Uploading Seafarers discharge data ( Date of Sign-off Ship and Date of Sign off or Shore Date of Completion of Contract) - Article of Agreement and Form-|, RPSL - regarding.

Applicable to: Recruitment and Placement Service Licensees (RPSL)

Effective Date: Immediate

Superseded Circulars: Crew Branch Circular No. 03 of 2019 dated 20.06.2019

Key Changes and Requirements

RPSLs with suspended/withdrawn licenses can no longer login to the DGS e-governance system to upload sign-off details of seafarers.

Action Required: RPSLs must forward seafarers' sign-off details to the Crew Branch of DGS for upload.
Additional Requirements: RPSLs must supply any further documents required for scrutiny.

Seafarers placed by RPSLs with suspended/withdrawn licenses should ensure their sign-off/repatriation is completed.

In case of difficulties, seafarers can send complaints directly to the Crew Branch at crews-dgs@nic.in.

Important Note

This Circular comes into force immediately and is approved by the Director General of Shipping & Additional Secretary to the Government of India.

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