Posted: November 7, 2014

AMO members asked to provide copy of U.S. Coast Guard Medical Certificate to AMO Dispatching


All members and applicants of American Maritime Officers are asked to provide a copy of their U.S. Coast Guard Medical Certificate to the AMO Dispatching Department.

The Medical Certificate contains three expiration dates: STCW, National and Pilot. For STCW certified officers, the STCW endorsement on your Merchant Mariner Credential will not be valid if the STCW date on your Medical Certificate has reached expiration.

AMO has developed and implemented an automated advisory feature for Medical Certificates in the AMO Dispatching system to send reminders by e-mail to AMO members and applicants advising of imminent Medical Certificate expiration. Once scanned copies of Medical Certificates are received, advisories will be issued based upon the dates on each certificate.

A scanned copy of your Medical Certificate can be uploaded securely to the AMO Dispatching system. Each AMO member and applicant can log into the secure file transfer system with his or her username and password for the AMO Dispatching website. Scanned copies can also be sent to the union .