Tag: India

India and Bangladesh adopted decisions regarding their cooperation on passenger and cruise services on coastal and protocal route

Two more countries have ratified the ILO Maritime Labour Convention. To date, the States that have ratified the MLC, 2006 represent approximately 80 per cent of the world gross tonnage of shipping

Mumbai-based ship management company MMS Maritime India has announced it is to begin a major recruitment drive for Indian seafarers, after its parent company, the Japanese ship owner Meiji Shipping Group unveiled an expansion of its tanker fleet.

 ClassNK  has issued Statements of Compliance (SoC) to two ship recycling facilities in Gujarat, India, R. L. Kalthia Ship Breaking Pvt. Ltd. and Priya Blue Industries Pvt. Ltd. , verifying that the facilities are in line with the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009 (HKC). Although the HKC has yet to enter into force, Kalthia and Priya Blue have both carried out substantial improvements to their facilities in a bid toward safer and greener ship recycling as well as developed the Ship Recycling Facility Plans (SRFPs) required for a competent authority’s certification according to the HKC. ClassNK reviewed the SRFPs prepared by Kalthia and Priya Blue, which comply with requirements of the HKC, and confirmed that their ship recycling processes follow their respective SRFPs in addition to conducting on-site inspections before issuing the SoC. This marks the first time SoC have been issued to ship recycling facilities in South Asia. The SoC are issued based on purely technical verifications of the facilities by ClassNK, which has so far done the same for ship recycling facilities around the world. ClassNK will continue encouraging safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in accordance with the HKC through ...

Indian Register of Shipping expands in SE Asia

 The NGO Shipbreaking Platform applauds US shipping company Matson, Inc. for committing to recycle its old ships only in responsible yards in the future. This decision is significant, as 23 vessels in the Matson fleet have to be dismantled in the coming years.This decision comes in the aftermath of the Platform’s US-based member organisation Basel Action Network (BAN) having revealed and strongly criticized the sale of the Matson owned HORIZON TRADER for substandard scrapping in India. The vessel will soon be beached in Alang. The Platform and BAN call on All Star Metals of Brownsville, Texas, the last holder of HORIZON TRADER, to return the ship and ensure the clean and safe recycling of the vessel.The HORIZON TRADER, a 42 year-old US flagged container ship was acquired by Matson when they purchased Horizon Lines late last year. A decision was then made to scrap the vessel and it was delivered to the All Star Metals ship recycling facility in Brownsville, Texas in January 2015. BAN obtained the original Horizon Lines Memorandum of Agreement for the sale of the HORIZON TRADER, which stipulated that the buyer would responsibly recycle the vessel in the U.S.Shipbreaking yards in India operate under dangerous and ...

Indian Government has decided to relax cabotage for special vessels

APM Terminals Pipavav announced the successful berthing of the largest container vessel

India announced that ships that have called at ports in countries where Yellow Fever is endemic will be subject to Indian port health rules

The Indian DGS states that the Ministry of Shipping seeks comments on a draft change to Indian cabotage rules