India has told shipowners, ship managers and crewing agencies to halt deployment of Indian seafarers to vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz until further notice, the Directorate General of Shipping said on Wednesday evening, as a precaution after a recent spike in attacks in the waterway amid heightened Iran‑US tensions. One recent attack killed an Indian seafarer. The International Chamber of Shipping and BIMCO estimate more than 310,000 Indian seafarers work on merchant ships, making India the world’s second‑largest supplier of seafarers.(金十数据)