Danica Crewing Specialists is holding a seminar on 8th June during Posidonia 2022 in Athens to discuss the importance of employing a diversified crewing strategy. The Covid-19 pandemic and the recent crisis in Ukraine have presented a variety of challenges for the crew supply sector. In addition, the International Chamber of Shipping predicts a seafarer […]
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused huge disruption for employers of Ukrainian crews as well as causing a great deal of distress to Ukrainian seafarers. Since this conflict began two months’ ago Danica has continued to meet our clients’ needs and we are proactively closing the crewing gaps in the following ways: Very early […]
Danica Crewing Specialists boss Henrik Jensen has shared an email from a Ukrainian seafarer’s family as an example of the heart-rending messages he is now receiving. The Hamburg-based managing director employs 1,500 Ukrainians on client shipowners’ vessels. Jensen said: “We are witnesses to a disaster.” He sent one redacted email to TradeWinds to protect the […]
Danica’s clients and seafarers will be aware of the invasion in Ukraine, which has come as a shock to the global maritime community. Danica is in close contact with our office and 50+ staff in Odesa and our pre-prepared contingency plans are now in operation. At present all our staff are safe and working from […]
As a leading supplier of Ukrainian and Russian seafarers, Danica Crewing Specialists has been asked for comment by a number of maritime news sources. Our Managing Director, Henrik Jensen, notes: “Having our comments published in international media is a good way to reach as many of our business contacts and seafarers as possible and we […]
Occasional workplace arguments are inevitable. Teamwork takes time to build and sometimes colleagues clash when their opinions vary. At sea is no different – except that seafarers don’t get to go home at 5pm to escape any office politics! At Danica we sometimes get asked whether our seafarers get on ok when working in such […]
As a specialist supplier of crew from eastern Europe and former Soviet states, Danica is regularly asked for our opinion on issues within these regions. In this article, published by Lloyd’s List, our MD Henrik Jensen comments on the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine: While Ukraine has complained that Russia has blocked parts of […]
More than 250 vessels have crew from Danica Crewing Specialists onboard. Through managing many crew changes our crew logistics team has become experts in getting crew onboard and home in any place in the world. Danica crew logistic services are cost-efficient and using them frees-up resources in your crewing department to focus on other tasks. […]
Danica recently appeared in Tradewinds. Read the story below: Danica warns of crew infections through port worker carelessness Crewing agency’s boss Henrik Jensen says some dockers not following basic precautions Casual attitudes to Covid-19 protocols at ports are putting seafarers at risk, a leading crew agency has claimed. Henrik Jensen, managing director of Hamburg-headquartered Danica […]