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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Compute positions, courses, speed using charts, plotters etc.</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Direct and co-ordinate with crew members or workers</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maintain boats & equipments on board e.g. engines, navigation devices</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Inspect vessels to ensure efficient and safe operation</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Measure depth of water using depth-measuring equipment</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monitor loading and discharging of cargo and passengers</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Signal passing vehicles</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Watching gauges/indicators to make sure machine is working correctly</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Guide, direct and motivate subordinates</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Getting information, making decisions and problem solving</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Management of Personnel resources</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Good physique with sound health</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sporting, adaptive and adjustable attitude</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Love for adventure and challenges</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Urge to strive for higher positions</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Intelligent, intuitive and team worker</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Not be sea sick and work for long hours</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Long periods of solitude and away from family</span></li>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Container ships</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barge carrying ships</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tankers & Roll on/off ships</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385406063547956235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745392646757584131.post-20429440329325181952014-12-26T22:39:00.001-08:002014-12-26T22:39:33.955-08:00OM Parkash Bareta Marine Engineering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Marine engineering</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> broadly refers to the engineering of boats, ships, oil rigs and any other marine vessel or structure. Specifically, marine engineering is the discipline of applying engineering sciences, mostly mechanical and electrical engineering, to the development, design, operation and maintenance of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_propulsion" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Marine propulsion">watercraft propulsion</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> and on-board systems; e.g. power and propulsion plants, machinery, piping, automation and control systems etc. for marine vehicles of any kind like surface ships, submarines etc. Marine engineers and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_architecture" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Naval architecture">naval architects</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> are similar professions. However, whereas naval architects are concerned with the overall design of the ship and its propulsion through the water, marine engineers are focused towards the main </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propulsion" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Propulsion">propulsion</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> plant, the powering and mechanization aspects of the ship functions such as steering, anchoring, cargo handling, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical power generation and distribution, interior and exterior communication, and other related requirements. In some cases, the responsibilities of each industry collide and is not specific to either field. Propellers are examples of one of these types of responsibilities. For naval architects a propeller is a hydrodynamic device. For marine engineers a propeller acts similarly to a pump. Hull vibration, excited by the propeller, is another such area. Noise reduction and shock hardening must be the joint responsibility of both the naval architect and the marine engineer. In fact, most issues caused by machinery are responsibilities in general.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_engineering#cite_note-1" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12385406063547956235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745392646757584131.post-52323640689946526822014-09-23T05:06:00.001-07:002014-09-23T05:06:35.996-07:00OM (merchant navy)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A <b>merchant navy</b> or <b>merchant marine</b> is the fleet of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_vessel" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Merchant vessel">merchant vessels</a> that are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_registration" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ship registration">registered in a country</a>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_shipping" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Merchant shipping">Seafarers</a> on merchant vessels of various <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafarer%27s_professions_and_ranks" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Seafarer's professions and ranks">ranks</a> and sometimes members of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maritime_trade_unions" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Category:Maritime trade unions">maritime trade unions</a>, are required by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STCW" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="STCW">International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers</a> to carry <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Mariner%27s_Document" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Merchant Mariner's Document">Merchant Mariner's Documents</a>.</div>
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<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_V" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="King George V">King George V</a> bestowed the title of the "Merchant Navy" on the British merchant shipping fleets following their service in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="First World War">First World War</a>; since then a number of other nations have adopted the title. The following is a partial list of the merchant navies or merchant marines of various countries. In many countries the fleet's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proper_noun" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Proper noun">proper name</a> is simply the capitalized version of the common noun.</div>
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For more details on this topic, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Merchant_Navy" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Canadian Merchant Navy">Canadian Merchant Navy</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Canada">Canada</a>, like several other Commonwealth nations, created its own Merchant Navy in a large-scale effort in World War II. Established in 1939, the Canadian Merchant Navy played a major role in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)">Battle of the Atlantic</a> bolstering the Allies' merchant fleet due to high losses in the British Merchant Navy.</div>
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Eventually thousands of Canadians served in the Merchant Navy aboard hundreds of Canadian merchant ships, notably the "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Ship" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Park Ship">Park Ship</a>", the Canadian equivalent of the American "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Ship" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Liberty Ship">Liberty Ship</a>". A school at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Margarets_Bay,_Nova_Scotia" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia">St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia</a> trained Canadian merchant mariners. "Manning Pools", Merchant Navy barracks, were built in Canadian ports.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Greek_Merchant_Navy">Greek Merchant Navy</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; display: inline-block; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1em; margin-left: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #555555; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">[</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Merchant_navy&action=edit&section=3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Edit section: Greek Merchant Navy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color: #555555; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">]</span></span></h2>
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The Greek maritime fleet is today engaged in commerce and transportation of goods and services universally. It consists of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_vessel" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Merchant vessel">merchant vessels</a> owned by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Greeks">Greek</a>civilians, flying either the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Greece" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Flag of Greece">Greek flag</a> or a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_convenience" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Flag of convenience">flag of convenience</a>. Greece is a maritime nation by tradition, as shipping is arguably the oldest form of occupation of the Greeks and a key element of Greek economic activity since the ancient times.</div>
