Analysis and evaluation of activity of the companies providing placement services for seafarers on the example of a manned agency Polaris Maritime Services Ltd. in Szczecin

The scope of this article is to analyze and evaluate the activity of the companies providing placement services for seafarers in Poland. For the intended purpose the study of legal conditions of employment of seafarers on ships was conducted – both national legislation and implemented in August 2013 Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006). Farther examination were subjected number and range of activity of all located on Polish area companies providing placement services for seafarers. As a example to analyze the industry manned agency Polaris Maritime Services Ltd. in Szczecin was served, which provides intermediary services in employment of Polish crew for ship owners from around the world. Verification of data from the company and those obtained through a survey allowed for evaluation of situation seafarers taking up employment via an agency and compare it with the situation of those sailors who alone are looking for a job in foreign shipowners alone.