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type: "LegalText"
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title: "46 U.S.C. § 10302"
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description: "Shipping articles agreements"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 46
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title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_number: "103"
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chapter_name: "FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOYAGES"
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section: "10302"
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citation: "46 U.S.C. § 10302"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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---
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# 46 U.S.C. § 10302 - Shipping articles agreements
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## Text
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(a) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual in charge shall make a shipping agreement in writing with each seaman before the seaman commences employment.
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(b) The agreement shall contain the following:
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(1) the nature, and, as far as practicable, the duration of the intended voyage, and the port or country in which the voyage is to end.
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(2) the number and description of the crew and the capacity in which each seaman is to be engaged.
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(3) the time at which each seaman is to be on board to begin work.
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(4) the amount of wages each seaman is to receive.
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(5) regulations about conduct on board, and information on fines, short allowance of provisions, and other punishment for misconduct provided by law.
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(6) a scale of the provisions that are to be provided each seaman.
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(7) any stipulation in reference to advances and allotments of wages.
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(8) other matters not contrary to law.
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(c) Each shipping agreement must be signed by the master or individual in charge or a representative of the owner, charterer, or managing operator, and by each seaman employed.
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(d) The owner, charterer, managing operator, master, or individual in charge shall maintain the shipping agreement and make the shipping agreement available to the seaman.
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(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 561; Pub. L. 103–206, title IV, § 401, Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2435.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1030246:564 Section 10302 requires the master to make a shipping agreement with each crew member and lists the information that must be included in the agreement.
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–206, § 401(1), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Before proceeding on a voyage, the master of a vessel to which this chapter applies shall make a shipping articles agreement in writing with each seaman in the crew.” Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 103–206, § 401(2), added subsecs. (c) and (d).
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