The right people.
Every vessel.
Every time.
Everywhere.
No matter the fleet size.
No matter the maritime segment.
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. Wherever you are in the world, we deliver the crew you need, exactly when you need them.
Crew Management
Human factors drive vessel performance.
At WRS, we believe effective ship management starts with exceptional people. Our crew management services go far beyond recruitment; we provide full lifecycle support: sourcing, planning, mobilisation, certification, and ongoing well-being for every seafarer we deploy.
Trusted by leading shipowners and energy companies across offshore and commercial segments, we serve as a natural extension of your onshore team, ensuring your vessels are always fully crewed, compliant, and ready to operate.
Together with each client, we build dedicated pools of vetted professionals, recruited to mutually agreed standards and deployed in full possession of required certifications throughout their entire time onboard.
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 STCW certificates, medical fitness documents, flag-state endorsements and MLC 2006 documentation for every crew member we manage, so you never get caught out.
- STCW 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. Clients receive transparent, audit-ready monthly reporting and consolidated invoicing.
- 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
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.
Offshore sectors we serve
Our crew management expertise covers the full range of offshore and marine vessel types, including:
Offshore Oil & Gas
Offshore Drillships & Drilling Rigs
Jack Up & Windfarm Installation Vessels
Offshore Platforms & FPSO
Marine Construction & Dredging
OSVs & Support Vessels
Crew Transfer & CSOV Vessels
Dredging & Multicat Vessels
Survey & Geotechnical Vessels
Geophysical & Inspection Vessels
Dive Support & Multi Purpose Vessels
Accommodation & Walk to Work Vessels
OSV/PSV & AHTS/Tug Vessels
ROV/ Trenching/ Plough
Subsea & ROV Construction Vessels
Cable-Lay & Pipe-Lay Vessels
Geophysical & Inspection Vessels
Ready To Simply Crew Operations?
Let’s talk about your fleet
Whether you’re new to outsourcing crew management or thinking about switching providers, we’d love to have a conversation. Our onboarding process is designed to make the move simple, with no gaps in crewing and no disruption to your operations.
We work as a genuine extension of your onshore team, making sure your vessels are always crewed, compliant and ready to go.
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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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