The State and Central agencies have found themselves at loggerheads over the manner in which the outer anchorage crew change was stopped at Vizhinjam seaport, a major revenue source of the port during the time of COVID-19.
The Bureau of Immigration (BoI) has issued an order with regard to stopping outer anchorage crew change on July 20. The order said that controlled crew change services being rendered from the outer anchorage of Vizhinjam seaport had been withdrawn with immediate effect until further notice. Those steamer agents who had already submitted documents for crew change in the near future shall be considered, but no fresh cases would not be entertained in the light of an order issued by the Director General of Shipping (DGS).
