The Directorate General of Shipping (DG Shipping) has cracked down on 97 Recruitment and Placement Services (RPS) agencies for violating maritime regulations. It blocked 74 of them; suspended five and ...

Forward Seamen’s Union of India has demanded the Director General of Shipping to withdraw its order dt July 18 that mandates Indian seafarers recruited for foreign flag vessels to possess a valid ...

Mumbai: The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) and the Ministry of Shipping has informed the Bombay High Court that there is no blanket restriction on Indian seafarers holding Certificates of ...

Over 700 Indian-flagged vessels, mostly operating in coastal and near-shore routes, are expected to be retired prematurely due to age-based restrictions being imposed by DG Shipping, said officials of ...

BHUBANESWAR: The Centre has initiated a coordinated action following the reported missing of Sarthak Mohapatra, an Odia seafarer, while on duty aboard a Singapore-bound merchant vessel. The ...

Shipping industry leaders, seafarer advocates, shipowners, policy experts, and technology officers, under the banner of the IMF, have called for urgent policy reforms to ensure the survival of the ...

CHENNAI: In a first, seafarers above 65 may now not be employable in cargo or passenger vessels registered under Merchant Shipping Act or certified as river-sea vessels or Indian coastal vessels where ...