[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR14.207]

[Page 246]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 14_SHIPMENT AND DISCHARGE OF MERCHANT MARINERS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_Shipment of Merchant Mariners
 
Sec. 14.207  Content and form of shipping articles.

    (a)(1) The content and form of shipping articles for each vessel of 
the United States of 100 gross tons or more upon a foreign or 
intercoastal voyage must conform to the present shipping articles, form 
CG-705A, which meets the requirements of 46 U.S.C. 10302, 10303, 10304, 
and 10305. The articles must identify the nature of the voyage and 
specify at least the name, the number of the license or merchant 
mariner's document, the capacity of service, the time due on board to 
begin work, and the name and address of the next of kin of, and the 
wages due to each merchant mariner, either who was discharged or whose 
services were otherwise terminated during the month.
    (2) The content and form of articles for each such vessel upon a 
coastwise voyage (including a voyage on the Great Lakes) must also 
conform to the present shipping articles, form CG-705A, which meet the 
requirements of 46 U.S.C. 10502. The articles must specify at least the 
matter identified by paragraph (a)(1) of this section, except that they 
must not specify the wages due to the mariner. The wages section of the 
form shall be left blank for coastwise voyages.
    (b) Any shipping company that manually prepares the articles may, 
upon request, obtain Shipping Articles, Form CG-705A, from any Officer 
in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI), of the Coast Guard.
    (c) Any company that electronically prepares the articles may, upon 
request submitted to either address in Sec. 14.103, obtain a copy of 
software developed by the Coast Guard to produce articles in the proper 
format. Alternatively, a company may develop its own software or buy it 
off the shelf; but, in either of these cases, it must secure approval of 
the software from the National Maritime Center at either address in 
Sec. 14.103.