Mumbai - India’s Directorate General of Shipping has issued a sweeping enforcement circular prohibiting 366 foreign-flagged vessels from employing Indian seafarers — one of the largest single enforcement actions in the DGS’s history — after documenting serious violations involving crew abandonment, unpaid wages, denial of compensation in death and missing-at-sea cases, and failure to assist in repatriation of Indian sailors. The circular, addressed to all Recruitment and Placement Service Licence holders and to Indian seafarers directly, classifies 278 vessels as ‘restricted’ from hiring Indian crew and 88 vessels as ‘blacklisted’ — a more severe classification that typically accompanies . . .