1.5 million seafarers work on merchant ships all over the world and 1/3 of 1.5 million are Filipinos.
Today, people all over the world depend on ships for import and export. According to some estimates, as much as 90% of the world's goods are transported by ship.
There are approximately 1.2 million seafarers in the world, according to the IMO.Out Of these, only about 24,000 are women.
Panama is a flag state with the largest number of registered ships, followed by the Marshall Islands and Liberia.
There are more than 50,000 merchant ships in the world, which are registered in more than 150 countries.
The top three countries with the largest number of merchant fleets are Japan, Greece, and Germany. Japan has the largest number of merchant fleets in the whole world.
Maersk Line, the shipping arm of Maersk, is the world's largest container shipping company.It operates more than 600 vessels, and employs nearly 80,000 people.
The engine of a container ship is typically 100,000 horsepower, while the engine of a car is 100 horsepower.
HMM Algeciras is the largest container ship in the world today. its capacity is 24000TEU and it can carry 23964 containers.
it is estimated that approximately 2000 sailors die each year due to accidents, illness, or other causes while working on ships.
Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to sail from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic by way of the Strait of Magellan.