[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR14.313]

[Page 242]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 14_SHIPMENT AND DISCHARGE OF MERCHANT MARINERS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C_Discharge of Merchant Mariners
 
Sec. 14.313  Storage of shipping articles and of certificates of discharge.

    (a) Each shipping company shall keep all original shipping articles 
and copies of all certificates of discharge for 3 years. After 3 years 
the shipping companies shall prepare the original shipping articles in 
alphabetical order by vessel name and send to the address in Sec. 
14.103(a) for storage at the Federal Records Center at Suitland, 
Maryland. The company may dispose of the copies of certificates of 
discharge. The Coast Guard will dispose of copies of certificates 
submitted manually, once the data are entered into its sea-service 
database and are validated.
    (b) Each shipping company that goes out of business or merges with 
another company shall send all original articles to the address in Sec. 
14.103(a) within 30 days of the transaction.
    (c) The shipping company must provide copies of shipping articles 
and certificates of discharge to the mariner and the Coast Guard upon 
request.