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. […]
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 […]
We are pleased to report that crewing levels have now reached a balance between vacancies and available competent crew members. Crewing levels were adversely impacted by the war in Ukraine which at first significantly impacted the number of crew members available from that country, particularly due to travel restrictions affecting healthy men aged 18 to […]
It is only nine months since our office in Batumi, Georgia, started its operations and already it is strengthening its position in the crewing marketplace – enabling our clients to benefit from a growing pool of competent and motivated Georgian seafarers Georgia is a small country on the shores of the Black Sea in the […]
Ukrainian seafarers have largely returned to international shipping thereby restoring balance in crew availability, reports Danica Crewing Specialists on the anniversary of the war in Ukraine which impacted crewing rotations and seafarer welfare on a huge scale. Demonstrating their resilience in the face of horrendous adversity, Ukrainian seafarers and their families are now mostly based […]
Here at Danica Crewing Specialists we offer a first-class crew management service – we call it Danica Hands On Crew Management. Danica Hands On delivers personalised service that goes above and beyond what clients expect. Throughout our global network of offices we provide bespoke crew management services tailored directly to your needs – all coordinated […]
Reaching out to crew is an important part of our role here at Danica Crewing Specialists. We are fortunate to have more than 50,000 seafarers on our database – but that doesn’t stop us reaching out further to potential new recruits around the world and particularly the next generation of seafarers. Social media plays an […]