India becomes world's second-largest supplier of seafarers, overtakes China: Report
Partially corroborated53India has become the world's second-largest supplier of seafarers, contributing 311,936 personnel, or 12.16% of the global seafaring workforce, according to the BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report 2026. It now trails only the Philippines, having overtaken China.
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