Is Dalian’s recruitment of crew members true or false?

There are strict regulations on crew recruitment, and at least the company must be registered with the port supervision department. Crew members need multiple certificates. In addition to the seaman's ID card that proves their identity, they also need four certificates, health certificates, etc. Most certificates require training to obtain. If you work on special ships such as oil tankers, you will need special certificates. These documents are usually issued by the China Maritime Safety Administration.

If it is an ordinary merchant ship, the crew can go to land to load and unload cargo. When traveling abroad, depending on the country, the customs and immigration bureau will issue a landing permit. Of course, you have to follow the regulations of other countries. Even different ports within a country have different regulations. Not sure if it's a fishing boat.

The crew’s travel expenses must be paid by the shipowner (that is, the person who hired the crew). The company that recruits crew members is actually a labor service company. They negotiate the price of each position with the shipowner, then hire the crew and eat the difference. This is reasonable and legal, because the company has costs, such as going abroad to negotiate labor contracts, managing various certificates for crew members, etc. Of course, the above situations are all formal companies.

The common practice of deceptive companies is to sign a 10-month contract. You can get salary for the first 2 or 3 months, but then they take away the salary paid by the shipowner to the crew. The monthly income of an ordinary crew member should be 3,000-6,000 yuan, and that of a captain is about 20,000-50,000 yuan. The food standard ranges from 30-50 yuan per person per day, depending on the type and size of the ship and the distance of the voyage.

The best way to distinguish scammer companies is to go to the local Maritime Safety Administration (Port Supervision) department and make inquiries. Usually regular companies will definitely deal with these departments.

Seafarers are a special profession, and obtaining various certificates requires money and various trainings. For companies that do not require you to provide certificates, you can basically assume that they are neither scammers nor very informal companies. This profession is very hard and life-threatening, so you need to find a regular company.

The above situation applies to merchant ships. I don't know about the situation of the fishing boats.