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Sinocrew Maritime Services

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Sinocrew Maritime Services is a dynamic provider of integrated crew management services to the international shipping industry. Established in 2002, with an office in Beijing and branch offices in Shanghai and Wuhan, SMS is the first licensed and independent Chinese crew manager.


Under stable and consistent management, 160 shore staff and 8,500 seafarers are employed by Blue Chip Shipowners worldwide to serve on merchant vessels. Sinocrew also work with the cruise ship sector and has good cooperation and relationships with many universities/colleges in China.


SMS has DNV ISO9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 Management System Certificates, and Class NK SRPS Certificate in Compliance with MLC 2006.


Sinocrew have invested large sums of money in a fully owned training center in Wuhan, with state of the art simulators,training facilities and dedicated trainers to meet the requirements of international standards and customers’ demands.