Ahoy, Polish tar, want to sign up on a U.S. ship? (Roger Cairns-Berteau of International Personnel Leasing arranges employment for Polish shipping crews) (company profile)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: August 5, 1991| Author: Rackham, Anne | Copyright information

Ahoy, Polish tar, want to sign up on a U.S. ship?

A crusty ship captain, looking remarkably like Clint Eastwood, swaggers into a smoke-filled bar on the docks, populated by tough sailors out for a good time, but also anxiously awaiting their next assignment.

"I need a hardy crew for a two-month voyage to the East," says the gruff-voiced captain. "We leave at six bells. Who will join my vessel?"

This Hollywood image of the way ships' crews are hired i...

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