14.311—Report of discharge of merchant mariner.
(a)
At the end of each foreign, intercoastal, and coastwise voyage by a vessel of the United States, or of each voyage by such a vessel that sails exclusively on bays or sounds (or by such a vessel at the close of the season on the Great Lakes, or once the vessel is withdrawn from service there, whichever occurs later), the shipping company shall electronically transmit the data from the certificates of discharge to an electronic address which the shipping company may request from the National Maritime Center.
(b)
If the data is submitted manually, the shipping companies shall provide the data for foreign and intercoastal voyages at the end of each voyage. For coastwise voyages or of each voyage by such a vessel that sails exclusively on bays or sounds (or by such a vessel at the close of the season of the Great Lakes, or once the vessel is withdrawn from service there, whichever occurs later), the shipping companies shall submit a copy of each certificate of discharge to the address in § 14.103(a) at least once per calendar month.
[CGD 94-004, 61 FR 56637, Nov. 4, 1996, as amended by USCG-2007-29018, 72 FR 53964, Sept. 21, 2007]