A change of the Danish visa rules means that it has become much more difficult
to implement crew changes in Danish ports and waters. Danish Shipbrokers
Association has turned to the Parliamentary Trade and Industry."As it many
times has been reported to the authorities, it is a major challenge and worry in
the business that there are no guidelines on how procedures should be when crew
members embark and disembark ships in Denmark", writes Danish Shipbrokers
Association in a letter.On 20 June 2013 the Danish Ministry of Justice
issued a report on the revision of the Danish visa regulations. Part of the
report deals specifically with issues relating to seafarers and include, inter
alia, on page 78, that there should be guidelines for issuing visas to
seamen."We would like to know whether it we should follow these
recommendations concerning seafarers and what the time horizon can be expected
to be like. We note that while the report was published on the Ministry of
Justice’s website and before comments on the report had been gathered, the
police issued notifications on new procedures and routines”, wrote Shipbrokers'
Association's director Allan Houtved in the inquiry."There is still a great
need for adjusting the routines in the police so that they are consistent with
both political wishes along with those of the industry. Currently there are
differences in how the rules are observed, not only in the various police
forces, but also individual employees and separate stations observe the rules
differently. For the industry, this means that crew changes sometimes are
possible in certain places but probably not always elsewhere", it is added in
the letter.The letter also notes that many have the impression that people
in Denmark do not want the sailors traveling to or from vessels and therefore
makes it as difficult as possible with different rules, some written but mostly
unwritten rules.Danish Shipbrokers Association writes that the matter is
very urgent and request that the matter will be treated as soon as
possible.
WORLD SHIPPING
11 August 2013 - 22:59
Ship brokers demand clear guidelines
A change of the Danish visa rules means that it has become much more difficult to implement crew changes in Danish ports and waters.
WORLD SHIPPING
11 August 2013 - 22:59
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