The World Moves With Mariners

MSC INDIA IS CONDUCTING ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR DECK CADETS FOR THE 2020 MSC ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FOR DECK CADETS 2020 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What is the selection Process? STEP 1 Go to our website: https://mscshipmanagement.com/crewing-services/msccs-india/msccs-india-cadet-career  and enter details in the link provided. Complete registration and pay Rs 800/- towards Registration and Exam Fees Appear for the ONLINE exam as date/time as selected. Exam registration starts from: 07th July 2020 Last date of exam registration: 18th July 2020 Exam dates: 22nd / 23rd / 24th / 25th / 26th July 2020: candidate to select any one date PLEASE NOTE : EXAM REQUIREMENT IS TABLET/MOBILE PHONE/LAPTOP/PC – WITH CAMERA. EXAM WILL BE DONE AT HOME WITH MONITORING BY PROCTOR AND A.I. PLEASE REFER TO GUIDELINES ON WEBSITE FOR ALL OTHER CONDITIONS PASSED CANDIDATES WILL BE SELECTED FOR ONLINE VIDEO INTERVIEW. STEP 2 APPLY ONLINE FOR THE INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY (IMU) COMMON ENT...

We have found a list of flights arranged for Indian Seafarers to sign off from various locations in the wake of current grim scenario. Doha and Colombo has emerged as major hub for chartered flights and with recent developments Hongkong is expected to join. Find the latest list below and feel free to share with your friends who might need it

Better be criminal than seaman On 2020 May 22 14 Tunisian migrants on board of passenger ferry MOBY ZAZA, serving as migrants quarantine ship at Porto Empedocle, Sicily, rioted, and demanded immediate landing. Their demand was satisfied, all were taken ashore to a “reception center”, so the only question still unanswered is the question of Italian authorities – did they plea for forgiveness, for being as cruel as that, and confine illegal migrants on board of a luxury Mediterranean passenger ferry? Earlier this week, one Tunisian migrant fell overboard from MOBY ZAZA and drowned, switching all related NGOs and media into a “righteous rage” mode. The cost of keeping illegal migrants on board of MOBY ZAZA is some 4,000 Eu/month/per-migrant, and there already some 250 of them on board of unfortunate ferry. All mainstream media are presently, full of pathetic stories of cruise and merchant ships crews, being stuck on ships and having no perspective or hope, of leaving them soon. Cr...

BY Chevnav Charles  04-29-2020 08:16:22  There is a saying that goes that "without seafarers, half the world would starve while the other half would freeze." The shipping industry would grind to a halt without seafarers, and their contribution to their countries is a key factor in economic development. Hundreds of thousands of seafarers are currently stranded on ships and cannot disembark because of lockdown policies. The novel COVID-19 coronavirus has caused many nations to close their borders, leaving the welfare of seafarers in question.  Many seafarers go to sea for many months at a time, but with the change that this pandemic brings, there is a legitimate cause for concern. The emotional, financial, and psychological well-being of seafarers onboard ships that are currently caught between a rock and a hard place is a tremendous ordeal.  This problem has sparked a lot of debate over who bears responsibility for the return or repatriation of seafarers...

COVID-19: Impact on Global Shipping and China’s Economy What are the three key impacts of coronavirus COVID-19 on the global shipping?  With international transport at the forefront of trade and dependent on travel and human interaction, the shipping industry has been impacted materially both directly and indirectly from the outbreak of COVID-19. Operations of shipping companies and related industries, including terminals, ports, etc., have been affected due to personnel having been advised to refrain from traveling or reporting to work. Lower demand for commodities and raw material, and thus need for shipment, has pushed freight rates lower. Several shipping companies have started warning about reduced earnings visibility and weak future earnings results. Cruise, travel, and related industries, i.e. conferences, etc., have also suffered, and it’s noteworthy that North America’s largest container line conference, Trans-Pacific Maritime TPM2020, was cancelled this week...

Crew restrictions drive a shift to Chinese seafarers after Chinese virus First the coronavirus epidemic trapped on-duty crews at work without relief. Then it kept off-duty crews cut off from their ships. Now — with China holding a near monopoly on crew changes at times during the pandemic — it has driven some managers and owners to reconsider the sourcing of their workforce. Asia's shipmanagers are adjusting their businesses to cope with a shifting set of constraints to keep their vessels running as crews are held back whether by law, by fear of disease, or by the lack of airline services. For Hong Kong-based Fleet Management, it means a fleet-wide challenge as it takes deliveries of newbuildings and purchased ships, and adjusts to the new realities of crew rotation and newbuilding supervision. At the start of the epidemic, Fleet Management had only about 60 of its 550 ships crewed by Chinese nationals. Today, Chinese crews are the only option. Crew lockdown ...

How to get your SID (Seafarers Identification document) now !!!!  Indian government has started issuing Seafarers Identification document. Please follow the procedure below to apply for it. The concept of an universal Identification system for the seafarers was mooted in 1950s. Accordingly, International labour Organization (ILO) brought forward the ILO Convention C-108 on seafarers Identity Document. India has ratified this convention and issuing a Continuous Discharge Certificate cum Seafarers Identity Document to its seafarers in the form of a booklet. The world maritime community had felt the need for a more uniform and robust Identification system for the seafarers consequent to the discussions. The ILO had adopted another Convention C.185 on Biometric Seafarers Identity Document to be given to all seafarers. The new biometric SID has the provisions for the bar coding of the biometrics based identity of seafarers and a centralized data base maintained in the issuing ...