M.S Notice 14 of 2013 Dated 30.05.2013
To avoid the difficulties
faced by the Indian flag shipping
companies / agents of foreign flag vessels in the matter of denial of entry
into foreign countries by local authorities of
vessels with Indian seafarers whose CDCs were not endorsed as being in
compliance with the ILO Convention No. 108, the Merchant Shipping Notice No. 13
of 2006 [F.No.3(15)/CR/2006] dated
21.09.2006 was issued by DGS to facilitate the Indian seafarers’ to
approach the Shipping Master concerned for an endorsement on their CDCs’ to the
effect that “ This document is a Continuous Discharge Discharge Certificate cum
Seafarers Identity Document and is issued in compliance with Seafarers Identity
Document convention 1958 (No-108) of the International Labour
Organization”.
ILO stamping is required
only on old CDCs’ printed prior to 2009. The new CDCs’ printed with effect from July, 2009 already have the
ILO stamping embedded on them. Some CDC's issued prior to 2009 also have the ILO stamping (see above image,CDC issued in 2007), so check your CDC in the additional pages for office use for ILO stamp.
The seafarers who requires an ILO
stamping on their CDC shall submit their CDCs in person to the jurisdictional
Shipping Master Office on any working day between 1000hrs to 1200 hrs.
The concerned Shipping Master after completing necessary
formalities shall affix the ILO stamping on these CDCs on the same day. Such CDCs shall be collected back by the
concerned seafarers in person between 1600 hrs to 1700 hrs on the same
day.
Seafarers who do not have ILO stamping on their CDC are advised to apply for such endorsement well in advance, rather than waiting till their last moment of sailing.
The instructions mentioned in MS Notice 14 of 2013 shall be effective from 30-05-2013.
