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Functions
The main function of the Shipping Office is to superintend and
facilitate the engagement and discharge of Pakistani seamen and
issue them their service record book in the manner provided in
the Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance 2001, and the rules
prepared there under and enforcement of various ILO maritime
conventions. The functions of the Shipping Office, in brief, are
hereunder :-
I. To issue SSB
(Seamen Service Book) and seamen identity cards to seamen
employed on board merchant ship and maintance of their service
records in the Shipping Office.
II. To administer
the various provisions of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance and
Rules there under and to implement Government directives to the
employment and discharge of seagoing personnel.
III. To open
Articles of agreement at the time of engagement of crew on ships
and to superintend engagement and discharge of officers and
seamen.
IV. To settle
disputes regarding balance of wages, overtime allowance, food,
water and accommodation etc., which arise between employers and
seafarers.
V. To see that the
arrangements are made for the maintenance
abroad and repartition of distressed seamen.
VI. To examine the
ship’s papers and grant port clearance to incoming and
outgoing merchant ships.
VII. To maintain
lists of Pakistani seamen required with the shipping companies
under the Pakistan Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Employment)
Rules, 1961.
VIII. To realize
Government dues (revenue receipts) from shipping companies
/Manning Agencies and the balance of wages etc. of deceased and
deserted seamen.
IX. To arrange
medical examination of seamen at the time of issue of SSB and
their biennial medical check up by the Port Health Officer.
X. To maintain
liaison with the Maritime Board of Pakistan.
XI. To maintain
Deferred Credit and Gratuity Accounts of Pakistani seamen
serving on foreign ships (operated in Habib Bank Limited)
XII. To maintain a
Personal Ledger Account with the State Bank of Pakistan.
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