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Maritime HR Consultancy

Getting the
People Side of
Maritime Right.

GlomarHR is a specialist maritime HR consultancy helping cruise operators, shipowners and maritime businesses build stronger, simpler and more effective people operations.

We identify where things are not working as well as they should — process gaps, inefficiencies, unnecessary cost, inconsistencies, compliance risk or systems that have simply become too complicated — and we fix them.

Our work spans the entire crew lifecycle and the ship-to-shore HR operation, combining deep maritime experience with a practical, commercial approach.

From mass-market to premium and luxury operations, we help businesses strengthen the foundations that support their people, vessels and growth.

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What We Do

A complete fleet of HR capabilities

We work across the full maritime people operation — from workforce planning, recruitment and deployment through onboard HR, employee relations, development, retention, compliance and exit.

01

Shipboard & Shoreside HR

Designing and implementing HR functions that work seamlessly across the vessel and the office.

Shipboard HR function design
HR Director role implementation
Shoreside HR structures and operating models
Roles, responsibilities and reporting lines
Ship-to-shore ways of working
HR governance and SOPs
02

Workforce Strategy & Fleet Growth

Planning the people architecture behind fleet expansion, growth and long-term workforce stability.

Fleet expansion and new-build workforce planning
Organisational and manning structure design
Workforce architecture
Rotation and deployment models
Promotion and succession frameworks
Retention and workforce stability reviews
03

Recruitment & Manning

End-to-end recruitment design and manning governance that builds accountable, high-quality crew pipelines.

End-to-end recruitment and talent acquisition design
Manning agency strategy and governance
Recruitment partner standards and accountability
Candidate assessment and selection frameworks
Recruitment process simplification
Crew pipeline and deployment design
04

Maritime HR Compliance

MLC, regulatory and accreditation expertise — keeping your operation compliant and audit-ready.

MLC compliance reviews and remediation
DMLC Part II development and review
MLC inspection preparation
MLC shipowner transitions and handovers
Recruitment and Placement compliance
DMW accreditation and regulatory implementation
CBA negotiations and employment frameworks
05

Employee Relations

Robust, consistent frameworks for conduct, grievances and investigations across multinational workforces.

Grievance, disciplinary and performance frameworks
Investigation procedures and case management
Investigations training
Manager capability development
Conduct and employee relations SOPs
Consistent frameworks across multinational workforces
06

Process, Cost & Digitalisation

Simplifying processes, closing cost leakage and designing practical technology around real operations.

Crew process and cost-leakage reviews
HR process simplification and standardisation
HR digitisation and workflow design
Maritime HR software development
Crew data, metrics and management information
Practical technology solutions designed around real maritime operations

We are typically brought into businesses where something is changing, growing, fragmented, expensive, inconsistent or simply not working properly.

GlomarHR

GlomarHR

Specialist maritime HR consultancy for cruise operators and maritime businesses.

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