{"id":2587,"date":"2026-08-15T06:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T12:28:21","slug":"safe-manning-for-river-sea-vessels-on-daylight-voyages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/safe-manning-for-river-sea-vessels-on-daylight-voyages\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Minimum Safe Manning Scale for River-Sea Vessels on Daylight Voyages?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Safe manning for river-sea vessels on daylight voyages<\/strong> comes from Annexure F-5 of DGMA Circular No. 54 of 2025, and it applies the moment an RSV Type 2, 3, or 4 leaves harbour limits for a genuine daylight run between two nearby ports. A vessel under 200 GT needs 4 nautical crew. A vessel from 3000 GT to under 6000 GT needs 8, with a dedicated watchkeeping officer added to the bridge team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you manage an RSV that regularly hops between two ports in a single day, or you handle its Minimum Safe Manning Document (MSMD) approval, Annexure F-5 is the table that applies, not Annexure F-4’s harbour scale<\/a> and not the longer coastal scale under Annexure F-6. Gross tonnage decides the code inside F-5. The voyage itself, a daylight passage between nearby ports, decides whether F-5 applies at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guide continues our series on minimum safe manning requirements for Indian flag vessels<\/a>, which maps every annexure in DGMA Circular No. 54 of 2025. It builds directly on Annexure F-3 for Type 1 RSVs<\/a> and Annexure F-4 for Types 2 to 4 in harbour<\/a>, the two guides immediately before this one in the RSV sub-cluster, and it pairs with the pillar guide’s River-Sea Vessels section<\/a> for the full five-annexure picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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