Mehdi Shipping (also referred to as an Agent Company) through it's Marketing Department, sends
business proposals to prospective Principals abroad or meet the prospective Principals personally and discuss the terms and conditions as stipulated in the compilation of documents inside the brochure. Should the Principal agree to the propositions stipulated in the business proposal, a Special Power of Attorney and a
Mehdi Shipping Agreement will be signed to close the transaction.
Accreditation of Principal and Enrollment of Vessel:
The following documents will be submitted by the Agent Company:
1) Authenticated Special Power of Attorney
2) Authenticated Mehdi Shipping Agreement
3) Job Order/Crew Request with breakdown of agreed Salary
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4) Vessel Specification
5) A copy of Principal's Company Registration or License Certificate
If the vessel/s assigned to the Agent Company was already or previously assigned to another agency in
India, a Letter of No Objection is needed from the local agency so that the new agency can use the vessel's name and deploy seafarers for the available positions. It is highly recommended that a Job Order/Crew Request be given three weeks in
advance to enable the agency to have enough time to prepare the needed crew. This allotted time will provide the agency to select the most qualified crew and also the time needed for
documentation. In case of emergency 5 days notice will also do.
The Vessel Specification will reflect the name of the vessel and other pertinent data
and could be seen as follows:
a) Name of vessel
b) Previous Name of Vessel, if any
c) Previous Name of Principal, if any
d) Type of Vessel
e) Registry of Vessel
f) Route of Vessel
g) Gross Tonnage
h) Year Built
i) Type Of Engine
j) Length register
k) Depth: Draft: Speed
Crew Selection, Hiring, and Medical Examination:
With utmost care, the selection, hiring, and medical examination are done by our staff and our accredited medical clinic to ensure that only physically and psychologically qualified applicants (seafarers) are sent to the Principal's vessels.
Medical Tests:
The medical fitness examination recommended to be carried
out in the under mentioned manner some variation would be required
depending on the age, medical history, medical examination finding
and type of job on board:
(a) A Detailed Medical History
(b) A thorough physical examination including Measurements
(c) General and Systemic clinical examination and Visual Testing
(d) Laboratory examination of:
- Complete Blood Examination
- Urine Routine & Microscopic Examination
- X-Ray of chest is recommended in view of wide prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- Stool examination is recommended for all Domestic branch
- Crews since Helminthiasis (worms) is a common occurrence
- Hepatitis - B (Australia Antigen) is not uncommon and testing blood for the surface antigen would be advantageous
- HIV testing (AIDS), Company may include HIV screening in view of world wide prevalence and Nature of illness
- DRUG & ALCOHOL testing may be included in the company medical examination policy, it would however raise costs since tests are relatively expensive
(e) VACCINATION &
INOCULATIONS would be checked and advised
Our medical examiner is an ex sailor and qualified Doctor as per
" IMO" guidelines.
Ticketing and Deployment:
As soon as the seafarers are ready, we communicate with the Principal to send the plane tickets or they send the cash equivalent of the air
fare or Mehdi Shipping will arrange the tickets for which the Principal will
re-imburse it to Mehdi Shipping agent invoice in
agreed time. We send or deploy the seafarers as soon as possible to meet the vessel's requirement and avoid delay.
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