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Photograph: Teekay

Some owners crew their own vessels. Others engage crewing agencies to crew the entire vessel, or to provide certain personnel for the ship. An example of a crewing agency is MCS  Click on the logo to go to their website.

All crew members have to be qualified according to strict international norms as set out by the International Maritime Organisation according to the STCW 95/2010 code (The regulations relating to training and certification of seafarers.)

Countries supplying a large share of the world’s crews

• Philippines
• China
• India
• Ukraine
• Croatia

This is because traditional sources of western seafarers (UK, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, etc) are not supplying enough to crew the ships from those countries.Wages of Asian and Eastern European seafarers are lower than those paid to European and North American Seafarers.

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Ranks – Officers, Deck Department

• Captain (Master)
• Chief Officer
• 2nd Officer
• 3rd Officer
• Deck Cadet

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Ranks – Officers, Engineering Dept

• Chief Engineer
• 2nd Engineer
• 3rd Engineer
• 4th Engineer
• Engineer Cadet

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Ranks – Ratings, Deck Department

• Bosun
• Ab
• Os
• GPR

Ranks – Ratings, Engineering Dept

• Oiler
• Wiper
• GPR

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Ranks – Officers, Hotel/Catering (Passengership)

• Purser
• Assistant Pursers
• Hotel Officer
• Catering Officer

Ranks – Ratings, Hotel/Catering

• Chef
• 2nd Cook
• Senior Steward
• Steward
• GPR

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