SEAFARERS ARE FRONTIER WORKERS: DG SHIPPING INDIA In a process of vaccination, dg shipping comes out with a piece of great news for all seafarers that seafarers will be count as key frontline workers. This is great news for the seafarers that want to work on a ship or in process of joining the ship or cruise. this notification will boost the process of vaccination of covid-19. In the gazette notification dated 21.12.2020 F.no.23-66011/2/2020-CREW-DGS, DGS circular no.37 of 2020 states that seafarers are the “KEY WORKWORKERS” counted to be essential services. These notifications state that seafarers plays important role in the global supply chain to respond to and recover from covid-19.by the help of the “essential service maintenance act 1968.which give parliament a absolute power in emergency situation to put any transportation sector as a essential sector in the time of emergency situation. Who are seafarers: Any person who is working or traveling by ship is co
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