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CrewInspector.com to provide crew management software for Saga Agency

Riga/Klaipeda – Online crew management system provider CrewInspector.com signed an agreement with Saga Agency (Saga UAB) Lithuanian crewing agency to provide its proprietary crew management system.

Following the agreement, Saga Agency will use software as a service for their offices in Klaipeda and Kaliningrad, receiving ongoing crew manager support and also further software development to ensure internal process requirements are met within the crewing software itself. Upon the agreement with Saga Agency, CrewInspector provided online application for new applicants to register their personal data with the potential employer. This is one step forward to eliminate excessive spreadsheets and other documents for maintaining seafarer applications which from now on can be safely kept within the crewing software.

We were about to provide our training to Saga Agency in using the software, but we were positively astonished, how extremely fast their team went on CrewInspector on their own to use the benefits software provides. This is probably our fastest launch ever and one of our first clients being able to use crewing software capabilities within 1 day after using the system. Therefore we are proud on having such professional and motivated companies as Saga Agency among rest of our clients, says Andy Lipsberg, co-owner of CrewInspector.

About CrewInspector.com

CrewInspector.com is online crew management software provider established in 2006, Riga, Latvia. Crewing software is specially designed for crewing agents, ship owners and managers with rapidly growing client base globally. Crew management system provides full crew management process including crew database with comprehensive browsing and search capabilities, contract management, automated document preparation as well as certificate verification against vessel requirements and expiry tracking. For more information visit www.crewinspector.com

About Saga Agency

Saga Agency is a Norwegian managed company and was established in Klaipeda, Lithuania about 20 years back. Today administration office is in Klaipeda, Lithuania and daughter office in Kaliningrad, Russia and cooperating agencies in main Russia and Ukraine. Main activity today is coordinating employment of qualified, English speaking seamen to high standard shipping companies and in this connection the crew management software provided by CrewInspector is fitting perfect in for our purpose. In this connection we like to point out, that quality, service and professional work is our policy and we are happy to have started such quality cooperation with CrewInspector. www.sagaagency.com

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Oceanwide kiest voor CrewInspector.com crewing software

Riga / Vlissingen – CrewInspector.com, aanbieder van online crew management systemen, heeft een overeenkomst getekend met maritiem uitzendbureau Oceanwide (onderdeel van Humares BV) voor gebruik van haar crew management systeem.

De overeenkomst tussen beide partijen behelst een volledige database migratie van 30.000 zeevarenden en gerelateerde informatie, zoals certificaten en werkervaring om een soepele overgang naar het nieuwe crew management platform te verzekeren. Daarnaast levert CrewInspector.com haar zijn recruitment tool met geautomatiseerde functionaliteit om nieuwe vacatures en zeevarenden te registreren, onderling te matchen en rechtstreeks uit het systeem zeevarenden aan reders aan te bieden.

Naar aanleiding van de overeenkomst zal CrewInspector.com tevens bedrijfsspecifieke tools ontwikkelen voor kostenbeheersing, payrolling en facturatie en de rest van de Oceanwide kantoren in Cyprus, de Filippijnen, Rusland, Singapore en de Verenigde Staten van Amerika integreren.

“We zijn er trots op de Nederlandse maritieme markt te betreden met één van de belangrijkste spelers in Nederland. Nederland staat van oudsher bekend als een zeer belangrijke speler in de maritieme sector, waar hoge normen voor de kwaliteit van bemanning en management gelden. Het voldoen aan de verwachtingen van klanten in een dergelijke veeleisende markt versterkt het vertrouwen van de levensvatbaarheid van ons business model en de software die wij maken “, aldus Andy Lipsberg, mede-eigenaar van CrewInspector.com

Oceanwide Nederland Managing Director Theo Nieboer toont zich blij met de CrewInspector applicatie: Voorafgaand aan de ondertekening van de overeenkomst met CrewInspector, hebben wij een uitgebreid onderzoek gedaan onder diverse aanbieders. We hebben gekozen voor CrewInspector vanwege hun kennis van de maritieme arbeidsmarkt, waarin wij opereren. De eerste ervaringen zijn zeer positief: de overgang van ons vorige systeem verliep erg soepel en CrewInspector blijkt een echt state-of-the-art product te zijn.

