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Licensing Of The U. S. Maritime Personnel: The International Impacts, Warren G. Schneeweis
Licensing Of The U. S. Maritime Personnel: The International Impacts, Warren G. Schneeweis
Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers
This paper examines the international and Federal efforts to enhance safety at sea and the protection of the marine environment through the development of standards to improve the training and strengthen the professional qualifications of seafarers. Special regard is made to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, signed by the United States in 1979, and to the proposed amendments to the Federal regulations for licensing U. S. maritime personnel which will bring the U. S. licensing scheme in general conformance with that Convention. This research should lessen resistance to U. S. ratification of …