Crewing

by Shashank Jahagirdar

COVID cases continue to increase in India with Maharashtra state being one of the highest contributors. Strict lockdown/night curfew measures are being implemented in Mumbai and nearby areas to bring down the numbers. As per the analysis, young generation is seen as major carriers of Corona virus and number of people being admitted in the hospital is increasing with every passing day. We urge our seafarers to follow all the guidelines as same is in their best interest.

Our team in Mumbai continues to work from home and are in constant contact with our seafarers for advance planning and logistics. Medical clinics have reported revised timings for collection of samples for COVID 19 test. Our team will continue to monitor situation and plan activities well in advance.

Domestic and International travel quarantine rules are dynamic and govt authorities are watching the numbers carefully before announcing new changes. Thus, all seafarers are requested to contact respective E2E Operator for understanding latest quarantine rules. We also encourage our seafarers to read latest guidelines on respective airline website/state govt/home country website as well as local administration website. Some of the highlights of 2021 from Crewing:

TRAVEL PARTNER

 As mentioned in Manager’s Corner article, all existing marine travel related arrangements (Flights, Visa’s & Hotels) will be taken care by the

ATPI team. As they have experience of using

Compas application we intend this transition to be a smooth process. Booking process remains the same (as done in Compas). Only the travel partner name will change.

 Our Project Team is already working on the framework and will share detailed transition plan in second quarter of 2021.

COMPAS

 We have received suggestions/feedback on how we can manage Port calls in Compas.

After analyzing all the responses, we have stopped the automatic import of port calls from

IMOS portal with effect from 12th April 2021.

Masters will only have rights to add/edit/delete port calls in Compas (as it was done in

WinAdmi).

 Revised E-appraisal workflow for deck/engine officers, ratings, galley team & repair team was released recently, and information was shared with all vessels. The changes made are as per suggestions received from the

Masters/onboard management team. We thank everyone for their patience, contribution, and support for making this a success.

 We have seen tremendous improvement in

Payroll through Compas. Number of escalations are coming down. The team is continuously working with CAST team to ensure our seafarers get answers to their queries. We thank everyone for keeping patience during implementation phase and will continue to work towards bringing in more efficiency with the help of new system and team.