.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1010346:643(l) section 10103 requires that masters who engage or discharge seamen submit to the Coast Guard reports of the manning of the vessel, and reports of shipping agreements which are not supervised by a shipping commissioner. It also contains a number of exceptions for specified vessels.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–206 struck out “without a shipping commissioner being present” after “discharges a seaman” and inserted “to the vessel owner” after “shall submit reports”.

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