Officials of Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) asked Director General of Shipping, Gautam Chatterjee to devise some sort of policy for sailors in distress and a redress mechanism to help those stuck in stranded vessels.
Since October 2012, over 55 sailors are stranded in two vessels – Pratibha Cauvery and Pratibha Warna – and their salaries have not been paid since July 2012.
The port officials made this request during the maiden visit of Chatterjee to Chennai recently. Chatterjee interacted with the representatives of the Chennai Port Trust, Seafarers’, Indian Maritime University and ship owners on how to train cadets in a better way that would ensure them of getting jobs immediately.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that ChPT allotted a berth to MT Pratibha Cauvery at Jawahar Dock on the condition that it gets its anchors and chains fixed within the next 48 hours.
Reports suggest that an agent was assisting technical crew to get the ship’s anchors fixed and the Indian Register of Shipping to carry out an underwater survey to find out whether the vessel had suffered damage during cyclone Nilam.
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