In order to improve maritime human resources recruitment, most crewing and shipping companies implement an internal procedure of recruitment and management of ship’s crew. Based on observations at several crewing companies, this paper presents an example of such procedure meant to ensure that...

The main factor in seafarer management is the human factor. Seafarer management represents HR management as it has characteristics specific to maritime transport. It is a very difficult domain especially when we are talking about crewing, due to specific working conditions, environment,...