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A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country.On merchant vessels, seafarers of various ranks and sometimes members of maritime trade unions are required by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) [1] to carry Merchant Mariner's Documents.
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English: Shoulder rank insignia for a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy. Source:
In the 1840s personal narrative Two Years Before the Mast, the author (Richard Henry Dana Jr.) describes the role of a second mate on an American merchant trading brig as follows: The role of the second mate officer (or any subordinate officer) was then very much determined by the captain of a ship.
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The Merchant Mariner's Document (MMD), previously called a Z-Card, is a kind of Merchant Mariner Credential previously issued by the United States Coast Guard in accordance with the STCW guidelines, and, until completely phased out, remains one of the standard documents required for all crewmembers of U.S. ships with a Gross Tonnage of over 100.
For example, in 1939 the Merchant Navy was the largest in the world with 33% of total tonnage. [15] By 2012, the Merchant Navy – while still remaining one of the largest in the world – held only 3% of total tonnage. [16] In 2010 the Merchant Navy consisted of 504 UK registered ships of 1,000 gross tonnage (GT) or over. In addition, UK ...