Superyacht Crew International

What Superyacht Crew International does

Superyacht Crew International (SCI), trading under legal entity Australian Superyacht Crew Pty Ltd, is a Sydney-based superyacht crew recruitment agency operating since 2005 from Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont. Founded by Donna Morris (Donna Portland) and Richard Morris, the firm describes itself as Australasia's leading superyacht crew placement agency and serves yacht owners, captains, and management companies globally, with stated reach extending into South Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific. The core platform combines a public jobs board (filterable by classification and work type) with a private crew database that powers email job alerts to registered candidates. SCI is an AMSA-registered crew placement agent and signatory to MLC 2006, and the company highlights a 90-day guarantee on permanent placements, reference checking, and qualification verification as functional differentiators.

The company monetizes through four streams: (1) employer-paid placement fees on permanent, contract, casual, and rotational yacht crew hires, billable in AUD/USD/EUR; (2) training courses (STCW95+10, Deckhand, Steward/ess, Senior Crew Management, New Build, and powerboat/marine radio) delivered through its wholly-owned subsidiary Australian Superyacht Crew Training (ASCT), which holds exclusive-in-Australia PYA G.U.E.S.T. accreditation for interior crew; (3) a CV Surgery service at AUD$199 per resume; and (4) Elite Private Staff, a wholly-owned sub-brand that places 'superyacht standard' domestic staff (House Managers, PAs, Butlers, Housekeepers, Nannies) into private households. Operations are conducted by a small founder-led team of recruiters and consultants with over 50 years of combined professional yachting experience, supplemented by a recruiter in South Africa and representation in Europe.

Underlying technology is a conventional recruitment platform: a website-embedded jobs board with classification and work-type filters, a relational crew database, and an email job-alert engine. There is no evidence of proprietary AI/ML, mobile applications, or APIs. The firm has no external funding, is privately held by the founders, and operates as a proprietary limited company in New South Wales. Recognition includes the 2015 Australian Superyacht Industry Business of the Year (Service Provider) award, the 2016 AIMEX/Superyacht Australia Industry Champion award shared by the Morrises, and a 2016 Monocle magazine feature.

Name

Superyacht Crew International

Legal name

Australian Superyacht Crew Pty Ltd

Website

https://superyachtcrewinternational.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Crew Recruitment Placement Services: Placement of superyacht crew for employers. SCI charges employers for recruitment services and provides a 90-day guarantee for permanent placements. They do not charge crew for their services.
2. Training Services: STCW95+10 Basic Safety Training, Deckhand courses, Steward courses, Senior crew management training, and various other vocational courses for yacht crew. They act as booking agents and offer PYA G.U.E.S.T. accredited training.
3. CV Surgery Service: Professional CV enhancement and formatting service for crew members to improve their job application presentations. Charge of AUD$199 per service.
4. Elite Private Staff (Domestic Staffing): Separate arm providing 'superyacht standard' staff for private homes including House Managers, PAs, Butlers, Housekeepers, Nurses, Nannies, and travelling staff.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Superyacht Crew International is a recruitment agency that places qualified crew (deck, engineering, interior, galley) on superyachts and private vessels worldwide, supported by an online Jobs Board and crew database. It also offers vocational training courses (STCW95+10, Deckhand, Steward/ess, Senior Crew Management) through its Australian Superyacht Crew Training arm, plus a CV Surgery resume-enhancement service and a separate Elite Private Staff sub-brand for land-based domestic household staffing.

Product overview

Superyacht Crew International is Australasia's leading Superyacht crew recruitment agency offering a comprehensive suite of services. The core offering consists of a crew recruitment agency paired with an online Jobs Board platform for placing yacht crew worldwide. Related services include STCW95+10 Basic Safety Training and refresher courses, Superyacht Deckhand and Steward/ess courses (PYA G.U.E.S.T. accredited), powerboat and marine radio training, professional crew induction, and senior crew management training courses. The company also operates Elite Private Staff as a sub-brand providing domestic staffing services for private homes. CV Surgery service offers resume enhancement. All services operate from offices at Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Superyacht Crew Recruitment Placement Service Recruitment agency service that sources, screens, reference-checks, and presents qualified crew to yacht captains, owners, and management companies for permanent, temporary, contract, and casual placements worldwide. Crew candidates are not charged.
• Online Jobs Board Online job board platform displaying available positions across yacht crew (Engineering, Deck, Galley, Interior) and Land-Based private staff roles, allowing employers to post vacancies and crew candidates to search and apply.
• STCW95+10 Basic Safety Training
• Superyacht Deckhand Training Course
• Superyacht Steward/ess Course
• STCW95+10 Basic Safety Training Refresher
• Professional Superyacht Crew Induction (Distance Education)
• Effective Management for Senior Yacht Crew
• Effective Senior Yacht Crew on a New Build
• Powerboat Training and Marine Radio Course Booking Service
• Elite Private Staff (Domestic Staffing)
• CV Surgery Service

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Professional Yachting Association (PYA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2013PYA G.U.E.S.T. (Guidelines for Unified Excellence in Service Training) accreditation partnership. Australian Superyacht Crew Training (part of SCI) is the only Superyacht training school in Australia to offer PYA G.U.E.S.T. accredited training and certification for interior crew. In March 2013, PYA representative Joey Meen visited Sydney to evaluate ASCT's Steward course for accreditation.
• Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)coreOthersAMSA-registered crew placement agent and signatory to MLC 2006. SCI appears on AMSA's website list of approved placement agents.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Camper & Nicholsons: Historic international yacht services firm offering charter, yacht management, sales, and crew placement. Comparable overlap on the crew placement and yacht owner services side, though crew is part of a much wider luxury yacht portfolio.
• Hill Robinson: Leading yacht management company providing crew recruitment, management, and operational services to large yachts. Comparable end customer (yacht owners/captains) and overlapping crew placement capability, but operating at a larger scale and with a broader service portfolio.
• Burgess: One of the world's largest yacht brokerage and management houses, offering crew placement as part of a broader portfolio spanning sales, charter, management, and new construction. Comparable because Burgess places crew at scale for the same ultra-high-net-worth owner segment, though crew is one of many service lines.

Direct peers

• Quay Crew: UK-based superyacht crew recruitment agency placing deck, engineering, interior, and galley crew globally. Directly comparable niche recruiter serving the same end customers (captains and owners) with the same placement-led business model.
• YPI Crew: Yacht management firm whose YPI Crew division provides crew recruitment and placement alongside yacht management and brokerage. Comparable because it sells both placement services and broader yacht services to the same superyacht operator customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/superyachtcrew

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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