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Pensum Ltd.
Cayman Business Park A7
P.O. Box 10024 APO, KY1-1001
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands: +1 345 945 1830
Fax: +1 345 945 1835
Email: Marine@Pensum.Pro
Time Zone: GMT - 5

Crew & Payroll Services

Our Payroll Services

Employment and payment of crew from overseas can be beneficial, both for owners and for crew.

For owners operating in US waters, employment and payment of crew from overseas reduces exposure to US jurisdiction in the event of a lawsuit. Also, a condition of US visas issued to non-US crew requires that they are not employed in the US.  Payment from a US bank is prima face evidence of an Immigration violation that could result in deportation.

As of May 2010, EU, EEA, Isle of Man, Bermuda, Swiss and employers from other countries with reciprocal agreements have to make national insurance and social security deductions for European crew on vessels of those flag jurisdictions.  By contrast, employment and payment from other jurisdictions enables crew salaries to be paid gross, leaving crewmembers free to make voluntary social security and NI contributions in their country of choice or to operate a self-administered investment fund for their retirement.

By having a substantive presence in the Cayman Islands, we provide an ideal and safe location from which to operate crew services in a jurisdiction that stands outside the US and EU and does not itself levy tax or other deductions on crew salaries.

Of course, our payroll services are not limited to marine crew.  They could be used for any legitimate payroll need.

On the money side, we are able to prepare accounts as desired, from basic account statements through to arranging audits, complete with financial reporting.  We simply customise the service to meet the needs of the client.  We can also process the opening of bank accounts for qualified applicants.

Crew Interests

Crew interests include crew licensing, ISM, ISPS, maritime security reviews and training, STCW, MLC, seafarer employment agreements, crew bank accounts, payroll accounting, seafarer insurance, incidents, casualties, conventions and code compliance.  These topics are covered in more detail in the related resources set out below.

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Related Resources

Maritime Consultancy

Most offshore practitioners are not specialists in maritime law or maritime administration.

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Statutory Insurance

Compulsory insurance is set out in four places in the Merchant Shipping legislation

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Maritime Labour

These matters are dealt with in Part V of the Law together with related regulations.

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Maritime Security

The ISPS Code and other maritime security provisions of SOLAS are in effect under the legislation.

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Crew Licensing

British registries will recognise the certificates of competence issued to crew of any nationality qualified in

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STCW 95 White List

Under the STCW Convention, a maritime administration can either be an issuing administration or a recognising administration.

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Marine Casualties

Duties and obligations to report marine casualties are set out in Section 159 of the Merchant Shipping Law

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Maritime Conventions and Treaties

Maritime Conventions and Treaties

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