46 U.S.C. § 11105 — Wages on discharge when vessel sold
submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 98-89 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 182 words · no verdicts yet
When a United States vessel is sold abroad, the master must pay the crew, arrange new employment or return transportation, and document what was done. The owner faces a $500 civil penalty for noncompliance.
(a) When a United States vessel* is sold in a foreign country, the master must give the consular officer* a certified crew list and the agreement required by this part. The master must pay each seaman the wages owed and provide work on another United States vessel going to the port where the seaman originally joined, or to another agreed port. If work cannot be provided, the master must:
(1) provide the means to return to the original port;
(2) provide passage to that port; or
(3) deposit with the consular officer enough money, in the officer’s judgment, for the seaman’s support and passage home.
(b) The consular officer must write on the agreement the details of the payment, employment, or deposit.
(c) The vessel owner owes the United States Government a $500 civil penalty if the master does not comply.
When a vessel of the United States* is sold in a foreign country, the master shall deliver to the consular officer* a certified crew list and the agreement required by this part. The master shall pay each seaman the wages due the seaman and provide the seaman with employment on board another vessel* of the United States bound for the port of original engagement of the seaman or to another port agreed on. If employment cannot be provided, the master shall—
provide the seaman with the means to return to the port of original engagement;
provide the seaman passage to the port of original engagement; or
deposit with the consular officer an amount of money considered sufficient by the officer to provide the seaman with maintenance and passage home.
The consular officer shall endorse on the agreement the particulars of the payment, provision, or deposit made under this section.
An owner of a vessel is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $500 if the master does not comply with this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 579.)
- 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-89 · 97 Stat. 579
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