All Danica’s management team, as well as many staff members, have spent part of their career working in ship owning companies. This direct experience enables us to understand first-hand what your corporate struggles are and what impact having underperforming crew can make. We have also experienced ships with well-performing, well-trained, and loyal crews onboard and […]
In Danica we think and act as if we were the owners of the vessels trusted to us – that’s how much we care about your vessels! Danica’s focus is to bring the best crew onboard our clients’ vessels and retaining the crews. Each of our clients has a single point of contact with an […]
More crew: Danica has recruitment and manning offices in all key seafarer hubs in the world: Ukraine, Georgia, India, and the Philippines, as well as the EU. All our offices are owned by us and together our network of offices give access to a huge pool of competent crew. We have huge files of applications […]
Danica is delighted to announce we now have an office location in Manila, Philippines, and access to a large number of well-qualified Filipino seafarers. The Philippines doesn’t need much introduction as it already well-known as a key seafaring hub, offering a large pool of officers and ratings. Through the new office in Manila, Danica now […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently one of the most popular topics across the maritime industry and the crewing sector is also looking closely at this high-tech development. Danica can see some potential opportunities for AI to assist in our crewing processes. For example, our clients want competent candidates for their vacancies, and these need to […]
Seafarer shortages, particularly among well qualified senior officers, are becoming apparent in some sectors. One of the causes of this recent situation is a switch by owners away from using Russian seafarers, who make up 5% of the global maritime workforce, for practical reasons such as difficulties in transits and obtaining visas or ethical reasons. […]
Georgia is proving to be an excellent source of seafarers for Danica clients. Established over a year ago, Danica’s office in Batumi is growing steadily in response to demand from discerning ship owners who wish to source competent, capable and qualified Georgian staff. As in all other Danica offices, all seafarers signing up to Danica […]
Seafarer salaries have risen recently, as observed by Danica’s international teams who place crew with a wide range of owners across the world. Over the past 6-12 months we have seen wage levels increase by 5-10%, even 15% in some cases. We can attribute these rises to the following: 1. There are an increasing number […]
Global connectivity has transformed the crewing marketplace over the past decade, enabling the best seafarers to find job opportunities at their fingertips and giving them more employment choices, says Danica Crewing Specialists as it celebrates 10 years in business. Outlining the changes he has seen over the past 10 years, Danica CEO Henrik Jensen highlighted […]