India’s maritime regulator, the director general of shipping, is pushing for a plan that allows local shipping companies to register their ships in tax-friendly overseas jurisdictions without opening subsidiaries, in a bid to increase the national shipping capacity.
The Treatment of Foreign Seafarers
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The Treatment of Foreign Seafarers
By Dennis L. Bryant
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
The United States effectively treats foreign seafarers more harshly than any other group that enters the country without breaking the law.
The general rule is that all persons who are not U.S. nationals or permanent residents must have a visa to enter the United States. Persons desiring to become U.S. citizens or permanent residents must obtain an immigrant visa. Most other persons desiring to enter the United States for a limited period of time must obtain a nonimmigrant visa. To obtain a nonimmigrant visa, one must have a valid passport and complete the Nonimmigrant Visa Application, Form DS-160 and submit it and a photograph (head
India may allow fleet owners to register ships overseas
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Plan aimed at reversing a trend of local fleet owners opening subsidiaries abroad to register and operate ships to increase the national shipping capacity
The proposal, which needs the government’s approval, involves giving a relaxation from this law to Indian shipowners so that the task of registering ships overseas becomes official and legal. Photo: Bloomberg
Hellenic ship owners control 46.72% of EU tonnage says President of Union of Greek Shipowners
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Hellenic ship owners control 46.72% of the EU fleet based on dwt tonnage, a token of the size of the country's maritime industry, despite the challenging conditions in global shipping. As such, Hellas has remained the No1 maritime nation globally, controlling a total of 3,669 vessels (over 1,000 GT), which make up for the 16.16% of the global fleet, in terms of deadweight tonnage. This according to yesterday's message by Mr. Theodoros Veniamis, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), on the occasion of the Posidonia Exhibition, which is to be held this coming June, attracting exhibitors from more than 93 countries.
Mr. Veniamis noted that the vast majority of the fleet is been managed by
Mr. Veniamis noted that the vast majority of the fleet is been managed by
Rolls-Royce drone ships challenge industry
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Crewless vessels touted to be cheaper and less polluting but critics question their safety
Rolls-Royce's Blue Ocean development team has set up a virtual-reality prototype at its office in Alesund, Norway, that simulates 360-degree views from a vessel's bridge. Eventually, the London-based manufacturer of engines and turbines says, captains on dry land will use similar control centres to command hundreds of crewless ships.
Feature: The great EU Filipino crew conundrum
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So just to clarify: The Philippines has failed an audit of its maritime training by inspectors from a European Union safety agency but its seafarers are OK to carry on working on EU-flag ships. The Asian country may, however, fail another audit and then Filipino seafarers may not be o.k. Perhaps this is the right way to put it: The Philippines is in a perpetual state of being audited and no-one will ever know for sure whether Filipino seafarers are EU-approved.
The news last month that the EU, after months of indecision and speculation, had decided that, while a report by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) had made it clear the Asian country did not meet the
The news last month that the EU, after months of indecision and speculation, had decided that, while a report by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) had made it clear the Asian country did not meet the