Bangladesh: seafarer documents
How a document is named in the country that issued it and who issues it. Country means the issuing country, not the nationality of the seafarer.
- Brief entry
- Checked 6 October 2026
- Document names
- 14
- Issued by
- Department of Shipping
- National documents
- 1
Country pages are brief entries for now: names and authorities with their sources. The conditions of national documents are published after bilingual editing.
Contents3
1 Certificates and qualifications
| Name in the issuing system | Authority | Type in the reference | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ship’s Cook1 | Department of Shipping | Ship’s Cook Qualification Document | Same document |
| Deck Officer Class-1 (Master Mariner) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Certificate of Competency – Master, 3,000 GT or more | Related document |
| Deck Officer Class-2 (Chief Mate) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Certificate of Competency – Chief Mate, 3,000 GT or more | Related document |
| Deck Officer Class-3 (2nd Mate) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Certificate of Competency – Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch, 500 GT or more | Same document |
| Deck Officer Class-4 (Master-Near Coastal Voyage) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Certificate of Competency – Master, under 500 GT, near-coastal voyages | Related document |
| Deck Officer Class-5 (Mate-Near Coastal Voyage) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Certificate of Competency – Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch, under 500 GT, near-coastal voyages | Related document |
| Marine Electro-Technical Officer Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Certificate of Competency – Electro-Technical Officer, 750 kW or more | Same document |
| Junior Marine Electro-Technical Officer Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Junior Marine Electro-Technical Officer Certificate | Same document |
| Marine Engineer Officer Class-1 (Chief Engineer Officer) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Certificate of Competency – Chief Engineer Officer, 3,000 kW or more | Related document |
| Marine Engineer Officer Class-2 (2nd Engineer Officer) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Certificate of Competency – Second Engineer Officer, 3,000 kW or more | Related document |
| Marine Engineer Officer Class-3 (3rd Engineer Officer) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Same document | |
| Marine Engineer Officer Class-4 (Chief Engineer Officer-Near Coastal Voyage) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Certificate of Competency – Chief Engineer Officer, 750–3,000 kW | Same document |
| Marine Engineer Officer Class-5 (Watch Keeping Engineer Officer-Near Coastal Voyage) Certificate2 | Department of Shipping | Same document |
2 Endorsements and recognition
| Name in the issuing system | Authority | Type in the reference | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endorsement attesting the issue of a certificate3 | Department of Shipping | Endorsement Attesting the Issue of a Certificate | Same document |