DIRECT HIRING. FAIR CREWING.

Job opportunities for female seafarers.

Are you a female seafarer looking for a job?
Join TURTLE!

Register at TURTLE to empower your maritime career! We champion gender equality in the industry, connecting female seafarers directly to inclusive shipping companies. Benefit from advocacy on panels, media, and social platforms. Join our supportive community, sharing success stories to raise awareness and inspire future achievements.

2023 Diversity & Inclusion Award badge from Career4Sea Europort with laurel wreath design.

TURTLE has won the

2023 Career4Sea Europort
Diversity & Inclusion Award

Diversity and Female Empowerment at TURTLE

What do we mean by that?

  • Collaboration on industry level: We foster diversity and work on improving working conditions for female seafarers (AllAboardAlliance).

  • Raising awareness in maritime: We speak on panels to stress the importance of making the industry more inclusive.

  • Showcase rolemodels: We use our Social Media Channels to promote impressive women working at sea.

  • Conducting surveys with female seafarers: We want to understand pain points and derive actions.

  • Fostering employability of female seafarers: We initiate specific campaigns with shipping companies to incentivize female empowerment.

    We promote Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in every aspect of our business!

  • "I love TURTLE because of the equity to opportunities irrespective of gender.

    3rd Engineer, Bulker

  • "I greatly appreciate those who are pushing humanity to the next level and improving the lives of struggling seamen. Vivat!"

    Chief Officer, Tanker

  • "I have never seen such high interest and respect of people before I found TURTLE."

    ETO, Container

  • "No reason to be afraid of a scam and a good opportunity for exposure to different companies."

    4th Engineer, Bulk Carrier

TURTLE. Your reliable and trustworthy job marketplace.

  • Be found & hired directly by reputable shipping companies.

  • Take control of your data and manage profile visibility.

  • Hiring with a commitment to Equality and Diversity.

  • Compliant with MLC, local labor regulations & EU GDPR.

  • Recruitment free of charge.

  • Compare your salary with other seafarers using TURTLE Salarycheck.

Become part of TURTLE’s diverse talent pool

Above-average share of female seafarers

3,500*

*>3 % of database


Broad range of nationalities

140+

Seafarers registered with TURTLE

160,000

Trusted by reputable shipping companies

  • Hapag-Lloyd
  • NSB Group
  • Maersk logo featuring a white star on a blue square with black text.
  • seaspan
  • Dorian LPG logo with stylized blue and red flame icon.
  • Subsea 7 logo with blue text and a red number 7 on a white background.
  • Sea Chefs logo featuring a stylized blue wave design within a circle.
  • ORION Reederei
  • SMT Shipping logo featuring a stylized sun and waves design.
  • Atlantic / Asiatic Lloyd
  • Lomar logo with a stylized triangular shape above the text "LOMAR" in blue.
  • Harren & Partner logo with stylized sailboat graphic in teal and dark turquoise.
  • Minmarine logo with tagline 'A member of the Minship group'.
  • Oldendorff logo with the letters 'EO' on a stylized flag icon.
  • Wilhelmsen Ahrenkiel Ship Management logo featuring a blue flag with white fish and a wreath emblem, and a small red section with a castle symbol.
  • Delos Navigation Ltd. logo with a stylized letter 'D' and a seal silhouette.
  • Logo of Scorpio with stylized text.
  • Text reading "and more..." in dark blue font.

Job opportunities for
female seafarers?

Join TURTLE!