Section 6. Reporting requirements.

Every vessel, including Indian vessels engaged in coasting trade, shall report to the Director-General the following information in such form and manner as may be prescribed, namely:--- (a) the port or ports which it will visit in the course of its voyage; (b) goods or passengers carried by such vessel and the ports or places where such goods or passengers will be dropped off; (c) any offshore area in which it may operate or navigate for the purposes of its voyage; and (d) such other information as the Director-General may deem fit.