Mumbai - The Director General of Shipping will be renamed as the Director General of Maritime Administration in a key institutional reform under the new Merchant Shipping Bill which is expected to be moved in the Lok Sabha soon. The reform will appropriately reflect the office’s duties to oversee maritime affairs, other than commercial aspects of ports, and supervise discharge of obligations of ports under international conventions.
The Bill seeks to repeal and re-enact the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. Further, it seeks to set up a body responsible for carrying out regulatory and oversight functions in . . .
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