[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR185.280]

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                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 185_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B_Marine Casualties and Voyage Records
 
Sec. 185.280  Official Logbook for foreign voyages.

    (a) Every vessel on a voyage from a port in the United States to a 
foreign port except to a port in Canada, or vice versa, must have an 
Official Logbook.
    (b) The master shall make or have made in the Official Logbook the 
following entries:
    (1) Each legal conviction of a seaman of the vessel and the 
punishment inflicted;
    (2) Each offense committed by a seaman of the vessel for which it is 
intended to prosecute or to enforce under a forfeiture, together with 
statements about reading the entry and the reply made to the charge as 
required by 46 U.S.C. 11502;
    (3) A statement of the conduct, character, and qualifications of 
each seaman of the vessel or a statement that the master declines to 
give an opinion about that conduct, character, and qualifications;
    (4) Each illness of or injury to a seaman of the vessel, the nature 
of the illness or injury, and the medical treatment;
    (5) Each death on board, with the cause of death, and if a seaman, 
the information required by 46 U.S.C. 10702:
    (i) The wages due to a seaman who dies during the voyage and the 
gross amount of all deductions to be made from the wages;
    (ii) The sale of the property of a seaman who dies during the 
voyage, including a statement of each article sold and the amount 
received for the property;
    (6) Each birth on board, with the sex of the infant and the name of 
the parents;
    (7) Each marriage on board, with the names and ages of the parties;
    (8) The name of each seaman who ceases to be a crew member (except 
by death), with the place, time, manner, and the cause why the seaman 
ceased to be a crew member;
    (9) When a marine casualty occurs, a statement about the casualty 
and the circumstances under which it occurred, made immediately after 
the casualty when practicable to do so.