Sea service letter for international seafarers

Details in each letter must include:

• Position held aboard, duties performed and dates signed on and off each ship.
• Name of ship.
• IMO number
• Vessel specific information (see below)

Vessel specific information

Include the following:

• For deck officer and deck rating applications provide the vessel’s gross tonnage.
• For engineer officer and engine room rating applications, provide the total propulsion power in kilowatts.
• For engineer officer applications provide the propulsion type (motor, steam or other (specify)).
• Ship type:
  • Oil tanker (OT)
  • Gas carrier (GC)
  • Chemical tanker (CT)
  • Offshore service vessel (OSV)
  • Mobile offshore drilling unit or floating petroleum storage offtake (MODU)
  • Special purpose ship (including Royal Australian Navy ships) (SPS)
  • High speed passenger craft (HSPC)
  • High speed cargo craft (HSCC)
  • Fishing vessels (FV)
  • Other type of ship (other)
• Continued competence in sea survival and firefighting and/or fast rescue boat (for revalidation only for master, deck and engineer officers and ratings).
• For deck officers only: that the ship was fitted with a full GMDSS station and that the applicant operated it on a regular basis.
• For engineer officers: copies of sea service testimonials (for initial issue only).

Note: Sea-time letters obtained from ships will not be accepted.