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Drug testing protocol required for licensing
http://homeport.uscg.mil/, then click on Investigation, then Drug and Alcohol Program
Free charts from NOAA
http://www.noaa.gov/charts.html
Homeport USCG
Portal to many USCG related issues, including merchant mariner license procedures. Click on Merchant Mariner, then Merchant Mariner Application Status to get status of any license application
http://homeport.uscg.mil
Merchant Mariner Document (MMD)
All mariners employed aboard U.S. merchant vessels greater than 100 Gross Register Tons (Domestic Tonnage), except operators of uninspected passenger vessels, are required to have a valid U.S. MMD
http://www.uscg.mil/stcw/ldcr-mmdinfo.htm
Merchant Mariners Licensing and Documentation
Contains all the needed forms, policies, checklists, etc. for anyone wanting a USCG license
http://www.uscg.mil/stcw/index.htm
Navigation Center for the USCG
Has just about everything related to navigation, including GPS, AIS, Rules of the Road, Local Notice to Mariners, Light List, marine radios, etc
http://navcen.uscg.gov/
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW)
U.S. exempts mariners from STCW requirements who serve on small passenger vessels inspected under subchapters T and K and other vessels of less than 200 Gross tons sailing on near coastal, domestic voyages. A near coastal, domestic voyage is one that begins and ends in a U.S. port, does not touch at a foreign port or enter foreign waters, and is not more than 200 miles from shore.
http://www.uscg.mil/stcw/stcw-history.htm
Transportation Worker Identification Credentials
All licensed mariners must have a TWIC card no later than Sept 28, 2008
http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/twic/index.shtm
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