{"id":2462,"date":"2026-08-11T07:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2026-08-11T07:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:36:14","slug":"minimum-safe-manning-requirements-for-harbour-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/minimum-safe-manning-requirements-for-harbour-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Minimum Safe Manning Requirements for Harbour Operations in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Minimum safe manning requirements for harbour operations<\/strong> come from Annexure D of DGMA Circular No. 54 of 2025<\/strong>, and they set the lightest crew scale of any annexure in the circular. A vessel under 200 GT needs just 3 nautical crew, the smallest complement in the whole document. A vessel of 10,000 GT or above still needs only 8, far fewer than an international or near coastal ship of the same size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you manage a tug, a barge, a harbour craft, or any vessel confined to a port and its immediate approaches, this scale, not Annexure A, B, or C, decides what goes on your Minimum Safe Manning Document. This guide is part of our series on minimum safe manning requirements for Indian flag vessels<\/a>, which maps the full circular annexure by annexure. It builds directly on what we’ve already covered for Annexure A on international voyages<\/a>, Annexure B on near coastal voyages<\/a>, and Annexure C on Indian coast operations<\/a>. Every Indian flag vessel<\/a> working a harbour trade needs to know exactly where it fits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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