Safety of Life at Sea: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1351, a Bill to Amend the Coastwise Laws, Protect the Balance of Payments, and to Further Protect the Traveling Public, and for Other Purposes, S. 2417 and H.R. 10327, Bills to Require Operators of Ocean Cruises by Water Between the United States, Its Possessions and Territories, and Foreign Countries to File Evidence of Financial Security and Other Information, S. 3250, a Bill to Establish Minimum Standards for Passenger Vessels and to Require Disclosure of Construction Details on Passenger Vessels, S. 3251, a Bill to Repeal the Laws Authorizing Limitation of Ship-owners' Liability for Personal Injury Or Death, to Require Evidence of Adequate Financial Responsibility to Pay Judgments for Personal Injury Or Death, and to Repay Fares in the Event of Nonperformance of Voyages, and for Other Purposes, April 20, 21,29, June 8 and 9, 1966Committee Serial No. 89-66. Considers following bills pertaining to protection of passengers on cruise vessels. S. 1351, and related S. 2417, S. 3251, and H.R. 10327 to require owners of passenger vessels to file evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to pay judgments for personal injury or death. S. 3250, to deny a Coast Guard certificate of inspection to cruise vessels accommodating 50 or more passengers that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials. |
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Page 77 - Any such inspection shall be limited to verifying that there is on board a valid certificate, unless there are clear grounds for believing that the condition of the ship or its equipment does not correspond substantially with the particulars of that certificate.
Page 155 - ... shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage, or injury by collision, or for any act, matter, or thing, loss, damage, or forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall...
Page 173 - International voyage means a voyage from a country to which the present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or conversely; and for this purpose every territory for the international relations of which a contracting Government is responsible or for which the United Nations are the administering authority is regarded as a separate country.
Page 157 - ... clear grounds for believing that the condition of the vessel does not correspond substantially with the particulars of the certificates.
Page 242 - International Convention relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Sea-going Ships...
Page 156 - ... and freight pending: Provided, That this provision shall not affect the liability of any owner incurred previous to the passage of this act, nor prevent any claimant from joining all the owners in one action; nor shall the same apply to wages due to persons employed by said ship-owners.
Page 22 - An Act to abolish certain fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating to shipping commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other purposes...
Page 6 - Act of 1949, as amended ; <5) procure services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 USC 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals...
Page 196 - Convention in respect of claims arising from any of the following occurrences, unless the occurrence giving rise to the claim resulted from the actual fault or privity of the owner...
Page 159 - Annex shall be carried out by officers of the Administration. The Administration may, however, entrust the surveys either to surveyors nominated for the purpose or to organizations recognized by it.