题名: |
Compilation of Maritime Laws. The Merchant Marine Act, 1936, the Maritime Security Acts of 1996, the Shipping Act of 1984, and Related Acts (As Amended through the First Session of the 107th Congress) |
作者: |
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关键词: |
Maritime laws##Shipping##Law(Jurisprudence)##Laws##Regulations##Marine transportation##Passenger ships##Merchant ships##Shipyards##Cargo ships##Merchant Marine Act of 1936##Maritime Security Act of 1996##Shipping Act of 1984## |
摘要: |
Fostering Development and Maintenance of Merchant Marine (46 App. U.S.C. 1101 (2001)). It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine (1) sufficient to carry its domestic water-borne commerce and a substantial portion of the water-borne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign water-borne commerce at all times, (2) capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of ware or national emergency; (3) owned and operated under the United States flat by citizen of the United States insofar as may be practicable, (4) composed of the best-equipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United States and manned with a trained and efficient citizen personnel, and (5) supplemented by efficient facilities for shipbuilding and ship repair. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to foster the development and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine. |
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540 |
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科技报告 |