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Vessels to get survey certificate online
DHAKA, Sept 11, 2018 (BSS) – Bringing an end to hassles faced by ship
owners to secure survey certificates for their vessels, Ministry of Shipping
is taking the process online as a part of government’s goal to establish
Digital Bangladesh.
“Till now, owners had to face many hassles to get survey certificate for
their vessels manually. But to make the process easier and transparent, the
ministry has opted to take the process online so that the vessel owners can
secure the certificate sitting in their homes,” Shipping Ministry
spokesperson Md Jahangir Alam Khan told BSS.
The senior public relation official said to get the survey certificate, a
vessel owner first have to get registered by clicking “online application” at
Department of Shipping website www.dos.gov.bd .
“After that the vessel owner has to fill up the form online and submit it
to surveyor of his choice and also submit the printed copy of the form along
with other necessary documents to survey office,” Khan said.
“Then the surveyor will inspect the vessel and submit the papers to head
office after filling up papers designated for him. The head office will check
whether the application was made appropriately and then will send the correct
application to chief inspector,” he added.
If all the documents are in place, the chief inspector then submit those
to chief engineer and surveyor and after scrutinizing, he will send those to
director general (DG) of Department of Shipping.
“After the DG’s approval and submission, the survey certificate will
automatically go back to vessel owner and he will receive a confirmation
message on his cell phone. Thus the owner will receive the survey certificate
sitting at his home after application,” shipping ministry spokesman said.
Khan further said Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan will officially
launch “Software for Inland Ship Management System” tomorrow at BIWTA
auditorium, inaugurating the complete online service programme of Department
of Shipping.
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