In Ukraine, the Inspectorate for Certification of Seafarers was abolished

In Ukraine, the Inspectorate for Training and Certification of Seafarers was liquidated.

The path of struggle with the institution has been going on since 2022, said the head of the Shipping Administration Yevgenii Ignatenko.

For many years, ITCS did not have trust among sailors. In order to liquidate it, it was necessary to go through changes in legal regulation, repeated appeals to law enforcement agencies and court injunctions.

Information about the termination of the institution’s activities is entered in the  Unified State Register.

Ignatenko noted that it was possible to liquidate the inspection despite the opposition of persons interested in its work.

Now the only body authorized to certify seafarers is the Shipping Administration.

We will remind you that on December 23, 2020, the scandalous District Administrative Court of Kyiv suspended the liquidation of the ITCS and the transfer of its functions to the Shipping Administration. The decision was made as security for the claim of a member of the State Qualification Commission, a long-distance sailing captain, to the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Infrastructure.

The inspectorate for the training and certification of seafarers is known for its extremely high level of corruption among maritime workers. The state qualification commission is often biased and makes it impossible for a seafarer to pass the exam. In January 2021, one of the specialists managed to challenge the results of the DCC exam in court, but such cases are an exception to the rules.

The sailors complain about the lack of communication with the ITCS, the indefinite period of verification of documents and the lack of explanations in case of rejection of applications. The “Sailor’s Cabinet” is also criticized, which was created as if to make the process of submitting documents transparent, but is not regulated by one or another legal act.