Maritime job hunt assistance, from www.dieselduck.net

Helping you make way in the Marine Engineering field.

 

Got your resume and your information ready ? Then try the links below. If not, visit the main job assistance page to get started.

The original purpose of this list of links, below, were to make connecting with serious employers, quick and easy - potential employers with genuine interest in hearing from engineer. Please read carefully the requirements of a position, many companies fail to provide enough information to us seafarers, which is very frustrating. This is not your fault, but use common sense, if a ferry operator is hiring for a position deep inside Norway, there is a good chance that to apply, you need to be a Norwegian national, or have the right to work there. The job posting should be clear about what the requirements are, and I find it very frustrating when recruiters don't mark this down in the offer, or give us feedback as seafarers.

As mentioned on the main Job Page, pretty much all shipping companies have a Human Resource link on their website now, so I maintain these links grouping them more towards to specific markets or regional interest. Most companies allow you to upload a resume, this is where your .pdf introductory package is very handy; take advantage of it.

• Canadian ship operators, and recruiters are listed here. Typically you need the right to work in Canada (citizen / landed immigrant).
• US ship operators, and recruiters are listed here. Like in Canada, you will need the right to work in the United States.
• In this list, are links to electronic job board for shore and seagoing roles advertisements
• In this list, are links to electornic job board for seagoing roles advertisements only
• Dedicated maritime talent recruiters, some of which are listed here
• Ship management companies manage many different ships for different ship owners and always seem to need crew
• Notable international ship operators can be found here
• You could crew on yacht. Decent pay, some perks like travel. But narrow hiring criteria and long contracts. Try these websites...
• Other sources of information, such as addresses and names of different companies involved in the marine shipping business can be found here

 

" There is really something strangely cheering to the spirits in the meeting of a ship at sea. "

-Benjamin Franklin

Canadian shipping / operators

Generally, these links to the hiring departments are for Canadian citizen, or those able to work in the Canada. If you are unsure of your status, chances are you are not able to apply for these advertised positions. Please read the site's information carefully to prevent your time being wasted.

Company	Based in	Types	Ships	Notes
BC Ferries	Victoria	Ferry	40+
Canadian Coast Guard	Victoria	Gov.	~20
Secunda Marine	Halifax	Various
Public Service Commision of Canada	Ottawa	Gov.
Teekay	Vancouver	Tankers
Algoma Central	Lakes	Bulkers
Atlantic Towing Ltd	Maritimes	Various
Marine Atlantic	Maritimes	Ferry
Group Ocean	Quebec	Tugs
Seaspan - Washington Marine Group	Vancouver	Tugs	40+	Shipyards, coastal and deep sea operations
McKeil Marine	Lakes, East Coast	Tugs, small bulkers	20
Groupe Desgagnes	Quebec	Tankers, General	15	Rigel Shipping is now part of Desgagnes
Seaspan Ship Management	Vancouver	Box Ships	50+	mostly shore side positions

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."  - John D. Rockefeller

 

Canadian seafarer recruiting agencies

Company	Based in	Types	Notes
Page Marine Crews	Vancouver	Various	principally hotel side now
C Mar	PEI	Oil & Gas
Puglisevich Group	St John's NF	Oil & Gas
Comite Sectoriel - Mais-d'oeuvre maritime	Quebec	Various	Gov initiative - job board for Quebec marine industry
Shipout.ca	Quebec	Various	mostly lakers

US shipping companies

Generally these links to the hiring department are for US citizen holding US Coast Guard license, or those able to work in the US. If you are unsure of your status, chances are you are not able to apply for these advertised positions. Please read the sites information carefully to prevent your time being wasted.

