Over 505,000 Filipino seafarers were deployed in 2019, but the number dropped during the pandemic. - PDI
MANILA (Bloomberg): The Philippines, one of the world’s top suppliers of maritime labour, expects its seafarer deployment recovering to its pre-pandemic level by yearend, Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople said.
The South-East Asian nation deployed close to 150,000 seafarers last quarter, putting it on track to reach its 2019 deployment, Ople told reporters on Monday at the sidelines of an international shipping summit.
