Deveres e responsabilidades dos Oficiais de Náutica da Marinha Mercante

Abstract

This research has as main objective to analyze the Duties and Responsibilities of Nautical Officers the Merchant Navy in the context of maritime support vessels. As a strategy It was adopted as end aresearch of descriptive and explanatory mode, describing and explaining the duties and responsibilities of the three categories of Merchant Navy Officers: Commander, Chief Mate and Watch Officer, using as the means bibliographic research, based onNORMAM 13 Normas da Autoridade Marítima, STCW -Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, LESTA -Lei de Segurança do Tráfego Aquaviário,ISM -Internacional System Managemente Código Comercial Brasileiro de 1850.The results of this bibliographic research, allowed the understanding of consciousness of the duties and responsibilities of Merchant Navy Officers in the legal aspect. Among other things, during this bibliographic research can be concluded that there is a redundancy in the duties and responsibilities of Commanderdescribed from the Brazilian Commercial Code of 1850 until NORMAM 13 / DPC (2003), with regard to the Commander Police Power and behavioral conduct, Maritime Authority used the Brazilian Commercial Code of 1850 to make NORMAM 13 / DPC 2003.