MANNING: DIGITALLY DRIVEN. ETHICALLY COMMITTED.

Full-service maritime manning - from first candidate attraction to final mobilization

TURTLE is a global manning agency for shipowners, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with operations in Gdynia, Poland. We run full manning mandates with a global partner network of vetted crewing agencies across the world's main seafarer countries and a pool of 200,000 seafarers.

Industry leaders who already trust TURTLE

  • Hapag-Lloyd
  • NSB Group
  • Maersk logo with blue square and white star
  • seaspan
  • Dorian LPG logo with stylized flame and drop design
  • Logo of Subsea 7 featuring the text "subsea" in blue and the number "7" in red on a white background.
  • Logo of Sea Chefs with stylized blue wave design and text inside a circular border.
  • Atlantic / Asiatic Lloyd
  • Lomar logo with a stylized mountain above the text "LOMAR" in blue.
  • Harren & Partner logo with stylized teal ship sails above the text.
  • Logo of MINMARINE, part of MINSHIP group, featuring a stylized blue design with text.
  • Oldendorff logo with blue text and a stylized flag design featuring "EO" in white letters on a navy blue, white, red, and gray background.
  • Logo of Wilhelmsen Ahrenkiel Ship Management featuring a blue flag with laurel wreath and fish symbols, and text below.
  • Delos Navigation Ltd. logo with silhouette of an animal inside a blue letter 'D'
  • Scorpio logo on a transparent background
  • Text saying "and more..." in dark blue font.

What full-service manning actually means

TURTLE is a  partner who takes the mandate and delivers the crew: on time, documented, and compliant with the standards your business depends on.

Recruitment
Active sourcing through our pool of 200,000 seafarers and a vetted global partner network. Every rank, every segment, every nationality matched to your specific requirements.

Mobilization
Visa, medicals, pre-joining training, travel, and crew change logistics. We handle the operational reality of getting the right person on board at the right time, in the right place.

Ongoing Rotation
Full crew rotation management across your fleet. Relief planning, contract cycles, performance tracking. One partner for the lifecycle of your manning operation.

TURTLE Services

Different services, one standard: we take the vessel or the whole fleet off your desk and deliver results.

Full Manning
End-to-end manning for entire fleets. From senior officers to ratings, across every segment. You define the standard, we deliver the crew.

Brand2Hire
Employer branding with your own seafarers as protagonists. Custom landing page, content production, application funnel.

Seafarer 360
Pre-interview intelligence on any candidate CV. Faster decisions, fewer surprises.

  • „We are pleased with the successful collaboration with TURTLE in supporting our personnel placements. Together, we've achieved great results, and we look forward to continuing this successful partnership!“

    Hapag-Lloyd

  • “Dorian is delighted to work with TURTLE and their innovative new crew platform. The values of the TURTLE team align clearly with our outlook on how we can disrupt the industry to the benefit of seafarers who are at the heart of our business”.

    Alex Hadjipateras
    COO Dorian LPG

  • „The hunt for talent" - TURTLE manages to match seafarers in this truly internationally oriented candidate market with potential employers.”

    Kerstin Michels
    ORION REEDEREI

  • “TURTLE is a fast, reliable and high-quality service provider. Good access and verification process of all documents. Perfect web interface.”

    3rd Engineer
    CONTAINER

  • “I am feeling like a part of a family where is respect and trust and great communication. The understanding of seafarers, the approach to us is amazing. I like that you cooperate with companies with a good reputation and you are taking care of yours. That you ask for feedback after the contracts shows that you see in us important people, that you want to listen to us. Thank you very much.”

    Chief Officer
    CONTAINER

  • “The application is very simple to use, it has enough space to download all certificates and mostly the video interview process is so fantastic and the interviewer are friendly, intelligent and doing a good job. Thanks!”

    Able-bodied Seaman
    BULK CARRIER

  • “TURTLE works way more efficient than competing crew services. We see opportunities to present ourselves as employers.”

    REEDEREI NSB

  • “TURTLE will help you to reach companies, without the need to fill up a lot of applications.”

    3rd Officer
    CONTAINER

  • “The methodology used by your good company to communicate with seafarers, inspire trust and security and also increase feedback between both parties to clarify any doubt. Turtle demonstrates that they execute the process according to international laws and regulation, doing it very transparent and safely. Think that company is conformed by great teamwork, with depth knowledge over crew manning industry, reaching and offering high-quality standard in any phase of the process. Many thanks.”

    Master
    TANKER

  • “Personally, I think, the drive of TURTLE to engage the industry is special.”

    Master
    CONTAINER

  • “At TURTLE you find all necessary support ensured by a really professional team.“

    2nd DPO Junior Officer
    OFFSHORE

  • “I was very pleasantly surprised with the TURTLE sytem which appears highly advanced in design and structure. It is like a draft of fresh air among the dump grounds of trash-old-school low-productive platforms. The TURTLE personnel is always open for contact and ready for assistance and clarification of any questions. The flexibility in the submittance of data and documents is at the highest level. It seems to be the best platform I've ever seen.”

    Master
    TANKER

  • “Just a great and sophisticated platform to find proper job opportunities for all kinds of seafarers, which is connected to several bigger and smaller shipping companies, but still protects the seafarers' data and only shows a limited and hidden view of the profiles, unless you are asked if they may continue to send more detailed information to a possible future employer.”

    Chief Officer
    MPP


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