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:---
the port or ports which it will visit in the course of its voyage;
goods or passengers carried by such vessel and the ports or places where such goods or passengers will be dropped off;
any offshore area in which it may operate or navigate for the purposes of its voyage; and
such other information as the Director-General may deem fit.