New Delhi on Thursday directed shipping companies not to deploy Indian seafarers on vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz.
This came after a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the waterway amid renewed tensions between the United States and Iran.
The Directorate General of Maritime Administration, the country’s apex maritime regulator under the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, issued the directive to ship owners, ship managers and recruitment and placement service licence companies.
It also asked vessels operating in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and nearby waters to maintain heightened security, monitor navigational warnings and security advisories, and comply with ship security measures under the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code.
The authority said that it would continue to “closely monitor the evolving security situation”.
On Sunday, an Indian seafarer went missing after a Cyprus-flagged ship transiting the waterway was targeted. His family later said that he has died, though the Indian government has not confirmed his death....
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