Mate of Steam or Motor vessels of any tonnage upon Inland Waters,

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I hold the above along with Master 100 GT Near Coastal. (initially 1982)
I got the Mate Inland in 1985 or so when I worked on Miss. River boats (New Orleans tour boats). I recall taking the mates test and answering tankerman questions. The mate part used to state “Non Navigating”

In 2008, I renewed and recieved Master 100 gt near coastal and mate; any tonnage inland. the “non navigating” clause is removed. Does this ticket still include Tankerman? I have not transferrred fuel or chems. But I am looking at a job that requires PIC with a fuel company. (refueling yachts and boats from a self proppelled fuel barge, one man operation.) I would consider a class if needed.

Thanks for all the info here.
From a yachtie,who worked GOM and MRGO pilot, 23 years of yachting and considering going commercial (on a small scale)…
Thnnks, Marc;

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Regulations concerning tankerman were published around 1995, and the grandfathering has long expired. You ccannot be the PIC without a “Tankerman-PIC” endorsement, a license alone is no oinger sufficient. You’ll need to complete a course, and document time on tank vessels and participarion in ten cago transfers. See 46 CFR Part 13.

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Mr calvo, Thanks for the reply. I figuered that was the answer. Do you remeber Mate inland including Tankerman?
This was in 1985? I guess the rules were not as strict as now. What about Tankerman-Restricted? is that ez er to obtain?
mARC

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[QUOTE=CaptMarc;64567]Mr calvo, Thanks for the reply. I figuered that was the answer. Do you remeber Mate inland including Tankerman?
This was in 1985? I guess the rules were not as strict as now. What about Tankerman-Restricted? is that ez er to obtain?
mARC[/QUOTE]

Prior to the current regulations in Part 13, if you had a license you were qualified to be the PIC, you did not have to have the tankerman endorsement on your z-card. The new regs came in around '93, and the grandfathering ended a few years later. I was working out of the industry at the time, and by the time I learned, I was also unable to get the endorsement as the grandfathering had expired.

Tankerman-restricted could be easdier. The requirements are case by case and what you have to do as far is determined by the cargo and operations you will be restricted to. The operation you descrobe might qualify. You wioll probably need some assistance/intervention from the company you will work for to get aopproval for a restricted endorsement. Generally, they aren’t given based solely on a mariner’s application, they need some request from the companybthey will work for that explains the operations and why a restricted endorsement is approrpiate versus the full or non-restricted endorsement.