Company	Based in	Types	Ships	Notes
Foss Maritime	Seattle, USA	Tugs	90+
Crowley	Florida	Various
Edison Chouest Offshore	USA	AHTS
Otto Candies	USA	AHT&S
Donjon Marine	Mew York City	Salvage-tugs
Harvey Gulf	Louisianna	AHTS Tugs	15
Seacor & Seacor Marine	Florida	Oil & Gas	250+
Woods Hole Oceanography Institute	USA	Research
Alaska Marine Highway	Alaska	Ferry
NOAA	USA	Research		Gov. must be US citizen
Washington State Ferry	USA	Ferry		US's largest ferry fleet
Ocean Shipholding	Houston	Tankers
Military Sealift Command (MSC)	USA	Civil for military		Gov. must be US citizen

Job list websites - seagoing, shoreside trades, technical and management

Links to various organizations whose primary product is not necessarily recruiting seafarers, but may have postings for seafarer within their portfolios.

Website / Company	Specialty	Notes
RigZone	Oil and Gas	all positions
Spinnakers	Shore Jobs
Eastern Shipbuilders	Shipyard	US gulf area
Connecticut Maritime Association
Oil Careers	Oil and gas
MatchTech	Shore jobs	Marine technical and shorebased
MaritimeJobs.com	USA	news and jobs
Marine Tech Magazine	USA	Various position
Maritimecareer.com	Dutch	Shore and seagoing
Shipping Connections	UK
Oceanic Resource International	UK / Middle East	varied
Crew Planet	Latvia	seagoing mostly
Maritime Zone	World Wide	Marine specific

" I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. "

- Thomas A. Edison

 

Job list websites - seagoing only

These are electronic / web boards that list available candidates and or available positions, primarily for seagoing roles.

Website / Company	Specialty	Notes
The Common Rail	Canada	www.dieselduck.net's very own networking place
Seajobhunt.com	India	India based rating positions advertised
SeafarerJobs.com	India	Seagoing for big management companies
Crew 4 Sea	Eastern Europe	pay to play
Sea Factor	Russia	for Ukrainians sailors
Nedcon	Romania	All sea related manpower
7 Oceans	Poland
Ainostri	Romania
SeaCareer	UK
SeaEmploy	Ukraine	O&G
Martide	Singapore

Maritime talent recruiters (executive) seagoing and shoreside

Head hunter specializing in finding marine related talent for ship operators and owners.

Company	Based	Notes
Fast Stream	UK	Shore and seagoing
Hays	UK
Earth Stream	UK	Shoreside and O&G
Viking Recruitment	UK	Holland America crewing
Clyde Marine	UK	cadets as speciality
CP Marine UK	UK	Offshore O&G
Genesis Marine & Offshore	UK	Aberdeen based, WW, O&G
Sirius Ship Management	Italy
Maritime Resource Management	Malaysia
Haque & Sons	Bangladesh
Ocean Wide	Netherlands
Transport & Offshore Services	Netherlands
Seamariner	UK	Various
Abojeb	Manila	Phillipines based crewing
Expo Universe	India	various UAE jobs
Bachmann Group	London	Various
TeamWork Gdynia	Poland	crewing Poles on about 100 ships of various types
Flagman	Ukraine	Repairs, riding crews, general crewing
Flagship Management	USA	mainly shore technical
ETPM	UK	Subsea O&G some marine
Halcyon Recruitment	UK	Mostly shore side
Navis Consulting	UK	Mainly shore technical
Consortio	UK	O&G and shore technical

International ship management companies

These links are to ship management companies, who are hired by ship owners to the be a ship's (or fleet) operators. InterManager is the trade organization for ship management companies; they have further links to additional management companies.

Company	Base	Notes
Bernhard Schulte Ship Management	Germany	650 ships under mngt
Anglo Eastern	Hong Kong	various ship types
V-Ships	Monaco	900 ships under mngt
Wilhelmsen Ship Management (Barber)	Norway
Lowland International	Netherlands
Intership Nav	Cyprus
Northern Marine	Scotland	Stena ship managing unit
Columbia Ship Management	Cyprus
Fleet Management	Hong Kong	Eastern crewing
OSM	Norway	Ship Manager (various types)
Marlow Navigation	Cyprus	Eastern European, Asia
Wallem Group	Hong Kong	Asia base, Norwegian
Reederei Nord	Cyprus	51 vessels, various
Ahlers	Belgium
ASP	Australia	Various

Notable international companies

As mentioned above, most shipping companies provide links to their Crewing / Human Resource department, the links below are of some notable ship owners / operators recruiting from their websites. 

