As the world becomes more litigious a number of shipyards have changed the way they work, facilitating subcontractors to carry out work, and it’s not always immediately obvious. Instead of a yacht owner contracting directly with the shipyard for all works, some...
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Malta Social Security Rates 2023
EU Regulation 883/2004 states that seafarers who are either citizens or residents of the EU/EEA or Switzerland and, who are employed on board a vessel flying the Malta flag, must be insured under Malta’s Social Security system. For non-EU citizens/residents, there is...
Kirsty Porritt
Kirsty has recently joined the UK team as Crew Services Officer. Kirsty has 15 years’ experience in the industry – both shore based and onboard superyachts and really enjoys working with crew. Before joining Sarnia Yachts Kirsty worked as a crew training manager...
Kim Hamilton
Kim has worked for Sarnia Yachts for many years. She originally joined as a typist and filing clerk but over a period of time she started to undertake other duties and her role changed to that of Client Services Officer. Kim has built up her knowledge of the marine...
Jordon Martel
Jordon joined Sarnia Yachts in 2018 as a business support assistant. Since then, he has progressed to a client facing role and now forms part of our crew services team, providing the crew management for some of our biggest clients. Prior to joining Sarnia Yachts,...
Christian Rive
Before joining Sarnia Yachts in September 2018, Christian worked as a Trust Administrator in Guernsey and as a surf instructor on the east coast of Australia. Originally a member of the Finance team at Sarnia Yachts, Christian now works in Crew Services providing crew...
Adam Briggs
Before joining Sarnia Yachts in February 2014, Adam worked as a surf instructor, beach lifeguard and in IT sales. Starting out in business support at Sarnia Yachts, Adam has progressed to a client-facing role and is involved with crew management, employment and...