Your Vessels.
Fully Crewed.
Fully Compliant.
Always Ready.
People Drive Performance
Vessel performance starts with the right crew. WRS acts as a seamless extension of your onshore team, ensuring your vessels remain fully crewed, compliant and operationally ready, with solutions tailored to your specific requirements.
Our complete vessel crewing solutions cover everything from crew planning and compliance to payroll, travel logistics, training, and ongoing support. We deliver the crew you need, exactly when you need them.
Crew Management
Human factors drive vessel performance.
Crew management at WRS means owning the full lifecycle, not just finding people. From requirement to return ashore, we handle every stage: compliance, certification, deployment, mobilisation, and welfare.
Every seafarer is fully certified, verified before deployment and maintained throughout. No gaps, no expired certificates, no shortfalls.
Trusted by leading shipowners and energy companies, we work as a true extension of your onshore team: full visibility, full accountability, and none of the admin burden.
We build dedicated talent pools to agreed standards, every candidate vetted before reaching your vessel. Deployment is fast, confident, and compliant from day one.
Our Crew Management Services
Our offshore crew management services are built around your specific needs. Whether you run a single vessel or a large fleet across multiple flag states, we put together something that covers every part of your crew operations.
Crew Planning & Change Management
We handle rotation schedules, relief planning and crew change logistics so your vessels stay fully manned without any disruption to operations.
- Rotation schedule design and management
- Relief planning and handover coordination
- International crew change logistics
- 24/7 emergency crew support
Compliance & Certification Management
We keep on top of certifications, medical fitness documents, flag-state endorsements and MLC 2006 documentation for every crew member we manage, so you never get caught out.
- Certificate tracking and renewal alerts
- Medical fitness & flag-state endorsements
- MLC 2006 full documentation compliance
- Port State Control inspection readiness
Payroll & Financial Administration
Our maritime payroll specialists compliantly manage multi-currency payroll processing and Employer of Record (EOR) services.
- Multi-currency payroll processing
- Employer of Record (EOR) services
- Consolidated monthly invoicing
Travel, Visa & Logistics
Our team takes care of international flights, accommodation, visa applications and work permits for crew changes around the world, so your team doesn’t have to. Helping seafarers move globally from ship to ship.
- International flight coordination
- Hotel accommodation management
- Visa & work permit procurement
- Ground transport and port-side logistics
Offshore sectors we serve
Our crew management expertise covers the full range of offshore and marine vessel types, including:
Drillships & Drilling Rigs
Platforms & FPSO
Dive Support & Multi Purpose Vessels
Accommodation & Walk to Work Vessels
Geophysical & Inspection Vessels
Survey & Geotechnical Vessels
ROV/ Trenching/ Plough
Subsea & Construction Vessels
Marine Construction & Dredging
Jack Up & Windfarm Installation Vessels
PSV & AHTS/Tug Vessels
Cable-Lay & Pipe-Lay Vessels
Dredging & Multicat Vessels
Offshore Support Vessels
Crew Transfer & CSOV Vessels
Structured Onboarding. Zero Operational Disruption.
Whether you're outsourcing crew management for the first time or moving across from another provider, we make the transition straightforward with no disruption to your operations.
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Whether you’re new to outsourcing crew management or considering a change in provider, we’d welcome the conversation. Our onboarding process is designed to make the transition seamless, ensuring no gaps in crewing and no disruption to your operations.
We work as a genuine extension of your onshore team, ensuring your vessels remain fully crewed, compliant, and ready to perform.
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Case Studies
Offshore case studies
Working With Van Oord Personeels B.V
Van Oord Personeels B.V
For nearly 6 years, we’ve successfully worked with Van Oord Personeels B.V – supplying manpower for offshore wind installations, dredging, and cable laying projects. But most recently, we’re proud to have supported work on the advanced offshore installation vessel, the Aeolus, in France.
Working With TechnipFMC
TechnipFMC
In 2023, the offshore industry experienced a significant surge in ROV projects, leading to a critical shortage of qualified personnel. TechnipFMC, a leading player in the sector, faced the challenge of filling numerous ROV positions at short notice to maintain operational efficiency.
Working With Stena Drilling
Stena Drilling
Stena Drilling required a reliable recruitment partner to efficiently fill temporary assignments across various roles within their fleet. The challenge was to find suitable candidates with the necessary experience and certifications, often within tight deadlines (24, 48 or 72 hours).
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