15th June deadline was set by various shipping unions for crew change all over the world. IMO also rolled out their protocol regarding special status to crew members who are working at sea. Idea was to give them key worker status and let the member states to follow what IMO said, thus facilitating smooth crew […]
Ovation of The Seas, Cruise Ship has arrived on Mumbai port to disembark around 198 seafarers. As per the procedure all the crew members who are suppose to disembark went through the necessary COVID-19 tests. For all the personals report for the COVID test was negative. The arrangements for their disembarkation have been made through […]
Sign on experience Pune ~ Kolkata 1. Flight ticket DG e-pass was provided by the company. E-pass included road travel details for local commuting. However took digital pass on the basis of e-pass from the Pune police website. 2. All briefings by the company was done over the phone. Medical was done before the lockdown […]
An article recently published on a leading news house, which states that as per their highly reliable sources- international flights might start from July if everything goes good as planned. For overseas operations, the domestic numbers should go up by at least 50 % or more. On Wednesday more than 1 lakh footfalls were recorded […]
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 […]
A special chartered flight took off from Mumbai on 31st May, taking around 63 seafarers for different companies like MSC, Maersk Tankers etc. The first destination was Doha and from there seafarers will be moving out to different destinations. This is just the start as more flights are lined up for crew changes across the […]
Sri Lanka is becoming favorite spot among the ship owners for carrying out crew change operations. Seafarers who are coming from sea are signing off and signing on in Colombo and Galle Port as crew change facilities are fully functional here. Also Sri Lanka’s Mattala Airport and Colombo airports are preferred spot for chartered flights […]
A mail is circulating in social media, in which a company has written an email to their crew members regarding bonuses due to late sign off. The trueness of the mail is not verified yet, but the ship and company name mentioned are true to exist. We have blurred the crucial details of the seafarers […]
As per the various sources and news houses, DGCA has made the decision to keep international flights shut till 30th June. Government of India yesterday issued a documentation regarding opening of lockdown in India, famously named as ‘Unlock 1.0’ by the media houses. Soon after that DGCA, which is the prime body in India for […]