46 U.S.C. § 9102: Standards for tank vessels…

Summary

The Secretary must set rules for how each U.S. vessel covered by chapter 37 is staffed, including the duties, qualifications, and training needed for officers and crew. Those rules must cover eight areas: training for handling and navigating ships in normal and emergency conditions (coastal, confined waters, and the high seas); license qualifications by vessel type and size and use of simulators; minimum health and fitness for license levels; regular and special retraining for new jobs or different vessels; how licenses and certificates are issued, limited, or timed based on experience, training, and testing; and training in ship maintenance.

Title 46, §9102

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The Secretary shall prescribe standards for the manning of each vessel of the United States to which chapter 37 of this title applies, related to the duties, qualifications, and training of the officers and crew of the vessel, including standards related to—

(1)instruction in vessel and cargo handling and vessel navigation under normal operating conditions in coastal and confined waters and on the high seas;

(2)instruction in vessel and cargo handling and vessel navigation in emergency situations and under marine casualty or potential casualty conditions;

(3)qualifications for licenses by specific type and size of vessels;

(4)qualifications for licenses by use of simulators for the practice or demonstration of marine-oriented skills;

(5)minimum health and physical fitness criteria for various grades of licenses and certificates;

(6)periodic retraining and special training for upgrading positions, changing vessel type or size, or assuming new responsibilities;

(7)decisions about licenses and certificates, conditions of licensing or certification, and periods of licensing or certification by reference to experience, amount of training completed, and regular performance testing; and

(8)instruction in vessel maintenance functions.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 910246:391a(9) section 9102 prescribes manning standards for United States tank vessels. Subsection (a) requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe certain standards for the duties, qualifications, and training of the officers and crew of United States tank vessels. Subsection (b) provides for a waiver of any health and physical fitness criteria prescribed under subsection (a).

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Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 struck out subsec. (a) designation before “The Secretary shall” and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The Secretary shall waive the application of criteria required by subsection (a)(5) of this section for an individual having a license or certificate (including a renewal of the license or certificate) in effect on October 17, 1978. When the waiver is granted, the Secretary may prescribe conditions for the license or certificate and its renewal, as the Secretary decides are reasonable and necessary for the safety of a vessel on which the individual may be employed.” 1990—Par. (8). Pub. L. 101–380 added par. (8).

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Effective Date

of 1990 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101–380 applicable to incidents occurring after Aug. 18, 1990, see section 1020 of Pub. L. 101–380, set out as an

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note under section 2701 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.

§9102 Standards for Tank Vessels of the United States

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