World’s Second-Largest Seafarer Supplier India Signs Up For Global Digital Certificate Platform

The agreement marks a significant milestone for ISF Verify, bringing one of the world’s largest seafarer supply countries into the project and further strengthening its international reach. India supplies approximately 312,000 seafarers, making it the world’s second-largest seafarer supply country, according to the ICS/BIMCO Seafarer Workforce Report 2026.

The agreement builds on growing international collaboration around ISF Verify and follows a successful proof of concept with the Philippines’ Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA). Together with the Philippines, the two countries account for around 30 per cent of the global seafarer workforce of 2.57 million.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was marked at a signing ceremony during the International Maritime Organization Council meeting at the IMO headquarters in London this week.Under the agreement, the DGMA, ICS and LROO will undertake a pilot programme exploring the integration of ISF Verify with India’s existing platform through an API, with the parties completing technical discovery work, establishing requirements and agreeing a development plan and roadmap for integration.

ISF Verify is a cloud-based platform developed by ICS and LROO to support the maritime sector’s transition from paper to digital seafarer certificates and connects seafarers, administrations, port state control and shipping companies, enabling the secure sharing, verification and endorsement of certificates.

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