CREW SHIP MANAGEMENT

Westline Group loves the idea of having close relationships with all of our ship manager’s and owner’s departments. This particular trait enables us to conduct our duties smoothly and deliver services that enhance the smooth operation of ships with close cooperation with the crew members. Our company also provides an optional all-inclusive Crew Management Scheme which is aimed at providing services to our clients that ensure their peace of mind. The Crew Management Scheme is an all purpose service conducted by us for the selection. The CMS has the following features:

• Customized servicing
• Formulation of cooperation schemes that is unique for every client
• Providing briefing and documentation for the personnel
• Arranging work permits, visa and other immigration documents required for the different countries all around the world
• ISM documentation & Custom reporting
• Validation of STCW-95 certificate & inspection of licenses
• Crew rotation & changes
• Crew payroll preparation & wages administration
• Competence Management
• Cadet project adoption program
• Crew loyalty & Crew welfare schemes
• support in crew training courses and certifications according to international requirements
• Initial screening & conducting interviews of the candidates
• Arrangement of  fitness & medical examination certificates
• Providing a separate team of individuals dedicated for the successful running and maintenance conduction of the vessel
• Control Crew Management software & Customized IT monitoring (crew management & control software)
• Creation of personal pool
• World class services at pocket-friendly rates

We deliver all of our services by the total management attributes chalked down in the customer service provisions. This particular feature in our operational procedure allows us to provide our clients with the flexible, versatile and expedient services. We help you to gain profit be bearing most of the burden so that you can be at peace.

We conduct selection, and recruitment processes of qualified seafarer personnel with a strict following of guidelines jotted down by our team of experienced board members where checking of personal history and conducting interviews that enable us to select the best of the best.

The initial selection test for our TFM (Technical Fleet Manager) interview is carried out by conducting tests like CES 4000, Marling test, etc. followed by emphasizing on the candidate’s previous performance on the sea.

Command over the English language is an essential requirement for competence in our facility. The shipping industry heavily relies on the English language for their smooth operation at the docks and for communicating while at sea. Regardless of their rank, any seafarer while applying at our company for the first time can sense the sincerity with which we conduct our operations along with the ‘at home’ feeling by addressing all of her/his queries. Encouraging the candidate to appear in all the screening tests and forwarding the test results to the managers at the top is our top priority.

We regularly open up to our management companies for investing a few hours of their precious time and visit the offices of our selected operator(s) at affordable rates. Contacting personally to the responsible staff helps to break off the ice, bridging of gaps and build credibility from both ends. We conduct teleconferencing and video conferencing with the finally selected candidates shortlisted for seafaring at the request of the Fleet Manager personnel. As an organization, we adhere to some principles that are deeply rooted in the within the recruitment policy that we follow in our company.

Analyzing the specifications and position required are conducted by us via the following processes :

• Evaluation of candidates
• Verification & Checking of references
• Selecting only the best personnel as per their qualifications
• Making sure that the requirements of the client & their predefined objectives are met

We retain the personal details and qualification files of the personnel currently recruited both electronically and on paper. This ensures that we can keep track of our personnel regarding their employment and professional history. The accumulated data on each of the candidate under our radar consists of the following aspects :

• Previous contracts and commitment
• Previous work details
• Feedbacks related to instances of cancellation in contracts, professional misconducts,
• Duration of contract
• Rank position
• Possible cases of promotion

The employment procedure can be described in the following stages :

• Contacting the shortlisted candidate/candidates and prepare the required documents along with immigration documents. The acquisition of work permits, visas, recommendation letters.
• Conducting medical examinations of the candidates along with details regarding their medical records of wherever applicable
• Certifying employment documents
• Intimate the client
• Providing the candidate with details relating to the failure of departure or confirming the same on the details of departure.