Standard of Training Certification & Watch Keeping {STCW} Course complete details Authentication of Service (COS) - Background Area 80 (since canceled) of Merchant Shipping (MS) Act 1958 entitled Indian Naval official of the position of Lt in 'X' branch to be given with a Certificate of Service (COS) of Master of Foreign Going trader send with no assessment. So also, a Lieutenant in the Engineering Branch was entitled for COS of Chief Engineer of Foreign Going boats. This COS was equivalent in all regard to the Certificate of Competency (COC) which was given to dealer marine officials after they had passed recommended assessments.. The beginning of this Section of the Act depended on the comparable arrangements made in the United Kingdom with regards to the preparation and experience of the maritime officials and vital necessities of the country in the midst of crises and war. Global Maritime Organization (IMO) held a show in 1978 on the Standards of Training...