In India, crew changes in homeport started somewhere from 24th April. This move by the government helped a lot to the ships who were calling Indian ports. Also some ships altered their routes a little bit to reach Cochin Port Anchorage for crew changes. Though majority of seafarers are Indian, but some foreign nationalities to have been reported that were part of crew change process.
DG shipping the prime body In India related to maritime sector has released the data for number of sign on and sign off recorded in each port. Mumbai and Cochin leads the slot. The prime reasons for Mumbai is that the location and also being financial city. Cochin emerged as top destination because the fluency in the crew changes operations.
Numbers stated here are from 23rd March to 15th June.
