As the world dips itself in the celebrations of seafarer’s day or Day of the seafarers, thousand of mariners all over the globe are running ships to catch up with commercial schedule. I have not seen anything special on this day on ships, may be an extra cake or so. That is what life is […]
The esteemed institution of Marine Mercantile Department under Directorate General of Shipping in India has been conducting Certificate of Competency exams in India for decades and constituting directives for training to Maritime Institutes and Academies. It is also the principle functioning body to carry out various other official government maritime activities across India and has […]
Seems like Cochin port is becoming favorite among the ship managers for carrying out crew changes. On June 3, around 12 ships (Reports said) did a crew change of 126 crew members in total. Out of these 59 seafarers signed on and 67 signed off. All these changes are being made at anchorages. It is […]
