The benefits of using a Crewing Agent

What are the benefits of using a Crewing Agent? When you are looking for your next crew member, working with a well-established crewing agency like Viking Crew is the best place to start. With access to thousands of high-quality crew, we can provide you with the qualified and experienced candidates that you need without you having to waste your valuable time and resources.

With Viking Crew using industry websites and social media channels to advertise open positions, this will save you from filtering through incompatible or unqualified CVs, making it very time consuming for the Captain, Yacht Manager or even principal or employer.  

Our crew placement team ensure all candidates presented to our valued clients undergo a pre-screen interview prior to being submitted, along with completing documentation and reference checks to ensure we are providing you with the quality and calibre of candidates that you require, leaving you with the time that you need to carry on with crucial everyday tasks.

Reputable crewing agencies, such as Viking Crew are MLC compliant, giving you extra peace of mind.  Regular audits are undertaken to ensure agents  are remaining compliant when it comes to the sourcing of your crew.

At Viking Crew, we have over 30 years of experience in the placement and management of crew. From passenger ships to super yachts and other specialist roles, we have a global team to support your crewing needs round-the-clock. Our portfolio of crew management services, including crew payroll and employment services, deployment and travel solutions and HR Support allow you to create a bespoke package along with all your crew placement needs. Contact our friendly team today for more information!

Viking Crew is part of Viking Maritime Group.

Viking Crew gets resourceful to help find crew members for ‘Wind Star’ in Panama

Viking Crew have been supporting Windstar Cruises’ crewing needs for over 25 years. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, moving crew internationally has become more of a challenge.  Therefore, the team at Viking had to get creative with where crew can be sourced from.

The ‘Wind Star’ one of the Windstar Cruises vessels is currently alongside, in Colon Panama.  They have reduced minimal manning onboard and have been looking to move the vessel to its next port in the Caribbean and intended to bring a number of crew who are currently on leave back. However, due to current global travel restrictions with flights allowed into Panama, Windstar’s current crew were unable to fly into Panama to join the vessel in time. 

As a result, Viking Crew were asked by Windstar Cruises to look for new local crew to join the vessel as soon as possible.  This included positions required across Deck, Technical and Hotel departments.

The candidates to be sourced needed to be based locally in Panama.  The Placement team searched for candidates who were interested in a career opportunity with Windstar Cruises – firstly on a temporary basis, with the intention that for some this could turn into a permanent career move for them.   

Our Viking Crew Placement Team contacted various candidates about this opportunity, using a number of different sources, including local Panamanian Manning Agencies to help with these requirements.

With excellent teamwork and determination Viking Crew have secured 14 candidates within a very short window of time.  All Panamanian nationals that were selected are very keen and excited to join Windstar Cruises.  Our Crew Management team have ensured that the new joiners are holding the correct documents, have completed the required pre joining COVID-19 PCR test and are ready to join. 

All new crew members have been welcomed by Captain Belinda Bennett and her team onboard, and are now settling in, getting a thorough familiarization so they are ready for the ship to sail onto Aruba very soon. 

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