Nowadays a vessel became a very sophisticated technical construction and, thus, she has to be maintained by highly educated
and well skilled technical personnel.

From the beginning of the XX century up to the Second World War seafarers were being educated in the secondary schools.

Swift technical development of the fleet made necessary improvement of the seafarers' training and therefore in the former Soviet Union high seafarers' schools were established. And there, future seafarers were and are being educated at the same level, as in high colleges. 

For instance: faculty of vessel's engineers was supplemented by the faculty of automated machines engineers.

However, as the vessel's machinery and means of communication are becoming more expensive foreign shipowners try to decrease gradually expenses for their maintenance and operating. As a result, on board of almost all vessels navigating under flag of convenience only officers of high level (master, chief officer, chief engineer, second engineer) are educated enough in vessel's navigating and operating. Very often the rest of the crew, consisting of multinational seafarers, are sometimes insufficiently trained, what often causes inexpert maintenance of the vessel's machinery, its serious breakage and false ordering of the repair teams at the ports of call.

Quite the opposite Ukrainian seafarers are trained for the serious and professional attitude towards the machinery. Having been well skilled they know how to maintain the equipment in good conditions and doing it on the continuous basis they reduce the time of the machinery repair what is much more lucrative than less paid but insufficiently skilled seafarers.

To meet the requirements of the Principals, South Star Ltd supplies qualified and competent ship staff and puts great attention on screening and selection of seafarers.