过去,东欧特别是波兰的廉价船员的涌现常被西欧的船东和船厂指责为是引起大量廉价船员竞争问题的根源。现在听说有了新的变化,波兰的船公司自己也抱怨廉价船员竞争问题。波兰格丁尼亚的Inter Marine公司董事卡里奇(Kalicki)称,目前他的公司的最大问题是“来自前苏联国家大批海员的竞争”。他说许多波兰船公司为了降低成本现在都在雇用前苏 In the past, the emergence of cheap seafarers in Eastern Europe, especially Poland, was often criticized by shipowners and shipyards in Western Europe as the root cause of competition for a large number of cheaper sailors. Now that there have been new changes, Polish shipping companies themselves have complained about the competition of cheap crew. Kalicki, director of Inter Marine in Gdynia, Poland, says the biggest problem with his company is “the competition from a large number of sailors from the former Soviet Union.” He said many Polish shipping companies are hiring former Soviet leaders to reduce costs