what the factors used in selecting multinational crews onboard ship?

[amirul ikwan ajie]

please explain

[gadget123]

Generally a compromise between whoever is cheapest and who the owners trust not to break their ship.

[GuinnessMan]

Generally a compromise between whoever is cheapest and who the owners trust not to break their ship.

Not quite true because everyone breaks a ship to some degree or another.

Basically, the cost and CBA of that nationality of crew, their level of training and their work regulations. For example, Philipino's are hired because their tanker folks tend to be rather good and not too bad from a monetry point of view, however some companies don't like hiring them because they can be an utter pain in the arse to get rid of when things go pear shaped.

Do you have a particular nationality in mind or is this just a general thing?

[Clanky]

Availability is an issue, I worked for a company who were struggling to get crew from one country so switched to another one, we assumed at the time that these guys were just cheaper, but they were paying them the same rates.

Companies generally build up relationships with crewing agencies which can mean more than the bottom line cost of the crew, if you are operating a cruise ship with 800 crew and you sail a few short it is not the end of the world, if you are operating a tanker with 18 people onboard you have to know that if someone goes home sick then your crewing agency will be able to get you a reasonably good relief quickly.

[GuinnessMan]

reasonably good relief quickly.

Oh how, in my previous company, we could get things like that. Here it's not an issue....