§ 122.280 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 following 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; and (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 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; and (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.