00865nam a2200145Ia 4500008005100000082001800051110003300069245003600102260004600138300001700184520042800201650003000629650003300659650002700692200103s    2013      ||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  a343.0965bPRO  aProfessional Book Publishers 4aThe merchant shipping act, 1958  bProfessional Book Publishersc2013aDelhi  axxiii, 446p.  aEstablishes a National Shipping Board and a Shipping Development Fund, provides for registration of Indian ships, certification of officers, apprenticeships, employment offices, employment of young persons, rights relating to wages, relief of distressed seamen, safety considerations, and other related matters. Repeals the Merchant Shipping Laws (Extension To the Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 (No. 18 of 1949).  aShipping development fund  aRegistration of Indian ships  aSeamen and apprentices