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The Crewing Desk is an independent editorial reference on the work of merchant crews: certificates, rest hours, and who decides when a ship sails.
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The Crewing Desk is an independent editorial reference on the work of merchant crews, written for the people who do that work and for the shore staff who arrange it. It answers one question per sheet: what a certificate actually authorises, how many hours of rest a two-watch rotation leaves, who decides when a ship sails, what a medical examination looks for, how a relief travel is put together.
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