TY - BOOK ED - Professional Book Publishers TI - The merchant shipping act, 1958 U1 - 343.0965 PY - 2013/// CY - Delhi PB - Professional Book Publishers KW - Shipping development fund KW - Registration of Indian ships KW - Seamen and apprentices N2 - 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) ER -