NEW DELHI: India’s maritime regulator DG Shipping has advised recruitment and placement agencies to “restrict the deployment of Indian seafarers to conflict areas until further orders”. It has, however, said companies may carry out crew change in emergency situations with consent of crew members.

Indian seafarers are being restricted from deployment to conflict zones. This directive follows a US military strike on a commercial vessel off the Oman coast. Three Indian crew…

Days after three Indian seafarers onboard MT Settebello were killed following a US military strike off the Oman coast, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has advised…