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Thursday, December 28, 1972
SEAMEN REGISTERED WITH S.R.O0.
A total of 73,748 seamen were registered with the Seamen's Recruiting
Office at the end of last month, according to statistics released by the
Marine Department.
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Of these, 28,649 were included in Part I of the register. These
seamen had either been to sea during the past two years, or had had pre-sea
training or acceptable shore experience.
There were 16,750 new entrants to the shipping industry who did
not have pre-sea training or acceptable shore experience.
Another 28,349 seamen were included in Part IV of the register, which
comprises those who had been transferred from Part I in order to have their
names listed with one of a number of licensed crew departments in shipping
companies.
During the month, 239 seamen were engaged in foreign-going ships.
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