As many as 21 Indian sailors on board a merchant ship are stuck for quite some time at the Port of Mykolaiv in war-hit Ukraine but all of them are “safe” and in "regular contact" with their families and the ship manning agency, according to the agency founder and CEO Sanjay Prashar. Prashar said that 24 other ships are also docked at the port and have Indian sailors onboard as well. MV Maritime (the ship manning agency) is watchful of the developments and keeping all authorities concerned in the loop including the External Affairs Ministry, the Indian Embassy and sector regulator Director General of Shipping, he said. DG Shipping Amitabh Kumar was not available for comments. The crew has not come out of the vessel since the war broke out between Russia and Ukraine late last month and a strict vigil is being maintained on the ship, Prashar said.