New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA) has directed ship owners, ship managers and Recruitment and Placement Service Licence (RPSL) companies to avoid deploying Indian seafarers on vessels undertaking voyages through the Strait of Hormuz until further orders, citing the heightened security situation in the Gulf region.Taking to the social media platform X, the maritime regulator said the move was aimed at safeguarding the safety, security and welfare …
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Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), India, has blacklisted 88 vessels and restricted 278 others for abandoning Indian seafarers. Abandonment occurs when a seafarer is left stranded at a foreign port without wages, food or repatriation efforts. Indian seafarers are among the most abandoned in the world. According to data released by the UK-based International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), 1,125 Indian seafarers were abandoned in 2025 alone. This prompted the…