I am finishing my second contract with Darya Shipping. Salary problems occur mainly because the office has difficulties processing payments to non-Indian bank details, and salaries can arrive up to a week late at the beginning of the month. There is very high crew turnover, with many people joining in their first rank or working on a gas carrier for the first time. On the positive side, this creates good opportunities for promotion, although salaries are slightly below the market rate and need to be negotiated.
I completed one contract with Darya Shipping. I was supposed to stay for four months, but I was kept on board for seven, and I considered myself lucky that the delay was not longer. The situation on the gas carriers was reportedly better than in the rest of the fleet, while the crude oil vessels were in very poor condition. The crew was mostly Indian, and communication in English was difficult.
I worked for Darya Shipping and signed off one of its vessels. During the entire contract, no supplies were delivered, and my salary was paid only after the vessel was arrested for the third time in one year. The hiring process involved only a very brief interview and no tests.
I spent four months working for Darya Shipping alongside the second engineer. It was the worst-maintained vessel I have ever seen in my career. We were relieved to leave when the contract ended; fortunately, the vessel entered dry dock, which at least allowed us to go into town after work.
I worked for Darya Shipping. The cooks were poor, spare parts required a lot of paperwork and phone calls to obtain, and I was assigned a very difficult crew.
I worked for Darya Shipping a long time ago, including on one of its bulk carriers. Before and after the company moved under Anglo-Eastern management, my experience was generally satisfactory. The crew was entirely Indian.
During my work with Darya Shipping, the vessel was in very poor condition and required constant repairs. The vetting inspection was cancelled after repeated reports about the vessel's condition, and there was no reliable communication with the office. A technician arrived without having read the report that had already been provided, and the vessel appeared unlikely to pass a serious port state inspection.
I worked for Darya Shipping on one of its vessels. The crew was Indian, and even when a seafarer felt unwell with pain or a fever, the attitude was simply to keep working.