Hong Kong-based shipmanager Anglo-Eastern has resolved the issues regarding a potential ban on the company’s recruitment placement and service licence (RPSL) in India.
India’s Directorate General of Shipping decided in June to suspend the manager’s RPSL for three years on the back of a long-running case involving the death of a chief engineer on one of the company’s managed bulk carriers.
The Hong Kong manager, which has more than 20,000 Indian seafarers on its books, insisted from the beginning that the death of the seafarer was of natural causes.
Following a detailed review by the principal officer of the Mercantile Marine Department in Mumbai, the licence suspension was put on hold within days of issuing.
After an appeal process, the potential ban hovering above the shipmanager has been rescinded and the company is free to carry on with its operations as usual.
“Earlier incident concerning our Indian Recruitment and Placement Services License has been favourably concluded, following a comprehensive review and investigation into the matter by the Principal Officer of the Mercantile Marine Department, who is the First Appellate Authority in such cases,” Anglo-Eastern said in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday.