Alfa Ship & Crew Management GmbH Hamburg

Founded as a start-up recruitment business during the 90’s in Germany, ALFA now employs staff across offices in Europe, and Asia. ALFA provide staffing solutions to niche vertical markets and in sectors which other crew agencies are unable to effectively service with a high retention rate.

Our core market areas are Shipping, Maritime & Marine, Oil & Gas, Cruise, Yacht, Offshore Crew and the Built Environment. We source and supply hard-to-find candidates to our clients across the globe, on a contract, interim and permanent basis. Our office locations include Leer, Hamburg and Manila. Our decision to establish and grow recruitment teams in these locations has been reflective of our ambitions to provide specialist industry recruitment services in key locations.

As a candidate or client working with ALFA you should expect to be serviced by skilled, consultative and technically minded staff who are committed to the highest standards of customer care. ALFA is dedicated to training and developing its recruiters to ensure that they can continue to operate as both sector and recruitment specialists. The group is privately owned, has enjoyed year on year growth and credits itself on training, nurturing and developing its staff.

Commercial Support Services

As crew managers we fully understand that success of our clients business depends from crew working onboard a vessel. So, we undertake the full scope of management operations required by our ship-owner clients. It means that each vessel we are responsible for is manned with qualified and well-trained officers and ratings according to our clients demands. As we have different levels of crew in our database we will select best of the best for agreed salaries, check from previous employers, provide working tests, interview with superintendents etc,,,, We perform all crew-related functions including recruitment and selection , long-term strategic planning and pool arrangements, working closes for crew, flag documents for crew, all contacts and costs with agents all over the world to meat and to departure the crew, visas arrangements , and much more.

Crew Management
Our network control system of the personnel allows fast access to all data of crew, color copies of diplomas, certificates and all other necessary documents. Also the system supervises readiness, dates of signing-on and signing off for seamen, essentially simplifies procedure of search of suitable candidates on occupation characteristics.

Human Resources
To be employed in Alfa Ship & Crew Management GmbH, our candidates pass a very careful selection called first of all to pursue interests of our ship-owners and never to do harm to the debugged work of their vessels. We also emphasize that our crewmembers are obliged be able to communicate effectively in English. Our purpose to provide high norm of reemployment of the personnel in this connection we always offer competitive wages, provide a continuous communication with our employees ashore and on professional work

Measuring Manning Quality
We assess manning quality with the help of computerized tests and independent evaluations carried out by our experienced superintendent staff. We are determined that our crew re-employment rate will stay very close to 100% figures from individuals which have successfully finished their first contracts on our vessels.

Crew Nationality
We employ crew principally from the following countries: Philippines – Europe – India – and Myanmar.

Yachting Support Services

Alfa Yacht Division support services operate as a land based support network to assist the Captain and Owner in the smooth operation of the yacht. The only true manager of the yacht can be the Captain, who has onboard control and monitoring of the vessel activities. Our support services ensure the administration, maintenance and operation of the yacht are run at consistently high levels. Having the crew placement service seamlessly integrate into your shore support contract is the key to our success, as without a qualified and great crew the yacht will not run efficiently.

Yacht Management
Financial Services
Administration Services
Logistical Support
Technical Support
Crew Administration
Safety and Security (ISM and ISPS)
Charter Management
New Construction and Refit