This is the story of a Chief Officer who is stuck on this ship for 4 years and has no hope of getting off from it in near time in future. Mohammad Aisha joined ship MV AMAN in the year 2017, but within two months after his joining, ship was detained by the Egyptian Authorities. […]
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8500+ Seafarers have signed Off in lockdown?
A document have been uploaded on the Directorate General of Shipping India, which gives us the number of seafarers signed on and Signed off in the lockdown period. Well the numbers are like this 6212 have signed on and 8732 have signed off as per the document. This data was updated on 30th May, and […]
2nd Engineer Unable to Attend Last Rites of His Wife, Being Stuck At Sea
Mr Nayak, 2nd Engineer in one of the reputed companies of the world was unable to attend the last rites of his wife due to lockdown all over the globe due to corona epidemic. After suffering from acute leukemia, his wife died on 29th April. Upon hearing this news he was totally shattered onboard and […]
Mandatory Sign Off After 15th June- Trade Unions
Several trade and employers unions have given maximum 15th June as extension to seafarers who are over their contracts, after that they need to be signed off. A statement which was issued by the two organizations ITWF and IMEC have said government of various countries to work upon the plan which is made by IMO […]
Spain Allows Sign on and Sign off for Crew
As per the news which is coming from Spain, they have recognized seafarers as the key workers. As per the IMO recommendations to all the nations to allow crew for sign on and sign off. Now Spain has enabled crew change operations with country own procedure. Seafarers need to present their necessary document like CDC […]
More than 150000 Seafarers Needs sign off by 15 May
As per the news statistics that are issued by the International Chamber of Shipping and IMEC, around 150000 seafarers needs a crew change. Which means, they need to sign off and go home, this is surely a very large number. As per the statistics issued by them out these 150000 seafarers, roughly: 40000 are from […]
More Cruise Lines to Sign off Crew in India- Details Inside
After crew of cruise ship Marella Discovery, managed to sign of crew members as per the new standard of procedure that is setup by the government of India. Other cruise ships will sail to India to sign off the crew which is stranded in various cruise lines across the world. This is certainly a good […]
10 Best Places For Honeymoon With Your Sailor
Sailors are the most romantic People in the world. Sailors who have travelled around the world, most of the time they end their trips in Barbados and they would pickup something for their sweetheart . When you are back you can plan for this. Best Places For Honeymoon With Your Sailor ●1.Singapore – This Island […]