Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN)-India was launched in July 2022.
To co-opt industry feedback and guidance, MACN-India has constituted a Steering
Committee comprising senior level
functionaries of the IPA, MANSA, CSLA, FOSMA, MASSA, INSA, and GlobalMET.
This Committee, constituted in March 2023, meets quarterly, its recent
being at Mumbai on 31st August 2023. It has succeeded, through a concerted
collective action effort, over the past one year, in combating maritime
corruption in the country. It has engaged extensively with a wide array of
stakeholders concerned, both in the public and private sectors. Through its
digital initiatives, MACN-India has already operationalised a Helpdesk and will
soon be functionalising an e-dashboard.
It has received around 500 PANs
(Pre-Arrival Notifications) from maritime companies / vessel masters / agents.
16 maritime corruption incidents have been reported to MACN-India, so far, all of which has escalated to the senior-most functionaries of the
agencies concerned, actively followed them up and resolved, in quick time, with
a 100% success.
MACN-India is receiving an
increasing number of feedback from Masters of vessels and allied stakeholders that their port user experience in India is
getting better and cleaner, progressively.