CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER B—MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN (parts 10 to 16) > PART 14—SHIPMENT AND DISCHARGE OF MERCHANT MARINERS > SUBPART C—Discharge of Merchant Mariners (§14.301 to §14.313) > 14.307—Entries on certificate of discharge.

14.307—Entries on certificate of discharge.

(a) Each master or individual in charge of a vessel shall, for each merchant mariner being discharged from the vessel, prepare a certificate of discharge and two copies; whether by writing or typing them on the prescribed form with permanent ink or generating them from computer in the prescribed format; and shall sign them with permanent ink. The prescribed format for a certificate of discharge is the same as the present form CG-718A (Rev. 3-85). The left portion of the form has the mariner's printed name, signature, citizenship, MMD or MMC number; the certification statement, date and the master's signature. The right portion of the form contains the rate/rank the mariner is serving on the voyage, date and place of shipment, date and place of discharge, name of the vessel, name of the operating company, official number of the vessel, class of the vessel, and the nature of the voyage.
(b) Each mariner being discharged shall sign the certificate and both copies with permanent ink.
(c) When the mariner leaves the vessel, the master or individual in charge shall give the original certificate to the mariner.
(d) Except as directed by § 14.313, the shipping company shall keep both copies of the certificate.
(e) The company shall provide copies of certificates of discharge to the mariner and the Coast Guard upon request.
[CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, as amended by USCG-2002-13058, 67 FR 61278, Sept. 30, 2002; USCG-2006-24371, 74 FR 11260, Mar. 16, 2009]