{"id":2534,"date":"2026-08-14T07:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2026-08-14T07:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:06:27","slug":"minimum-safe-manning-for-icvs-on-the-indian-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/minimum-safe-manning-for-icvs-on-the-indian-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Minimum Safe Manning for Indian Coastal Vessels Operating on the Indian Coast?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Minimum safe manning for ICVs on the Indian coast<\/strong> 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 Annexure F-1<\/a>. A vessel at 3000 GT and above needs a full three-officer bridge team, GMDSS coverage on every vessel regardless of size, and no small-vessel concession anywhere on the scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guide continues our series on minimum safe manning requirements for Indian flag vessels<\/a>, and it’s the direct companion to Annexure F-1 on ICV harbour operations<\/a>, the scale for the same vessel classification confined to port limits. We’ve also covered international voyages<\/a>, near coastal voyages<\/a>, Indian coast operations under Annexure C<\/a>, harbour operations under Annexure D<\/a>, and both Indian<\/a> and foreign<\/a> offshore areas elsewhere in this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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