Ship Crew Managment

Sourcing qualified ships crew and managing that staff is a time intensive part of running ships operating across international waters. Ship Management's most important components is in the human factor.  Crew management is what makes our establishment successful. We recognize the importance of placing suitable and well qualified staff to offer high-quality services to accomplish correct vessel operation.

Partnering with EMS Esmeralda a a North American agent, ESPADA Services bring to bear highly qualified services and staffing to support your ships crew staffing and personnel management needs.

Crew Sourcing – One of our main objectives as a ship management company is to maintain high retention rates and offer the possibility to provide the dependable and dedicated crew on routine rotation of our vessels. We employ crew members from our collaborator manning agencies located in South America, Russia, Uruguay, Argentina, Egypt, Serbia, Montenegro, Poland, Estonia, Yugoslavia, Ukraine and Philippines offering diversity, multiple alternatives and reliable crew. We maintain,  through crewing agencies, a substantial pool of 1100 officers, seamen and a riding squad to man the vessels under our company management.

All of our crew members selected are proudly and properly certified according to the requirements of IMO (International Maritime Organization), STCW (Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping) and other international regulations which correspond to the ITF (International Transport Federation).

Crew Training –  In order to ensure our crew is reliable we incorporate in our Ship Management continuous training performance evaluation. We observe our vessels and crew on a quarterly basis in order to guarantee continuous monitoring of crew performance, quality manpower, efficiency and safety on board. Our clients have direct access to our server in the headquarter offices, promoting transparency and accommodating the needs of each client and their requirements. 

Crew Management –  Our superintendents and executives make regular visits on board the ships we have under full Crew Management to monitor and evaluate the crew performance. Our superintendents assure that the client’s expectations and ESM’s requirements are fulfilled. These visits also serve to identify potential training needs and to revise safety procedures if needed in the future.

Payroll and Benefits – As part of our full Crew Management Services we handle all payroll, benefits, and supervision of the crew we have placed on our client ships under full management. 

Crew Travel - We work to accommodate and arrange comfortable, inexpensive crew repatriation. Crew travel is an important element of our successful ship management. We work closely with our travel manager to offer the best options to our seamen. We hold business cooperation with world leading airlines, allowing us to get the best possible prices.

Our travel manager is working on a 24/7 basis to ensure a prompt crew change in order to move our crew members at the correct time, to the direct place with the minimum economic expense. In order to have smooth, precise and inexpensive crew changes we avoid overnight stay or excessive waiting times in the ports. Our crew manager and travel manager ensure good communication with the seamen, port agents and local agents to ease the crew travel. Crew travel is a central focus of our Crew Management department