What Is the Minimum Safe Manning for Indian Coastal Vessels Operating on the Indian Coast?

Minimum safe manning for ICVs on the Indian coast

Minimum safe manning for ICVs on the Indian coast operating on the Indian coast comes from Annexure F-2 of Circular No. 54 of 2025, and it’s a genuinely different scale from the harbour-only rules we covered in our last guide. A vessel under 200 GT needs 4 nautical crew here, not the 3 required under … Read more

What Is the Minimum Safe Manning Scale for Indian Coastal Vessels in Harbour Operations?

Minimum Safe Manning for ICV Harbour Operations

Minimum safe manning for Indian coastal vessels in harbour operations comes from Annexure F-1 of Circular No. 54 of 2025, and it sets one of the lightest crew scales in the entire circular. A vessel under 200 GT needs just 3 nautical crew. A vessel at 6000 GT still needs only 8, far fewer than … Read more