In 2013, Captain Henrik Jensen founded Danica in Hamburg, Germany and a branch office in Odesa, Ukraine. The Odesa office quickly grew into a leading crewing agency in Ukraine, and Danica evolved into an international crewing services provider.
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• Danica expands with a business development manager based in the large shipping hub of Istanbul
• Danica launches new modern ways to engage with candidates using WhatsApp, bots and algorithms, considerably enhancing the experience of applicants and making the application process speedier.
• Danica opens a new office in Athens, Greece, to support our Greek clients.
• Danica acquires shares in its long-time crewing partner, Seanovate Marine Inc. in Manila, Philippines, expanding the global footprint of Danica having owned offices in all key seafaring hubs.
• Danica forms an alliance with Energios Maritime to open an office in Mumbai, India, enabling it to add Indian seafarers to its international crew pool.
• Responding to the expansion of its network of manning offices and to ensure undisrupted service delivery, Danica opens a new regional operations centre in Limassol, Cyprus. The office provides a single point of contact for Danica's clients as well as coordinating the company's service delivery.
• Danica incorporates Danica Crewing Services – Georgia Ltd and opens an office in Batumi, Georgia — a small Eastern European country which boasts a large pool of competent seafarers. The office soon gets a foothold in the seafarer community and Danica's clients benefit from having Georgian crews onboard.
Russia invades Ukraine
• Danica provides extensive assistance to families of its seafarers, many of whom choose to flee from Ukraine, as well as supporting its staff in the country. In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Danica closed its office in Saint Petersburg.
• The World Health Organisation declares the Covid-19 coronavirus to be a global pandemic. As the international health crisis unfolds and the world responds, international travel restrictions and quarantine requirements effectively halt crew changes across the globe. Danica staff work tirelessly to support its seafarers and shipowners.
• Danica enters into a joint venture with Albacore Maritime Services to incorporate Albacore Danica Crewing Services SIA, and opens offices in Riga, Latvia, thereby giving Danica clients access to the high-end tanker officers available in the Baltic region.
• Captain Henrik Jensen founds Danica in Hamburg, Germany, and a branch office in Odesa, Ukraine. The Odesa office quickly grows into a leading crewing agency in Ukraine.