Grossetti License Consulting

Mark Grossetti

A Premiere Maritime License Consultant

Licensing Experience Since 1979

8 Vaillencourt Drive
Framingham, MA 01701
(508) 879-3910
E-mail: gro@cglicense.com

Why Is Mark Grossetti Qualified to Help You?

A retired U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander with over 19 years of active duty marine safety experience and an Unlimited Second Mate's license. Licensing experience ranging from before Regional Exam Centers were established in 1982 through today's complex STCW requirements. One of an elite few recognized experts who knows the regulations and policy, and has experienced all the licensing changes over the past quarter century. For additional background information, click here to link to resume.

What Can He Do To Assist You?

• Review any level of license/document application (except MODUs) to verify if you are qualified and provide options.
  


• Review your entire license/document application package for completeness.
  


• Hand-carry your application package to the USCG for approval by that agency.
  


• Give you peace of mind before you write out that check for evaluation fees to the USCG.
  


• Answer your questions about:
  
  * STCW Requirements * Physical Issues * Character Issues * Military Sea Service * Tonnage Restrictions * OUIs/DWIs * Pilotage * Horsepower Limitations * Tankerman Requirements * Drug Testing * Sail Endorsements * Manning Equivalents * Manning Requirements * Sea Service Requirements * Recency * User Fees * USCG-Approved Courses * Originals * Renewals * Upgrades * etc. *
  


• No consulting service too big or too small.
  


• I charge flat-rate fees “per transaction”. Fees vary depending on transaction type, complexity of your submittal, and level of license desired. I do not charge “per hour”.

Links And Information You May Find Useful:

• Privacy Act Waiver [For use only if you and I determine that I need to have access to your USCG files]
  


• USCG Licensing-Related Forms [Application forms, physical forms, sea service forms, etc.]
  


• USCG-Approved Courses [Lists courses offered by marine educators that are approved by the USCG for various purposes]
  


• USCG/DOT Drug Testing Information [Information regarding drug/alcohol test procedures, random drug testing requirements, etc.]
  


• Vessel Data (search by vessel's official number) [Excellent site maintained by U.S. NMFS. That agency regularly obtains documented vessel information directly from USCG computers and provides it for public access. Use it to retrieve U.S.-documented vessel ownership information, tonnage, etc.]
  


• Vessel Data (search by vessel name) [Same info – different search criteria.]
  


• USCG National Vessel Documentation Center [For information regarding documenting a vessel for commercial use, vessel ownership abstracts, etc.]
  


• OUPV Vessel Equipment Checklist [List of Federal vessel equipment requirements.]
  


• The Boundary Line: What is this mysterious Boundary Line that the USCG refers to on its sea service forms? Since the late 1980s, the USCG has used this line to delineate between “inland” vs. “near coastal” waters for licensing purposes. You won’t find it on any navigational chart because it’s not used for navigational purposes. It is NOT any of the following: COLREGS Demarcation Line, 3 mile limit, Territorial Sea Baseline, etc.
  
  Use the following links that restate the USCG regulations at 46 CFR Part 7:
  
  

  	Maine to Delaware Bay
  	Cape Henlopen, DE to Hilton Head Island, SC
  	Savannah River to Marquesas Keys, FL
  	Gulf of Mexico
  	Pacific Coast



• USCG STCW Information Center [NOTE: The following information is a simplified version of the applicability of STCW. It is in no way all-encompassing and is provided for general information only. To confirm individual applicability, check with the USCG.
  
  

  Types of vessels that this international convention IS applicable to:

  1. Most seagoing (seaward of the Boundary Line) commercial vessels over 200 GT.
  2. Inspected commercial vessels that make voyages to foreign ports (regardless of tonnage).

  Types of vessels that the convention IS NOT applicable to:

  1. Inland vessels (shoreward of the Boundary Line and the Great Lakes) regardless of tonnage.
  2. Seagoing vessels less than 200 GT that do not make voyages to foreign ports.

  NOTE: Technically, this convention does apply to uninspected passenger vessels (6-packs). However, the U.S. has decreed that "6-pack" vessels operating in compliance with applicable laws and regulations are deemed to meet the requirements of the convention with no further training or certificates required of the crew.]

Copyright 1999-2007 Mark Grossetti
Last revised: September 2007