Crewing

Maine State Ferry Service awards Seaward new crewing contract

After a competitive proposal process, Maine State Ferry Service (MSFS) and the Maine State Department of Transportation, has awarded Hornblower Group subsidiary Seaward Services, Inc. (SSI), a new 5-year contract to provide supplementary marine crew services to the MSFS fleet,.

Under the contract, Seaward will support and supplement the existing MSFS crew on six different ferry routes that connect Maine’s island communities. Seaward says that its continued provision of expert and professional...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/maine-state-ferry-service-awards-seaward-new-crewing-contract/

Erik Froste, CEO Swedish Roadferries – take 2, improved sound quality

On a maritime mission in Ukraine

Meet Erik Froste, CEO of Swedish Roadferries, assigned by the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), to go to Odesa and find out when Ukraine can fulfil the crucial maritime requirements of becoming a member of the European Union.

Erik was on this mission for six months earlier this year, and you must listen to his story about everyday life in Ukraine. He also speaks about the brave people he met and how he...

https://shippingpodcast.com/erik-froste-ceo-swedish-roadferries-take-2-improved-sound-quality/

GAO to Navy: “Fix the way you do crewing”

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Crewing ships with an adequate number of personnel who have the right skills and experience is vital for executing missions and mitigating risks. However, says a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) “the Navy has historically assigned fewer crewmembers to ships than are required to operate them safely. Such crewing shortfalls contributed to the fatal Navy surface ship collisions in 2017.”

Navy officers face charges following destroyer collisions

The GAO says that the...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/gao-to-navy-fix-the-way-you-do-crewing/

IMCA responds to congressional advancement of U.S. Crewing legislation

On March 29, 2022 the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation – H.R. 6728 – that included a provision in Section 518 – as the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) previously reported – that would impose burdensome new citizenship-based restrictions on crews of foreign flag vessels that work on offshore energy projects on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). 

This provision would require mariners on foreign flagged vessels operating on the OCS be either U.S. citizens,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/04/imca-responds-to-congressional-advancement-of-u-s-crewing-legislation/

Growing demand prompts second GAC Trinidad office in Chaguaramas

Growing demand prompts second GAC Trinidad office in Chaguaramas

Ravindu Rodrigo, Managing Director, GaC Trinidad & Tobago

One-stop hub for offshore mobilisation

Chaguaramas, Trinidad, 26 July 2021  – GAC Group has opened a second office in Chaguaramas, west of Port of Spain on Trinidad’s north-west peninsula, to act as a one-stop hub to cater for growing demand for offshore mobilisation.

The new base oversees vessels for GAC’s regional projects in Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Suriname, providing...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/07/26/growing-demand-prompts-second-gac-trinidad-office-in-chaguaramas/

ÈTA Danica combines global crewing solutions with local knowledge

ÈTA Danica combines global crewing solutions with local knowledge

Marloes Stuivenberg, Managing Director, ÈTA Danica.

High quality global crewing provision combines with in-depth local experience in ÈTA Danica Crewing Services, a new venture which has started operations in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands.

ÈTA Danica provides ship operators with a single point of access to more than 70,000 officers living in the areas covered by Danica’s eastern European manning network as well as...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/04/eta-danica-combines-global-crewing-solutions-with-local-knowledge/