{"id":2484,"date":"2026-08-11T11:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T11:48:33","slug":"minimum-safe-manning-requirements-for-indian-offshore-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/minimum-safe-manning-requirements-for-indian-offshore-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Minimum Safe Manning Requirements for Indian Offshore Vessels?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Minimum safe manning requirements for Indian offshore vessels<\/strong> come from Annexure E-1 of Circular No. 54 of 2025, and they cover ships working the zone between 20 nautical miles off the Indian coast and the outer edge of India’s Exclusive Economic Zone. A vessel under 200 GT needs 5 nautical crew. A vessel at 6000 GT or above needs 8, with Foreign-Going certificates required at Master and Mate level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the scale that governs most of India’s offshore support fleet, the OSVs, PSVs, AHTS vessels, and tugs that service oil and gas platforms far enough offshore to fall outside near coastal limits. This guide continues our series on minimum safe manning requirements for Indian flag vessels<\/a>, which maps the full circular annexure by annexure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It opens the offshore cluster in that series, alongside the scales we’ve already covered for international voyages<\/a>, near coastal voyages<\/a>, Indian coast operations<\/a>, and harbour operations<\/a>. Every Indian flag vessel<\/a> working offshore support needs to know exactly where it sits on this scale before its Minimum Safe Manning Document can be approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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