Over CrewInspector.com

CrewInspector.com is online crew management software leverancier opgericht in 2006 in Riga, Letland. De crewing software is speciaal ontworpen voor bemanningsagenten, reders en managers met een snel groeiend klantenbestand wereldwijd. Het crew management systeem biedt het volledige crew management proces, inclusief een bemanningsdatabase met uitgebreide zoekmogelijkheden, contract management, geautomatiseerde voorbereiding voor het genereren van documenten en certificaatverificatie met betrekking tot de vereisten die gelden op schepen en vervaldata. Voor meer informatie. bezoek www.crewinspector.com

Over Oceanwide

Oceanwide, met het hoofdkantoor in Vlissingen, is gespecialiseerd in het werven, selecteren en detacheren van personeel in de scheepvaart en de offshore. Naast het oplossen van acute capaciteitsproblemen biedt Oceanwide structurele oplossingen voor personele vraagstukken. Oceanwide heeft een netwerk van eigen (wervings)kantoren in Nederland, Cyprus, de Filippijnen, Singapore, India, Rusland en de Verenigde Staten plus een wereldwijd netwerk van agenten. Oceanwide is een dochteronderneming van de Humares Groep. Humares is opgericht in 1976. Zij is gespecialiseerd in het uitzenden en detacheren van technisch, logistiek, productie en maritiem personeel en heeft kantoren en agentschappen in 19 landen in Europa, Noord-Amerika, Australië en Zuid-Oost-Azië, een personeelsbestand van 270 vaste en tijdelijke in 3800 werknemers en een omzet van ruim € 100 miljoen.

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Oceanwide Crew goes for CrewInspector.com crewing software

Riga/Vlissingen – Online crew management system provider CrewInspector.com signed an agreement with Oceanwide Crew (Humares B.V.) Dutch crew manning agency to provide its proprietary crew management system.

Agreement between companies stipulates full database migration of 30.000 seafarer applications and related information such as certificates and seagoing service to ensure smooth transition to the new crew management platform. Additionally CrewInspector.com delivered recruitment tool with automated functionality to register new vacancies, allocate and offer right seafarers to Oceanwide Crew clients and vessel owners directly from the system.

Further to the agreement CrewInspector.com will provide tailored development of expense controlling, invoicing tool and integration into the payroll program as well as integrating rest of Oceanwide offices based in Cyprus, Philippines, Russia, Singapore and United States of America.

“We are proud to enter the Dutch maritime market with one of the key players in the Netherlands among our client list. The Netherlands historically is known as very important link within maritime industry maintaining high standards on crew management as well. Meeting customer expectations in such demanding market strengthens confidence in viability of our business model and the software we market”, said Andy Lipsberg co-owner of CrewInspector.com

After an extensive review of different crew management software which is available in the market we have chose CrewInspector.com as our partner. The proven software they provide and the flexibility of their staff to meet our requirements makes CrewInspector.com the best choice. With this new crew management system we make further steps in the growth and professionalization of our company”, said Theo Nieboer, Managing Director Oceanwide Netherlands.

About CrewInspector.com

CrewInspector.com is online crew management software provider established in 2006, Riga, Latvia. Crewing software is specially designed for crewing agents, ship owners and managers with rapidly growing client base globally. Crew management system provides full crew management process including crew database with comprehensive browsing and search capabilities, contract management, automated document preparation as well as certificate verification against vessel requirements and expiry tracking. For more information visit www.crewinspector.com

About Oceanwide Crew

The history of Oceanwide dates back to 1976 when the first office was established in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. Throughout the years Oceanwide has been recognized as a worldwide supplier of qualified crew. Oceanwide is active in all major maritime countries with offices in Australia, Cyprus, The Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Singapore and the United States of America. Our employment concepts cover all aspects of crewing for the entire Shipping and Offshore / Energy Industry. From crew selection to contract writing, Oceanwide is capable of full crew management or single person placements. For more information visit www.oceanwidecrew.com

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CrewInspector.com secures agreement with Seawhale Co Ltd

Riga/Arkhangelsk – Online crew management software provider CrewInspector.com signed an agreement to supply Russian crew manning agency Seawhale Co Ltd with its proprietary crew management system. Contract includes full replacement of manual tools for crew management previously used by Seawhale Co with online platform developed by CrewInspector Ltd, integration of crew managers and agents based in Arkhangelsk, Petrozavodsk, Saint-Petersburg and Vladivostok in Russia and Odessa office in Ukraine.

