Chile cabotage
Ley de Fomento a la Marina Mercante (Decree Law 3.059 of 1979)
- Citizenship requirement
- Chilean-flag + Chilean-crewed for coastal cabotage
- Vessel flag required
- Chilean flag only
- Officer quota
- 100% Chilean-national officers + ratings
- Wage effect
- Chilean domestic seafarer wages competitive with Latin American regional average
Notes
Coastal cabotage particularly protected due to Chile's long coastline + island territories. Domestic ferry sector + offshore-support-vessel sub-sector distinctly regulated.