India bars its sailors from Hormuz routes after tanker deaths
Shipping regulator orders owners and managers to keep Indian crews off vessels transiting strait, where 16 Indians have been killed or gone missing since war began
NEW DELHI (MNTV) — India has ordered shipowners, ship managers, and certification companies not to place Indian seafarers on any vessel routed through the Strait of Hormuz until further notice, as attacks on shipping mount in the waterway.
The Directorate General of Shipping said on X that there should be no deployment of Indian crews on voyages passing through the strait, and called for heightened security vigilance across the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and adjoining waters.
It instructed operators to monitor navigational warnings and security advisories continuously, to apply the International Ship and Port Facility Security code strictly, and to report emergencies and render assistance immediately.
The order follows the deaths of Indian nationals caught in the fighting.
One was killed this week when Iran struck two United Arab Emirates tankers transiting the strait’s southern shipping lane in Omani territorial waters.
Sixteen Indians have been killed or reported missing across the Middle East since the US-Iran war began on Feb. 28.
The directive lands amid days of escalating exchanges between Washington and Tehran over the strait, despite the Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding meant to end the conflict and open the way to a lasting peace agreement.
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