What CSC Crewing does

CSC Crewing, operating under the brand Oceanwide (legal name Oceanwide Maritime & Energy Personnel Services), is a Netherlands-based specialized B2B staffing and HR services agency serving the maritime and energy sectors. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Capelle Aan Den Ijssel, the company employs between 251 and 500 people across four Dutch locations (HQ plus IJmuiden, Vlissingen, and Hoofddorp), each aligned to a sub-sector. The company recruits and employs qualified seafaring and technical personnel across five verticals: Maritime (merchant shipping, dredging, towage, offshore support vessels), Oil & Gas (production platforms, drilling rigs, barges), Wind Energy (on- and offshore wind farms), Marine Engineering (land-based projects), and Offshore Catering (hospitality for remote offshore locations). Service offerings span temporary placement, permanent recruitment, secondment, full crew management, and selection.

The underlying technology is a conventional recruitment services stack rather than a software platform. The primary digital surface is the Oceanwide Vacancy Portal (oceanwidecrew.com), a bilingual (English/Dutch) job-listing site with candidate self-registration and an email-based JobAlert notification system. There is no disclosed API, SDK, mobile app, or integration ecosystem, and no evidence of proprietary matching algorithms or AI tooling. Go-to-market is primarily direct enterprise sales into European maritime and energy operators, supplemented by inbound candidate flow from the website portal and email marketing.

The revenue model is B2B recruitment and HR services on a per-placement or contractual basis; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The geographic footprint is explicitly European, though day-to-day operations are concentrated in the Netherlands. Ownership, parent-company relationships, funding history, and management-team composition are not disclosed in the available data, and no acquisitions, partnerships, or public listings are on record.

Name

CSC Crewing

Legal name

Oceanwide Maritime & Energy Personnel Services

Website

https://csc-crewing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

CSC Crewing (Oceanwide) is a Netherlands-based B2B staffing and HR services agency that recruits and manages seafaring, technical, and hospitality personnel for maritime, oil & gas, wind energy, marine engineering, and offshore-catering clients across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Recruitment & Staffing Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883), Other Support Activities for Water Transportation (48839)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Crew, Marine & Offshore Travel Management (THAKACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Offshore Marine & Aviation Support (PSVs, AHTS, Crew Boats, Helicopters) (EUALABAJ), Crew, Marine & Offshore Travel Management (TMCs) (THACAAAG)

Keywords

• Maritime crew recruitment
• Offshore personnel staffing
• Oil gas recruitment
• Wind energy staffing
• Marine engineering employment

Headquarters

HQ city

Capelle Aan Den Ijssel

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CSC Crewing (operating as Oceanwide) supplies qualified crew and technical personnel to the maritime, offshore oil & gas, and wind energy sectors. It recruits and employs seafarers for merchant shipping, dredging, towage, and offshore support vessels; supplies technical personnel for production platforms, drilling rigs, and barges; staffs wind energy positions onshore and offshore; provides recruitment and secondment for marine engineering projects; and offers dedicated offshore catering and hospitality services for remote platforms and service vessels.

Product overview

Oceanwide (CSC Crewing) is a specialized recruitment, employment and HR support agency for the Maritime and Energy sectors. The company offers a portfolio of recruitment services including Maritime crew recruitment, Oil & Gas personnel supply, Wind Energy recruitment, Marine Engineering staffing, and Offshore Catering services. These sector-focused services operate together under a unified platform where candidates can register, search vacancies, and set up JobAlert notifications. The offering is structured as a service-based recruitment platform rather than a software product, with services delivered across both land-based and offshore positions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maritime Recruitment Services
• Oil & Gas Personnel Services
• Wind Energy Recruitment Services
• Marine Engineering Services
• Offshore Catering Services

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Misco: Specialist recruiter for the maritime, offshore, and energy sectors. Comparable in target candidate pool (technical seafarers, offshore engineers) and in serving similar shipping and offshore clients.
• Faststream Recruitment: Specialist recruiter serving the global maritime and shipping industries, including offshore and commercial marine segments. Comparable candidate/client profile and sector specialization to CSC Crewing.
• Atlas Professionals: Netherlands-based international recruitment specialist for maritime, offshore, and energy sectors. Closest comparable to CSC Crewing/Oceanwide in target customers, sector mix (maritime, offshore, O&G, wind), and European operating base.
• Orion Group: International recruitment and workforce solutions firm focused on energy, maritime, and offshore construction. Comparable to CSC Crewing in targeting the same technical/seafaring candidate pool for O&G and offshore wind clients.
• Headway Recruitment: Netherlands-based maritime and offshore recruitment specialist. Comparable niche focus on shipping, dredging, and offshore crew placement serving a similar Dutch and European client base.

Broad incumbents

• Vroon: Established Dutch shipping group with substantial in-house crew management and maritime personnel operations. Comparable in the maritime crewing domain but operates as a shipowner with embedded crewing rather than a pure recruiter.
• Smit Internationale: Historically Dutch maritime towage and offshore services firm with deep crewing functions. Comparable as a Dutch maritime player with embedded crew management for offshore and shipping segments.
• Wagenborg: Large Dutch maritime services group with offshore, shipping, and crewing capabilities. Comparable in Dutch maritime operating base and offshore/dredging exposure, though broader in scope than CSC Crewing.
• Brunel International: Dutch-headquartered global workforce solutions provider with deep energy and maritime industry exposure. Comparable as a much larger incumbent offering similar recruitment, secondment, and project-based staffing across overlapping verticals.

Regional players

• Cundall: UK-based engineering consultancy with significant offshore wind and marine engineering recruitment. Comparable as a niche technical recruiter serving offshore wind and marine engineering projects in the broader European market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/csc.crewing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/csc-crewing

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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