Section 10302 requires the master to make a shipping agreement with each crew member and lists the information that must be included in the agreement.

1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–206, § 401(1), amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Before proceeding on a voyage, the master of a vessel to which this chapter applies shall make a shipping articles agreement in writing with each seaman in the crew.”

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 103–206, § 401(2), added subsecs. (c) and (d).