Management

Complete Crew Management

  • Crew Payroll, Employment and Certification
  • Deployment and Travel Solutions
  • Welfare, HR and Support
  • Placement and Training Services

We aim to make the life of a ship operator as easy as possible by delivering a professional, cost-effective, robust and personal service in crew management.

Our Crew support services are made up of the following:

Operations and Administration

Includes the scheduling of crew, maintaining personal records, monitoring leave, Visa application and Certificate renewals

Global Crew Employment and Payroll

We offer a range of crew payroll services, which will significantly contribute to the operational savings in the employment of maritime staff

Deployment and Travel

Booking and organising flights to and from vessels, hotels and transfers required by crew and marine management

Placement

Identifying the position, advertising, applicant screening, interviewing, reference checking and placing candidates

Training

Identifying training needs, maintaining training records, arranging courses and assessing training establishments. Reduced course cost by utilising The Maritime Skills Academy (part of Viking Maritime Group)

Officer Trainee Cadets

Government-approved, Deck, Engineering and Electro-Technical Officer Cadets with Chiltern Maritime (part of Viking Maritime Group)

Key Contacts

Paul Rutterford
Operations Director
Andrew Howarth
Managing Director (NZ)
Emily Jaenicke
Head of Crewing

Our Success

Part of our successful approach is understanding how each company has slightly different requirements, and we take the time and trouble to discuss each client’s exact needs, to ensure that the service provided is of the highest quality and value.

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Placement

Identifying the position, advertising, applicant screening, interviewing, reference checking and placing candidates.

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Deployment

Preparing and organising flights to and from vessels, and other travel needs required by crew and marine management.

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Training

Identifying training needs, maintaining training records, arranging courses and assessing training establishments.

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Operations

Includes the scheduling of crew, monitoring leave, arranging crew changes and travel, providing suitable cover for sickness/study.

Other Key Crew Management Service Areas

Global/Offshore Crew Payroll

Our expertise is to offer a range of crew payroll services, which will significantly contribute to the operational savings in the employment of maritime staff.

Crew Placement

Providing employment agreements, dealing with grievance / disciplinary procedures, promotions, resignations, appraisal and redundancy programmes.

Crew Administration

Supplying a range of services including maintaining personal records, Visa applications, Certificate renewals and liaising with clients, etc.

Crew Welfare

Maintaining sickness records, compassionate leave, and dealing with next of kin.

Crew Health & Medical

Monitoring medical status, arranging medicals, maintaining company Drugs and Alcohol Policy.

In partnership with specially selected medical centres, we can offer Owners/Managers an enhanced medical pre-employment screening programme, ensuring all seafarers meet the highest criteria, easily exceeding statutory fitness levels. Ongoing ‘healthwatch’ monitoring and maintenance is also a feature.

The programme is operated in conjunction with UK MCA approved doctors, strategically located throughout the UK and Eire. Other approved doctors are available in Antibes, Vancouver, Miami, Cape Town and Sydney.