Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiliz-Baldoz said that the government, under its labor and Employment Plan for 2011-2016 is considering the ratification of Maritime Labor Convention 2006 since the Philippines rank as the top supplier of seafarers in the world, particularly in ratings. Some 180,000 Filipinos or 28.5 percent of 632,000 marines are on board vessels world. Russia (7.3 percent) is a distant second

(Source: United Filipino Seafarer)