{"id":2643,"date":"2026-08-16T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2026-08-17T03:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:56:33","slug":"safe-manning-for-passenger-ships-between-indian-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indosearch.in\/learn\/safe-manning-for-passenger-ships-between-indian-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Minimum Safe Manning Scale for Passenger Ships Operating Between Indian Ports?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Minimum safe manning for passenger ships between Indian ports<\/strong> comes from Annexure G-4 of DGMA Circular No. 54 of 2025, and it is the tightest operating envelope of any passenger vessel scale covered in this series so far. A passenger vessel under 200 GT needs 6 nautical crew here. A vessel of 6000 GT and above needs 11, and unlike the international and NCV scales already covered, this entire annexure only applies to fair-weather operation at every tonnage, not just at the smallest tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you manage a passenger ship, Ro-Ro or Ro-Pax vessel, or special trade passenger ship shuttling between two Indian ports on a short coastal hop, Annexure G-4 is the table that decides its Minimum Safe Manning Document (MSMD), not the wider international scale under Annexure G-1 or the NCV scale under Annexure G-2. Both of those annexures cover voyages that leave Indian waters. Annexure G-4 covers something much narrower by design, a specific two-port passenger hop that stays within 5 nautical miles of the coast and only happens in fair weather.<\/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 is the third post in the passenger vessel subcluster, following our guides to Annexure G-1’s international voyages<\/a> and Annexure G-2’s NCV and short international voyages<\/a>, and Annexure G-3 covers Indian coast operations within 20 nautical miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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