The Professional Book Publishers creator text Delhi Professional Book Publishers 2013 monographic xxiii, 446p. Establishes 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). Shipping development fund Registration of Indian ships Seamen and apprentices 343.0965 PRO 200103