Sutera Harbour Marina - Seamans Cards Confusion

Jabatan Laut, Marine Department in Kota Kinabalu seem to be a little confused with the interpretation of the latest rules concerning Seamans Cards. It seems that apart from passengers, everyone else from Owners, Captain, deckhand, steward,cook, bottlewasher and boat keeper on Malaysian registered vessels are required to be registered and hold a Seamans card.

It now transpires that the forms to be completed by doctors as part of the registration procedures have also changed, so what should be a simple matter is now becoming more tedious, especially as Jabatan Laut are based outside the city at Sepanggar

David Ogden
Yacht Watch Service