Further to the agreement, CrewInspector.com will provide ongoing IT development and system maintenance to ensure highest standards of effective and secure crew management are met, followed by implementation of custom requirements anticipated by Seawhale Co Ltd.

“We are happy to announce the partnership with Seawhale Co Ltd as leading crew manager and supplier from Russia with strong performance and growth potential in future. This win-win cooperation also emphasizes our strength in providing easy to use, quality and powerful crewing software in Russian market likewise”, said Andy Lipsberg, co-owner of CrewInspector.

I hope that using of Crewinspector software will help us to make our business stronger among our competitors and bigger in terms of revenues and clients we serve. By choosing Crewinspector we made another step up in development of our agency”, admitted Seawhale Co Ltd company director Alexander Kovalev.

About CrewInspector.com

CrewInspector.com is online crew management software, specially designed for maritime industry with rapidly growing client base globally. Crew management system provides full crew management process including crew database with detailed browsing and search capabilities, contract management, automated document preparation as well as certificate verification against vessel requirements and expiry tracking. For more information visit www.crewinspector.com

About Seawhale Co Ltd

Seawhale Co Ltd is crew manning agency from North-West of Russian Federation founded in 2004. Presently we supply with our full/partial crew 8 Ship Owner / Manager / Operator Companies with total fleet about 400 vessels including bulk, container, mltp, coaster, chem/oil, general cargo vessels. As we are rapidly expanding by opening new crewing offices, we are looking forward to increase our customer base worldwide. For more information please visit our website www.seawhale-co.com

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Crew management software usage survey

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CrewInspector.com conducted an online survey asking its corporate website visitors to reveal their current status in using crew management software.

37% of visitors revealed they are looking for crewing solution, apparently majority of surveyed currently deploy various type alternative applications such as Excel sheets, Word files and similar solutions to manage day-to-day crewing operations instead of using software solution which potentially could optimize the crew management process and increase crewing efficiency.

[pullquote style=”left”]27% of visitors are deploying installation on their personal computers, having limited opportunities to operate globally via offices crew manning offices based around the world and between different time zones.[/pullquote]

19% of respondents revealed using PC installations which are combined with web based communication between other offices and vessels. At the same time only 17% visitors disclosed they are using online solutions for crew management process which is a positive trend in light of immense technological development.

After all by summarizing the survey trend, approximately 64% of respondents which represent ship operators and owners, ship management and crew management companies across the globe would potentially switch to online based crew management software or eventually replace the manual processes which are at the present utilized offline.

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CrewInspector.com – an innovative crew management solution

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Latvia based maritime software vendor Fiber Ltd has just launched Crew Management Software www.crewinspector.com specifically designed for crew and ship management agencies operating in maritime industry.

“This is a great and brave step forward for the crew management industry as it might be the very first attempt to create a crewing system which operates on the internet and provides an excellent software replacement for companies which still use MS Excel sheets or MS Access databases”, said CEO of the company Mr. Martins Junkers.

CrewInspector.com is also a great competitor to regular PC installable crew management applications as most of them can barely be connected to any 3rd party application such as banking systems and are not easy scalable to companies’ performance. Internet has proved itself to be the No.1 tool for many industries especially during last 5 years, now the time has come for maritime industry as well.

CrewInspector.com offers worldwide accessibility around the clock, full control of the workflow and arrangements, IMO approved crew list requirements and single data storage. And the most important – it can be accessed from any place in the world securely and if needed also from your mobile phone.

CrewInspector.com is being deployed by few crew manning companies already.

Alasdair.MacRae, former Personnel & Safety Director of “NordbulkShipping” said: “After a wide search of software that was available in the market, we migrated our crew management system from local PC based system to CrewInspector.com web-solution, which enables us to work to standardized processes from our different offices worldwide. Our company appreciates the fast, flexible and easily understandable interface from the CrewInspector software”.

To find out more on the software, visit www.crewinspector.com for detailed information.