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Full crewing
Whole-complement manning for a single vessel or an entire fleet — officers and ratings, sourced and managed as one.
Best when — you want one partner accountable for the whole crew.
Maritime Crewing · For Shipowners & Managers
Senior Officers
On Board,
On Schedule.
A licensed manning partner supplying vetted deck and engine officers to bulk-carrier and tanker owners — direct contact, fast turnaround.
Licence AB 585263 / Manning operations since 2012
46.48° N · 30.72° E
ODESA — OPERATIONS BASE
ODESA — OPERATIONS BASE
Licence
AB 585263
SRPS — issued 2012
In Operation
13+ Years
One continuous licence
Compliance
MLC 2006 · STCW
Documentation-ready
Coverage
Deck · Engine
Officers & ratings
01The 2026 Reality
Crewing in 2026 is a speed problem.
The officers are out there. What is scarce is getting the right one, vetted and documented, before the berth costs you money.
9–11%
The senior-officer shortfall in 2026
The widest officer gap in 17 years, per Drewry and the BIMCO/ICS Seafarer Workforce Report. The ranks you need most are the hardest to source.
5–7d
The market benchmark for a replacement
That is the industry norm for an emergency change. Every day a berth sits open is downtime, and downtime is invoiced against the vessel.
Tiers
Layers between you and a decision
Large agencies route owners through account-manager tiers. A commitment that should take one call instead takes a week of hand-offs.
02What We Do
Four ways to crew a vessel.
Engage PCA for the whole complement or for a single rank. The scope is yours to set — the accountability stays with us.
Officers-only supply
Deck and engine officers to reinforce your existing pool, with screening focused on command-level competence.
Best when — your ratings are covered and you need senior ranks.
Single-position & urgent replacement
One rank, sourced, vetted and documented fast — for planned reliefs and for vacancies that cannot wait.
Best when — an unplanned berth needs to be filled this week.
Crew change logistics
Joining, visa and Letter-of-Invitation support, travel and repatriation — coordinated through to sign-on.
Best when — you want the joiner handled end-to-end, not just named.
03Why PCA
We do not compete on size. We compete on speed and the quality of the officer.
Thirteen years, one licence
Licence AB 585263, held without interruption since 2012 — a stable, known counterparty for DMLC Part II, not an agency that disappears mid-contract.
A direct line to the principal
You reach the person who decides — not an account-manager tier. Commitments are made on the call, not escalated through it.
Vetted for competence and conduct
STCW certification, sea-time record, English proficiency and leadership behaviour — screened before a CV ever reaches you.
Turnaround in hours
Short command lines mean your request is worked the same day it lands — not queued behind an internal process.
Compliance-ready documentation
A licensed SRPS, MLC-clean by design — no fee charged to seafarers — with paperwork prepared for flag-state review.
One contact. No tiers. No franchise overhead.
The mid-size advantage
04Crew Categories
Ranks we place.
The ranks below reflect positions PCA has documented placements for — Master through rating, across deck and engine departments.
D
Deck
- Master
- Chief Officer
- 2nd Officer
- 3rd Officer
- Boatswain
- Able Seaman
E
Engine
- Chief Engineer
- 2nd Engineer
- 3rd Engineer
- 4th Engineer
- Motorman
L
Electrical
- ETO
- Electrician
C
Catering
- Chief Cook
- Steward
S
Specialized
Vessel-specific endorsements and type ratings sourced on request, matched to your trade and flag requirements.
Need a rank not listed?
Request it →
05Process
From request to sign-on, in five steps.
01
Request
You send vessel type, the rank or ranks, and the joining date.
02
Shortlist
We return vetted CVs — typically within hours of the request.
03
Interviews
You interview the candidates; we arrange and coordinate every call.
04
Documentation
STCW, medical, flag and visa paperwork prepared and verified.
05
On board
Joining logistics handled through to sign-on and confirmed relief.
06Track Record
Verifiable, not invented.
2012
Manning operations established; licence first issued.
13+ yrs
Continuous operation under licence AB 585263.
2014–26
Span of publicly documented officer and crew placements.
Master→AB
Ranks supplied across deck and engine departments.
Figures reflect publicly documented placements. A full reference list — including placements made with internationally managed fleets — is available to prospective principals on request.
07Certifications & Compliance
Documentation your flag review can rely on.
Operating Licence
AB 585263
- Type
- SRPS — Seafarer Recruitment & Placement Service
- Issued
- 15 October 2012
- Authority
- Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine
Compliance Posture
- / MLC 2006 — a licensed SRPS; no placement fee charged to seafarers; documentation prepared to support the owner's DMLC Part II.
- / STCW — certification verified for every candidate before a CV is released.
- / English proficiency — assessed against IMO Model Course 3.17 / SMCP: senior officers to CEFR C1–C2, junior officers to B1–B2.
- / ISM · SOLAS · MARPOL — operational awareness maintained across the crew pool.
Flag-state experience
- Panama
- Liberia
- Marshall Islands
- Malta
[ Flag list indicative — pending client confirmation. See README. ]
08FAQ
Questions a crewing manager actually asks.
Something not covered here? Put it to a crewing manager directly.
How fast can you supply a replacement officer? +
Most single-position requests are shortlisted within hours of the request landing. Time to sign-on then depends on documentation and travel — both of which we coordinate end-to-end, so the date you are given is a date you can plan against.
Is crew availability stable enough to rely on? +
Yes. Eastern-European officer availability has returned to pre-war levels, and the ICS/BIMCO Seafarer Workforce Report ranks the region among the leading current sources of crew and the single most likely future one. We manage joining documentation and travel, so what you receive is a confirmed joiner — not a process to chase.
How do you verify English proficiency? +
Every officer is assessed against IMO Model Course 3.17 and Standard Marine Communication Phrases — senior officers to CEFR C1–C2, junior officers to B1–B2 — before a CV reaches you. English level is confirmed at the desk, not discovered on board.
Do you screen principals and vessels for sanctions exposure? +
Yes. We review the principal and the vessel before placing crew, and we decline engagements that raise sanctions concerns. It protects the seafarer, and it protects your operation.
What contract lengths do you arrange? +
Contract terms follow your manning policy and the vessel's trading pattern. We support single-voyage engagements and rotational, long-term arrangements alike — the structure is yours to set.
How is payroll handled, and who bears visa costs? +
Payroll is arranged to your preferred model. Under MLC 2006 the shipowner bears visa costs, and no placement fee is ever charged to the seafarer — both points are built into how we work.
How are onboard underperformance or disputes resolved? +
We remain your point of contact after sign-on. If an officer underperforms, we arrange a replacement and support resolution under the terms of the employment agreement — the relationship does not end at the gangway.
09Request Crew Profiles
Tell us the vessel and the rank. We will do the rest.
Send your requirement and a crewing manager responds — usually the same working day. No call-centre, no ticket queue.
Direct line
+38 (067) 485-87-02
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Email
pca.odessa@gmail.com
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WhatsApp
+38 (067) 485-87-02
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Operations base
64 Malaya Arnautskaya St., Odesa
www.uapca.com
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Request received.
A crewing manager will be in touch — usually within one working day. For anything urgent, call +38 (067) 485-87-02.