Crystal Shipping, Inc. is a deeply committed agency aspiring to provide the most competent, highly skilled and well-trained seafarers. Crystal Shipping, Inc. grew through the 1990's by constantly developing new means to satisfy our customers and seafarers. In 2003, we were able to expand and acquire new certifications creating new opportunities not just for our company, but also for our seafarers and principals advancement.

Presently, Crystal Shipping, Inc. seeks to become the best choice of our customers by committing ourselves to continuous innovation, advocating transparency and by adhering to a system that is dynamic and compliant to the ever changing needs and demands of the Maritime Industry. Crystal Shipping, Inc. also initiated the Crystal Shipping, Inc. Training Center to constitute comprehensive measures designed to improve standards of competence globally, in the process to create a new responsibility for both Maritime Personnel and Maritime Industry.

Crystal Shipping, Inc. is continuously growing amidst the global crisis that we are facing. Thank you to the support of our principals, seafarers and office staff. May we all continue to progress forward in the upcoming years.

Emily A. Crisostomo
President / CEO
Crystal Shipping, Inc.

Due to the global economic crisis, shipping companies are under the increasing pressure to demonstrate the quality of their management. It is no longer enough to have the statutory certificates for ships, companies must now comply with the mandatory international requirements for safety management system and show that they have effective crew management.

The mandatory ISM Code and the voluntary ISO Standard, the two main systems used by shipping companies for management. But because of the recent revision of the Standard of Training Certification and Watch-keeping Convention (STCW) a third requirement was included, companies must now be able to demonstrate that they have correct crew management policies in place. These three systems cover some different aspects of management and have slightly different focuses but much of the work required in implementing, maintaining and demonstrating them is common to all.

The competence of a seafarer is a critical factor in the safe and efficient operations of a ship. This became the foundation of the Crystal Shipping, Inc. Training Center, whose purpose is to effectively constitute a comprehensive measure designed to improve the standards of competency globally, focusing not only on educating the seafarers on the safety of the ship's operation but also on the security and well-being of their co-workers and themselves. The Crystal Shipping, Inc. Training Center aspires to create new responsibilities for both the Maritime Personnel and the Maritime Industry. Its ambition is to become a dynamic learning organization continually exploring innovations to meet the ever changing needs of both the Maritime Personnel and Industry. Crystal Shipping, Inc. Training Center intends to help ensure that the new standards are actually put into effect and that the competence of seafarers is indeed improved.

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