The Indian Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has suspended the licence granted to global ship management firm Anglo-Eastern GroupÂ’s Singapore unit to manage ships registered in India. DGS is India’s maritime administration wing.
DGS suspended the Group unit’s licence after the company’s oil tanker MT Prem Pride proved to be unsafe and not seaworthy.
The suspension of the licence given to Anglo-Eastern Ship Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd was ordered on September 6 after the company failed to ensure timely completion of the statutory surveys and for undertaking loading operations of the vessel (an oil tanker named MT Prem Pride) with expired statutory certificates rendering her unsafe and unseaworthy.
Prem Pride is owned by Mumbai-based Mercator Ltd, but the ship was given to Anglo-Eastern for technical management, which is common in the shipping industry worldwide.
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