Company	Based in	Ship Types / Sector	Ships	Notes
Mearsk / A P Moller	Denmark	Various	many
Hapag Lloyd Group	Germany	Container	140
Peter Dohle	Germany	Various Cargo	many	Principally eastern Europe, Asian
Wallenius	Sweden	Car Cariers	135
Teekay	Canada	Tankers	many
Bergesen	Norway	Tankers	45
Eastern Mediterranean	Greece	Bulkers & tankers	33	Greek Phillipino officers
Norden	Denmark	Bulkers & tankers	182
Gearbulk	Norway	Bulkers
Hornblower	USA	Cruise		Small ship
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line	USA	Cruise	30
Disney Cruise Line	USA	Cruise	4
LePonant	France	Cruise	9
Norwegian Cruise Line	Miami	Cruise	20	NCL, Regent and Oceania
Apollo Group	Miami	Cruise	7	Regent and Oceania
Allseas	Swiss	Subsea Pipelay	6
Bluewater	Netherlands	FPSO	8
Royal Boskalis	Netherland	Dredges	300	ww
Subsea 7		Oil & Gas	40	Specialized construction
Rieber Shipping	Norway	Oil & Gas, Seismic	18	Specialized vessels
Tidewater Marine	USA	Oil & Gas	600 +
Trans Ocean	USA	Oil & Gas
Noble	Denmark	Oil & Gas	30+
Bourbon Offshore	France	Oil & Gas	~ 400
DOF	Norway	Oil & Gas	72
Floatel	Bermuda	Oil & Gas	3
GO Offshore	Australia	Oil & Gas	17
ITC Towage	Netherlands	Tugs	10
Fairmount Towing	Netherland	Tugs	6	part of Boskalis
Vroon BV	Netherlands	Various	150
International Maritime Services	Australia	Deliveries	-	HS, yacht, etc
Red Wise	Netherlands	Deliveries	-	various

Yacht Crewing

Links below are to agencies that manage, and / or crew private, and charter yachts. Remember, it is illegal to charge fees to seafarers to find a position aboard.

Yacht Crew Register	Canada
Crew Network	Florida
Elite Crew International	Florida
Blue Ocean	USA / NZ
Crew Finders	USA / Med
Palm Beach Crew	USA
Stabbert Maritime	USA	Yachts and research vessels
Wilson Halligan	UK
Blue Water Management	France / Spain
LaCasse Maritime	USA

Other work sourcing resources

Links to other online resources that may offer insight or help in targeting a specific company / or particular market.

Company	Origin	Notes
atsea.org	USA Fishing	fishing jobs (processors ships) in Alaska
Companies in Norway	Norway	Addresses
Lake Carrier Association	USA	Addresses
Marine contractors	UK	Addresses WW
Cdn Ferry Association	Canada	Addresses of ferries operators
Cruise Companies	WW	Listing of cruise companies, just follow career section after

  

In charge of the eight to twelve watch.

It's nearly twelve, and the Chief is not down,
For he left the watch to me;
To drive a ship of eight-thousand tons,
Over sixty miles of sea.

I hold the reins of ten-thousand horse
In yonder expansion gear,
And in my reach the expansion link,
The whip of the engineer.

I feel the pride such power begets,
Such pride is felt by Gods;
As massive cranks are swinging by
Reciprocating rods.

A king and I -for in my grip
Ten-thousant horsepower drives;
I hold the cargo, and the ship,
And twice one-hundred lives.

The thoughts that riot within my brain
Are absolutely thrilling.
Until I think that my work per hour
Is valued at one shilling.

- Fourth Engineer

Workhorses in Australian Waters; A History of Marine Engineering in Australia,
Michael P. Richards, Turton & Armstrong, 1987, ISBN 0 908031 32 7, p. 68.