Terms and Conditions for Crewashore LLC Clients
The use of crew placement services offered by Crewashore LLC is governed by the terms and conditions set forth
below.
These terms and conditions are specific to our Crew Placement services and supplement the “Terms of Use”
and “Privacy Policy” that are common to all services provided by the Company.
By making use of this website and our services, you are indicating you agree with our terms and conditions. The
following agreement is written for Crewashore LLC Clients. We ask
that you accept our Terms and Conditions before the process starts, not to inconvenience you, rather to make
sure you end up a satisfied crew member.
Crewashore LLC provides crew placement for the Luxury Super Yachts and Mega Yacht Industry. You acknowledge
that you do not acquire any rights to reuse the content, layout and data in any manner. Use of the website and
its data is governed by these terms and conditions.
1.Definitions
- Company: Crewashore LLC, a Florida registered company.
- Crew / Candidate: Any person or company submitting their information on the website, making verbal
presentation to Company personnel, or otherwise indicating their desire to find employment through the
Company. - Registration: The process undertaken by crew seeking work to submit their details to the company.
- Employer: The yacht owners and/or captains who may or may not be Subscribers who contact us
requesting candidates’ CVs for potential employment. - Website: The online database, (www.crewsashore.com and www.crewsashorejobs.com) known as
Crewsashore as maintained and run by us. - Job order: A request to find crew received by Company personnel.
- Permanent: Any position which does not have a fixed end date or intended employment of greater than
90 days. - Temporary: Any position which has a fixed end date of employment less than 90 days.
- Validity: These terms and conditions are valid until amended by the company and can be amended at any
time. - Crew Coordinator: Company staff who match crew to specific job criteria.
- Business Day: A day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are ordinarily open for business.
- Candidate Profile: The personal profile and any other information provided by or otherwise uploaded by
you including, without limitation, your CV. - CV: In the case of each Candidate, the relevant Candidate’s curriculum vitae or equivalent employment
summary. - Subscriber: The persons subscribing to the System or, as the context requires, any one of them.
- Yacht: The yacht on which Candidate(s) could be employed.
2. Service Description
Crewashore LLC provides an introductory service to candidates searching for a position in the yachting industry.
Candidates submit a Candidate Profile on the online system which is made available to potential employers. Any
changes to these conditions must be agreed in writing between Crewashore LLC and Candidates. Crewashore LLC
provides exclusively an introductory service and does not provide manning services.
3. Fees
3.1. The company shall be entitled to receive a fee whenever crew Submitted to an Employer are hired onboard.
3.2. All fees shall be payable to the company’s designated bank account (account number 8981 4482 3973).
3.3. There shall be no fees charged to crew members for registering and seeking employment through the
Company.
3.4. For Employers:
3.4.1. The permanent placement fee shall be equal to the candidate’s first salary.
• Discounts are available for multiple placements within the same 12-month period.
i. 1st placement – full fee
ii. 2nd placement – 10% discount
iii. 3rd placement or more – 20% discount
• The invoice must be paid within 10 working days of the crew member’s arrival on board.
3.4.2. The temporary placement fees are 25% of crew member earnings.
a. Quantity discount are not applicable for temporary placements.
b. Temporary placement fees shall be payable upon receipt of the invoice.
3.5. Permanent Crew placement fees shall be payable within 10 working days of the crew member’s start date.
There shall be no free trial period for permanent placements. The invoice date shall be the Crew member’s start
date. Temporary placement fees shall be billed upon the crew member’s departure or on a monthly basis, whichever
comes sooner.
3.6. All fees paid are non-refundable.
3.7. Known crew:
3.7.1. Any crew member submitted by the Company and hired, who has not previously been declared by
the Employer, shall be considered a valid introduction and fees shall be payable. This clause aims to
prevent an Employer from using our service to validate the quality of a crew member whose resume is
available online, without paying a fee.
3.7.2. In situations where the candidate is known of to the Employer but the Employer did not have the
correct contact information, a full placement fee shall be payable.
3.8. The client agrees not to fraudulent manipulate the position of candidates hired through Crewsashore in order to circumvent agreed upon recruitment fees. Any attempt to hire a candidate for a lower position on the vessel with the intention of later promoting them to a higher position to pay lower recruitment fees shall be considered a breach of contract.
4. Service Credits for Crew Placement
4.1. There shall be no credits available for temporary crew placements.
4.2. Permanent Crew Placement Service Credits
4.2.1. If the crew member hired leaves prior to 90 days without cause or is terminated
with cause, a full credit shall be issued to the employer’s accounts for use against
any future placement within 365 days from the date of invoice.
4.3. Service Credit Limitations
There shall be only one credit per placement.
4.4. The service credit shall be inapplicable in any of the following cases:
4.4.1. Change in ownership of the vessel
4.4.2. Change in captain or more than 50% of the crew
4.4.3. Major change in schedule from that planned at the time of hire
4.4.4. Failure by employer to maintain a safe working environment
4.4.5. Failure by employer to maintain a drug free workplace
4.4.6. Failure to pay within 10 working days of invoicing
4.4.7. Failure to notify the company’s crew coordinator within 48 hours of crew
member departure.
4.4.8. When the employer is otherwise in default of this agreement
5. Rights to Information–Employers
You, the employer, agree to keep the identity of the candidates confidential and not share their resumes or contact
information with anyone else, except for reference verification and employment suitability verification purposes.
Violating this agreement can result in a breach, and Crewashore LLC may charge the employer a permanent placement
fee for each candidate forwarded to a third party.
For fleet managers, submitting a resume to another vessel in the fleet would be considered as submitting to a third
party, and a fee would be payable. Employers are responsible for securing private information provided during the
transaction and any breach of data protection regulations caused by your failure to secure private information, must
return or destroy all resumes upon request
7. Data accuracy
The company makes reasonable efforts to ensure that the information presented to Employers is accurate prior to
forwarding it. However, due to the fact that the data is entered by individual crew members from various locations, it
is agreed that no guarantee as to the accuracy of information provided.
8. Team placements
It is common for candidates to work as a team with their partner. In such cases, the company reserves the right to
charge a second placement fee for the partner. This fee will be applicable when the crew coordinator makes the
employer aware of the team status during the initial introduction.
9. Hiring authority
The company does not have the authority to hire crew members on your behalf. Our recommendation does not
guarantee that the crew member will be a perfect match for your program. The employer is solely responsible for the
costs associated with interviewing, hiring, and, if necessary, repatriating crew members. Crewashore LLC strongly
advise all employers to conduct detailed interviews and verify all licensing and reference information before
extending an offer of employment to any candidate.
10. Acceptance
By placing a job order with the company, employers are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions.
Crewashore LLC reserves the right to make changes to the terms and conditions, and any updates will be posted on
our website and made available for clients to review upon request.
11. Jurisdiction – Choice of Law
- Choice of Law – The laws of the State of Florida or the general maritime law of the United States shall
govern any dispute arising out of this agreement. - Forum Selection – All disputes and suits arising out of this agreement shall be submitted to a court of
competent jurisdiction in Broward County, FL, without prejudice to the company’s rights under the general
maritime law to pursue a maritime lien in rem against a responsible vessel, outside Broward County Florida. - Consent to Jurisdiction – The contracting parties hereto agree that the forum selection clause and choice of
law provisions also constitute a waiver of any argument or defence based on lack of personal jurisdiction.