As the human presence and more specifically the seafarers or the crew has been long ago recognized in the shipping (or maritime) industry as critical for company’ success, little -if not at all- effort has been attributed to how to opt for the optimum partners (manning agencies) or employees (seafarers) to achieve or co-create efficiently the best value for them.

This study's objective is to bridge the gap in the relevant maritime or transport literature by aiming at i) exploring the criteria that shipping companies use to select manning agencies or agencies that provide crew for their ships as business partners and ii) examining the influence that selection criteria have on value creation for shipping companies.

Evidence has been drawn and data were collected through a survey conducted in 246 Greek shipping companies which own or manage vessels and are based in Greece. The results both endorse the positive role of a “good” selection to value co-creation and further identify that creation of value can be attributed to certain criteria such as quality, recommendation and crew management and recruitment.

由于人类的存在，更具体地说，海员或船员的存在早已在航运（或海事）行业被认为是公司成功的关键，因此很少（如果不是根本）努力归因于如何选择最佳合作伙伴（配员机构）或员工（海员）为他们有效地实现或共同创造最佳价值。

本研究的目的是弥合相关海运或运输文献中的空白，旨在 i) 探索航运公司用于选择配员机构或为其船舶提供船员的机构作为业务合作伙伴的标准，以及 ii) 检查选择的影响为航运公司创造价值的标准。

通过对 246 家拥有或管理船舶且总部设在希腊的希腊航运公司进行的调查，已得出证据并收集了数据。结果既认可了“良好”选择对价值共同创造的积极作用，又进一步确定了价值创造可以归因于某些标准，例如质量、推荐以及船员管理和招聘。