Welcome  SeaStar Catering offering you a unique outsourcing possibility, including single point of contact for sourcing and budget follow-up on provision supply to your entire fleet no matter where your vessels are trading!   Now serving – Lean: While provisions represent only a tiny part of a ship’s total operating costs, food has a huge impact on welfare onboard – and its purchasing makes for a heavy administrative burden. May we suggest you slim down with SeaStar Catering.   The financial turmoil during the recent years has inevitably put even more pressure on the shipping industry, as the giant retailers and ‘shippers’ look to eke out every last element of profitability to maintain shareholder satisfaction; the supply chain being a key focal point of cost cutting.  The knock-on effect has been severe, and it has required the industry to step up to the task of finding ways of innovating without losing efficiencies - globalization may have slowed down, but the requirement to deliver goods quickly has not - as well as maintaining a satisfactory level of profitability for their own shareholders. The response from the progressive protagonists has been to analyze the way that business is actually conducted, looking for improvements, as well as scrutinizing every element of associated cost. One area that is generating particular attention is ship supplies where the job in maintaining vessels and their crews is fundamental to ensuring operational efficiencies, high morale and overall safe passage.  If sourcing a quality crew remains one of the biggest challenges in the industry, keeping them happy and healthy while on board should be a fundamental modus operandi for all onboard management. Download here...