India Orders Shipping Firms To Halt Seafarer Deployment Through Strait Of Hormuz After Recent Ship Attacks
India has ordered shipowners, ship managers and recruitment companies to stop deploying Indian seafarers on vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz until further orders, following a series of attacks on merchant ships in the Gulf region that have killed and injured Indian crew members.
The advisory was issued late on Wednesday by the Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA), which cited the worsening security situation in the Persian Gulf and continuing attacks on commercial vessels.
India is one of the world’s largest suppliers of merchant seafarers, with government data showing more than 300,000 Indians serving on ships worldwide.
“In view of the heightened security situation in the Persian Gulf region, including incidents…