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Interview with Milad M Istefanous, Executive Director of Philomina Global Services Co. Ltd.

Interview with Milad M Istefanous, Executive Director of Philomina Global Services Co. Ltd.

Philomina Global Head office located at Khartoum City that is well known, and having branches @ Port Sudan (Seaport City), and our modern office systems and all staff to give excellent services to our potential customers and worldwide associates.

Interview with Filipe Garcia, Branch Manager of Inicio transitarios Lda

Interview with Filipe Garcia, Branch Manager of Inicio transitarios Lda

Since the year 2000 INÍCIO TRANSITÁRIOS has been dedicated with total commitment to the creation of door-to-door transport solutions, regarding maritime and air logistics, on an international basis.

Interview with Ken Zhu,of Coeffort (Shanghai) Logistics & SCM Co., Ltd

Interview with Ken Zhu,of Coeffort (Shanghai) Logistics & SCM Co., Ltd

Coeffort was established in January 2015, core business of Coeffort is supply chain management and provide professional solutions, including supply chain financing, supply chain design, procurement and distribution, international customs clearance agent, executive stock trusteeship, Department of outsourcing, outsourcing processing and distribution management, supply chain services. I hope our business can do for customers "time Save", "money Save", "way touching One".

Interview with Arturo Chavez, Commercial Manager  of Smart Logistics Group

Interview with Arturo Chavez, Commercial Manager of Smart Logistics Group

SMART LOGISTICS GROUP is a premier transportation and logistics company, with coverage in SPAIN/EUROPE. Our value-added services portfolio includes import and export freight management, truck brokerage, intermodal, load/mode and network optimization, and global visibility. We provide freight forwarding, customs brokerage, warehousing and all other logistics services.

Interview with Ordan Cargo, Managing Director of Ordan Cargo Ltd

Interview with Ordan Cargo, Managing Director of Ordan Cargo Ltd

We are " ORDAN CARGO LTD" a freight forwarding & logistics company based in Tel Aviv, Israel since 2001 having presences at all main ports ASHDOD/HAIFA/TLV for Import/Export/Cross SEA/AIR. We provide excellent and creative logistics solutions as well as quality service with competitive prices.

Varun Shipping seeks fresh licence to operate ships under a new name

Source:hellenicshippingnews    2014-3-17 9:32:00
Varun Shipping Co. Ltd has applied for a fresh licence to operate ships under a new entity after its earlier licence was annulled last week due to lapses, director general of shipping Gautam Chatterjee said.

"We have not yet granted approval for a new DoC (Document of Compliance, or the licence to operate ships)," Chatterjee said by phone from Mumbai.

"Yudhishthir Khatau, the chairman and managing director of Varun Shipping, is claiming that he has surrendered the earlier DoC and applied for a fresh interim DoC under a new entity following a court approved re-organization of his company," Chatterjee added.

The re-organization involved splitting the company, which runs one of the world's largest fleet of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers, into three separate businesses-for LPG tankers, for crude oil tankers, and for ships used to support offshore oil exploration.

Mumbai-listed Varun Shipping has a fleet of 18 ships comprising 10 LPG carriers, three crude oil tankers and five so-called anchor handling, tug and supply vessels, or AHTSVs, that are used to support offshore oil exploration activities.

Of these, eight ships-six LPG carriers and two AHTSVs-are registered in India and fly the Indian flag. One LPG carrier each is registered in Singapore, Cyprus, Indonesia and Marshall Islands, three crude tankers are registered in Singapore and three AHTSVs are registered in Cyprus.

The application for a new interim DoC has been filed in the name of Varun Global Pvt. Ltd, the ship management company formed after the re-organization. It will look after ship management services for all the three sectors.

A DoC certifies that a ship-owning company is complying with the requirements of the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code) of the International Maritime Organization.

A DoC is issued by the maritime administration where a ship is registered, which in Varun's case is India's maritime regulator the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS). Failure to confirm to the rules could lead to suspension/withdrawal or cancellation of the DoC.

In Varun's case, the cancellation of its DoC will apply only to its Indian-registered ships over which the maritime regulator has jurisdiction.

"The issue whether the earlier DoC issued to Varun Shipping can be converted and made applicable to a new company is something that needs to be examined. I will hear him (Khatau) out and my department officials before taking a call on that," Chatterjee said. "The earlier DoC expired because he didn't make an effort to revive the DoC by following the procedures."
Khatau said it was "incorrect" to say directorate general of shipping had withdrawn Varun's licence to operate ships. "We have ourselves surrendered the DoC to the directorate general of shipping as we have applied for a fresh DoC in the name of Varun Global Pvt. Ltd following the business re-organization," Khatau said.

Khatau had applied for a fresh interim DoC under the name of Varun Global before 4 March, when his earlier DoC was invalidated, an official directly involved in the matter at the directorate general of shipping said.

"We told Khatau clearly that we cannot consider issuing a new DoC even on an interim basis unless he fulfilled the earlier commitment given to us on a credible financial package for payment of wage arrears to crew, payment of dues to service providers and operationalizing laid-up ships by undertaking mandatory dry-docking of ships for safety surveys," the official said. Statutory surveys and certifications on six of Varun's eight Indian ships were overdue for several months, rendering them unsafe and unseaworthy, the regulator said.

When Varun Shipping failed to undertake the mandatory annual verification DoC audit on 3 March, the DoC became automatically invalid and was withdrawn by the regulator the next day. "After that Khatau came and surrendered the earlier DoC," the official explained, adding that Khatau's decision to surrender the DoC after 4 March had "no meaning".

"The idea is not to close down an Indian shipping company," said Chatterjee, the director general of shipping. "The idea is to make him (Khatau) fulfil his earlier commitment on payment of arrears of crew wages and operationalize laid-up ships. I still keep getting all kinds of reports from crew about non-payment of wages."