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The birth of the modern Indian merchant navy occurred before independence from the United Kingdom, when in 1919 SS Loyalty sailed from India to Britain.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_navy#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup> Since independence the Indian maritime industry has grown, but not up to expectations. Today, India ranks 22nd in the world in terms of total DWT ranking.</div>
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India currently supplies around 12.8% of Officers and around 14.5% of ratings to the world seafaring community. This is one of the highest of any country .<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_navy#cite_note-4" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup></div>
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In December 1939, 3000 seafarers were employed 186 merchant vessels were on the New Zealand Registry (many larger New Zealand vessels were however registered in London for insurance purposes). Some foreign vessels were impressed, including the 4 masted barque, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamir_(ship)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pamir (ship)">Pamir</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> like several other Commonwealth nations created a merchant navy. Although some ships were involved in the Atlantic and North Pacific trade, mostly this involved domestic and South Pacific cargos. New Zealand owned ships involved in trade with the United Kingdom (84% of all New Zealand exports in 1939) and the majority of New Zealand seamen had served with the British Merchant Navy. Over the course of the war, 64 ships were sunk by enemy action on the New Zealand-UK route.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_navy#cite_note-5" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup></div>
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The Pakistan Merchant Navy was formed in 1947. The Ministry of Port and Shipping, Mercantile Marine Department and Shipping Office established by the government of Pakistan were authorized to flag the ship and also ensured that the vessel was sea worthy. All of the private shipping companies merged and formed the National Shipping Corporation (NSC) and the Pakistan Shipping Corporation (PSC) and as a result they had a common flag. Among these companies were the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadi_Steamship_Company_Limited" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Muhammadi Steamship Company Limited">Muhammadi Steamship Company Limited</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_%26_West_Steamship_Company" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="East & West Steamship Company">East & West Steamship Company</a>.</div>
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In an <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pak_war_of_1971" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Indo-Pak war of 1971">Indo-Pak war of 1971</a> Pakistan suffered a great loss of its Merchant Vessels at the hands of Indians. On 1 January 1974 President of Pakistan <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulfiqar_Ali_Bhutto" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto">Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto</a> nationalized the National Shipping Corporation and Pakistan Shipping Corporation, and formed <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_National_Shipping_Corporation" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pakistan National Shipping Corporation">Pakistan National Shipping Corporation</a> (PNSC) with the intent of reestablishing the Pakistan Merchant Navy. Later, the Company was incorporated under the provisions of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation Ordinance of 1979 and the Companies Ordinance of 1984 respectively.</div>
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Today Pakistan National Shipping Corporation is the national flag carrier managing a fleet of 09 vessels. The Corporation's head office is located in Karachi. A regional office based in Lahore caters for upcountry shipping requirements. The Corporation also has an extensive overseas network of agents looking after its world wide shipping business. Pakistan National Shipping Corporation also has several subsidiary companies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-profile_6-0" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_navy#cite_note-profile-6" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup></div>
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The Polish Merchant Navy (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <span lang="pl" xml:lang="pl"><i>Polska Marynarka Handlowa</i></span>, <i>PMH</i>) was created in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interwar" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Interwar">interwar</a> period when the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Second Polish Republic">Second Polish Republic</a> regained independence. During <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World War II">World War II</a>, many ships of the Polish Navy joined the Allied merchant navy and its convoys, as part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_contribution_to_World_War_II" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Polish contribution to World War II">Polish contribution to World War II</a>.</div>
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After the war, the Polish Merchant Navy was controlled by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="People's Republic of Poland">People's Republic of Poland</a> and after 1989, by modern Poland. As of 1999, the PMH controls 57 ships (of 1,000 GT or over) totaling 1,120,165 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_tonnage" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Gross tonnage">gross tonnage (GT)</a>/1,799,569 tonnes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_tonnage" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Deadweight tonnage">deadweight</a> (DWT) including 50 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulk_carrier" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bulk carrier">bulk carriers</a>, 2 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_cargo_ship" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="General cargo ship">general cargo ships</a>, 2 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_tanker" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chemical tanker">chemical tankers</a>, 1 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off_ship" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Roll-on/roll-off ship">roll-on/roll-off ship</a> and 2 short-sea <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_ship" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Passenger ship">passenger ships</a>.</div>
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Switzerland, despite being a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landlocked_country" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Landlocked country">landlocked</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Country">country</a>, has a civilian high seas fleet of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_marine" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Merchant marine">merchant vessels</a>, whose home port is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Basel">Basel</a>, on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rhine">Rhine</a>. The first ships were purchased and operated by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Council" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Swiss Federal Council">government</a> in order to ensure the supply of critical resources during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World War II">World War II</a>. After the war, a privately owned merchant fleet emerged, spurred in part by government subsidies that paid for the fleet's operation up until 1953. As of 2006, 26 ships (mostly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containerization" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Containerization">container</a> carriers) totalling 479,624<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonnage" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Tonnage">tons</a>, operated by five shipping companies, fly the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_flag" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Swiss flag">Swiss flag</a>.</div>
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The United States Merchant Marine is made up of the nation's civilian-owned merchant ships and the men and women that crew them. The merchant marine transports cargo and passengers during peace time. In time of war, the merchant marine<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_navy#cite_note-7" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a></sup> is an auxiliary to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="United States Navy">Navy</a>, and can be called upon to deliver <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troop_ship" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Troop ship">troops</a> and supplies for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="United States Armed Forces">military</a>.</div>
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The people of the merchant marine are called merchant mariners, and are civilian except in times of war, when, in accordance with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1936" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Merchant Marine Act of 1936">Merchant Marine Act of 1936</a> they are considered military personnel. As of 2009, the United States merchant fleet numbered 422 ships<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_navy#cite_note-8" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup> and approximately 69,000 people. Seven hundred ships owned by American interests but registered, or flagged, in other countries are not included in this number.</div>
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