{"id":201220,"date":"2022-08-23T18:37:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=201220"},"modified":"2022-08-23T18:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:07:54","slug":"india-iran-sign-mou-for-smooth-movement-of-seafarers-between-both-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-iran-sign-mou-for-smooth-movement-of-seafarers-between-both-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"India, Iran sign MoU for smooth movement of seafarers between both countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>India, Iran sign MoU for smooth movement of seafarers between both countries<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on<b> 23rd August 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) mutually recognising certificates of competency in unlimited voyages of seafarers from both nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the significance of this MoU signed between India and Iran?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MoU has been signed as per the provisions of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers(1978).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This agreement will smoothen the movement of seafarers from both countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch <\/b><b>Keeping(STCW) for Seafarers?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The convention was adopted in 1978 by a conference at the <\/span><b>International Maritime Organization(IMO) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in London and entered into force in 1984.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The convention was the <\/span><b>first to establish minimum basic requirements for training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on an international level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Convention prescribes minimum standards relating to training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers which countries are obliged to meet or exceed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One <\/span><b>important feature of the Convention<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is that it applies to ships of non-party States when visiting ports of States which are Parties to the Convention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Manila amendments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the STCW Convention and Code were adopted in 2010 marking a major revision of the STCW Convention and Code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>About Chabahar Port<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chabahar-port\/\"><b>Click Here to read about it<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIndia, Iran sign MoU for smooth movement of seafarers between both countries\u201d published in The Hindu on 23rd August 2022. What is the News? India and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) mutually recognising certificates of competency in unlimited voyages of seafarers from both nations.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-iran-sign-mou-for-smooth-movement-of-seafarers-between-both-countries\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India, Iran sign MoU for smooth movement of seafarers between both countries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-201220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700807344,"cached_date":1704917827},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}