Poseidon Crewing

About Poseidon Crewing

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:08:26 +0000

Poseidon Crewing is an online maritime crewing agent dedicated to provide competitive crewing solutions to seamen and shipowners, worldwide.

Poseidon Crewing has a clear & strong focus on following sectors: towage, offshore and dredging (we do NOT provide jobs on cruise ships).

Poseidon Crewing stands for : professionalism and friendliness regardless of the circumstances, a correct service tailored exactly to your needs, precise offers without surprises, strict quality standards, open and clear communication in each phase of the project and above all a genuine motivation to deliver.

We are currently setting up a database for skilled and experienced maritime personnel and invite new candidates to register. Please fill out our job-application form and return it to crew@poseidoncrewing.com.

Browse our latest maritime job offers. (Tug Masters, MultiCat Skippers, Master DPO, Second Engineers, Chief Officers, Crane Operators, and more!)

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Local men safe after Chile quake

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:27:45 +0000

Twenty-four Killybegs fishermen who were crewing boats working off the coast of Chile are safe and well after the earthquake and tsunami which struck the South American country at the weekend.

Six men from the Donegal port are on each of the four vessels which have been working more than 300 kilometres off the Chilean coast.continue reading

All crew released by Somali pirates safe: MOFA

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:42:39 +0000

All 30 crew members of a Taiwanese deep-sea fishing vessel are safe and on their way back to Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) reiterated Friday, rebutting media reports that three of its crew had died.The 700-ton longliner Win Far 161 and its crew of 30 were released the previous day by Somali pirates who hijacked the vessel near an island in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean April 6, 2009 and held them for 10 months.

According to the ministry’s most recent contact with the boat’s owner, the crew of 30, including 17 Filipinos, six Indonesians, five Chinese and two Taiwanese, are safe, a MOFA official said, adding that military vessels in adjacent waters will escort the boat and its crew, as well as provide food, water and health services during its return voyage to Taiwan.

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Manila Floods

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:12:56 +0000

The government of Philippines has appealed for international help to deal with the aftermath of the devastating floods that have killed 240 and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

The homes of nearly 1.9 million people in the capital, Manila, and surrounding areas were inundated by flood water unleashed by tropical storm Ketsana over the weekend.

With two new storms brewing in the Pacific, the defence secretary, Gilberto Teodoro, pleaded for help on national television. One of the storms could hit the northern Philippines this week and the other early next week.

“We are appealing for international humanitarian assistance,” said the minister, who is chair of the National Disaster Co-ordinating Council.

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source: Guardian News

Our thoughts go out to those affected by this tragedy.

Disputes Over Who Pays Ransoms Put Crew Members at Risk

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:09:47 +0000

As pirates increasingly target cargo vessels in the Gulf of Aden, owners are struggling to pay escalating ransom demands — putting their crews at risk, an insurance executive told nearly 100 Korean ship owners and insurance brokers meeting here.

Jonathan Doherty, North Asia regional manager for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, noted that each year an average of 500 Korean ships pass through the Gulf of Aden, currently one of the most dangerous regions for piracy. In 2008, 111 ships, including Korean-owned or manned cargo vessels, were attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, a 200% increase over 2007. Forty-two of those ships were held for ransom, and 889 crew members were taken hostage. Most ransom demands were between $1 million and $4 million per ship.

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Source: MSNBC

S. Korean Cargo Ship, 16 Crew Missing After Collision Near Japan

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:33:23 +0000

A South Korean cargo ship is thought to have sunk after colliding with a Panamanian vessel off the coast of Japan, the Korea Coast Guard said.

The 4,200-ton Orchid Pia is missing with seven South Korean and nine Indonesian crew members, Jang Soo Pyo, a coast guard official, said today by phone. The South Korean coast guard has requested its Japanese counterpart’s cooperation in investigating the collision, Jang said.

source: Bloomberg

Ship safety is at risk from credit crisis, poll confirms

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:53:19 +0000

Over two-thirds of Lloyd’s List readers believe that the credit crunch will threaten the improvements seen in shipping safety in recent years, according to our poll.

Faced with a straight yes-no choice, the proposition is favoured by 71%, with 29% against.

The findings come after marine insurers have voiced fears about a flight from quality, as the economic downturn puts pressure on shipping company bottom lines. Shipping veterans argue that this would tally with the experience of previous recessions, where corners have been cut on maintenance and crewing levels.

There are also concerns about the quality of the newbuildings being delivered by some Chinese yards and the shortage of suitably-qualified officers, especially in deck grades.

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source: Lloyd’s List

2 men survive 25 days at sea bobbing in a cooler

admin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:15:22 +0000

Two desperate, dehydrated men found bobbing in a bathtub-sized cooler off Australia told authorities they spent 25 days adrift after their fishing boat sank, officials said Tuesday. There was no sign of 18 other crew members.

Authorities were amazed that the men, from the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, were spotted by a routine customs service flight that patrols for far larger craft such as illegal trawlers in Australia’s northern waters.

A photograph taken from the patrol plane shows the men standing shirtless in the pink cooler — a waist-high container often used to store freshly caught fish — and waving frantically.

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Pirates free Danish ship held for 2 months

admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:52:03 +0000

Somali pirates have released a Danish cargo ship and its mainly Russian crew after a ransom payment was parachuted to the hijackers, more than two months after it was seized, the owner said Friday.

The CEC Future was hijacked off Somalia’s northern shores on Nov. 7.

The ship and its 13 crew members — 11 Russians, one Georgian and one Estonian — were released unharmed Friday after the ransom was dropped by parachute earlier this week, said Per Gullestrup, a top executive of Danish shipowner Clipper Group.

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source: Associated Press

Season’s Greetings

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:33:40 +0000

We want to wish everybody a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!