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Your vessel is in a foreign port and you find that one of the crew members has been incarcerated for drunkenness. The Official Logbook shows that the seaman doesn't have funds to cover the costs of the fine. Which action should the Master take?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Master’s responsibility for crew in foreign ports under U.S. shipping laws (46 CFR / Shipping Commissioners Act concepts) • Distinction between desertion, fail to join, and lawful absence (e.g., jailed, hospitalized) • Obligation to handle seaman’s wages, gear, and repatriation when a crew member is detained ashore

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Is the seaman absent by choice, or is he being held by local authorities beyond his control? How does that affect whether he can be logged as a deserter or a fail to join? • Consider what the Master is normally required to do about a detained seaman’s property and earned wages when the vessel must sail without him. • Think about whether the Master is automatically obligated to pay personal fines for a seaman’s misconduct, or whether the law focuses more on proper documentation and disposition of the seaman’s effects.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify how desertion is defined versus fail to join and whether involuntary confinement ashore fits either definition. • Check what procedures are specified in maritime law or standard practice for inventorying a seaman’s effects and handling his wages when he is left in a foreign port. • Confirm whether the Master is personally or vessel-account responsible for paying a seaman’s criminal fine when the seaman has no funds.

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