Reporting of marine casuality

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the Director General of Shipping and Secretary to the Govt. of India, hereby, directs all the Indian Shipping companies  and recruiting agents of the Indian seafarers to ensure that all instances of
marine casualties/incidents involving  Indian nationals on board Indian and foreign flag vessels are
reported to the Directorate General of Shipping in the enclosed format within 48 hours from the time
of occurrence of the incident and the information to be forwarded to the Directorate on fax
(91-22-2613655) and E-mail: dgship@dgshipping.com A copy of the report shall also be forwarded to
 ISPS Communication Centre which is accessible 24 hours X 7 days on fax No.91-22-22613636 and e-mail
dgcommcentre@satyammail.net and dgcommcentre@vsnl.net .
Further, a detailed report of the incident to be forwarded to the Directorate, giving the details on
the casualty/incident, progress of investigation, details on the information given to the next of kin
of the affected seafarer and details of the action taken by the company to assist affected seafarer and the family in the format enclosed herewith.
Also, a copy of the investigation report into the marine casualty to be obtained from the respective flag state or the coastal state within whose territorial waters the casualty has occurred and is to be submitted to the Directorate immediately.