Rahvusvahelise Tööorganisatsiooni (ILO) konventsiooni «Meremeeste riiklike isikut tõendavate dokumentide kohta» (RT II 1996, 38, 142) nõuetele vastav meremehe teenistusraamat antakse Eesti kodanikust meremehele.
... if the seafarer produces his employment registration book, service record book or discharge book to him, record in it the name of the ship, its port of registry, gross or register tonnage and official number, the description of the voyage, the capacity in which the seafarer has been employed in the ship, the date on which he began to be so employed and the date and place of his discharge ...
