If I remember correctly, it is an international law that these people are not allowed to charge a seaman to get a job for them. Tho I know it does happen all over the world. No one ever gets punished for doing it and sailors continue to use them. I have done it myself when things were tight. In the US, it had something to do with how the seamen were all so unable to fend for themselves after being at sea for months or years at a time, got drunk, rolled, shanghaied, etc. So, US made laws to protect us. Some of those laws are still on the books.
There’s also Bob Walton, he charges the employer I hear.
Bob Walton
Bob@maritimerecruiters.com
Tel/fFAX: 206-232-6041
maritimerecruiters.com points to maritimestaffing.com:
WHOIS information for maritimestaffing.com :
[Querying whois.internic.net]
[Redirected to whois.enom.com]
[Querying whois.enom.com]
[whois.enom.com]
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Visit AboutUs.org for more information about maritimestaffing.com
Domain name: maritimestaffing.com
Administrative Contact:
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Whois Agent (fpcdskjd@whoisprivacyprotect.com)
+1.4252740657
Fax: +1.4259744730
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O maritimestaffing.com
Bellevue, WA 98007
US
Technical Contact:
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Whois Agent (fpcdskjd@whoisprivacyprotect.com)
+1.4252740657
Fax: +1.4259744730
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O maritimestaffing.com
Bellevue, WA 98007
US
Registrant Contact:
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc.
Whois Agent ()
Fax:
PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1
C/O maritimestaffing.com
Bellevue, WA 98007
US
Status: Locked
Name Servers:
dns1.name-services.com
dns2.name-services.com
dns3.name-services.com
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dns5.name-services.com
Creation date: 14 Jul 2005 04:04:11
Expiration date: 14 Jul 2010 04:04:11
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What I was saying is that it looks like a domain that’s owned by somebody, and has that standard front page, hoping somebody will come across it and want to buy the domain from the owner to use for a real business.