A prepaid Visa card became "a life-changer" for Virgin’s crew. Virgin Voyages’ Andre Eduwardo walks through the move to digital payroll – and everything it removed from daily life on board.
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Two maritime-payments specialists, coming together under Marcura.
Carnival Cruise Lines runs crew pay through Brightwell, so a nine-month contract at sea comes with same-day access to wages and a direct line home.
Anglo-Eastern pays thousands of seafarers on time, in their own currency.
Norwegian Cruise Line gives 16,000 crew mobile payroll, online wage statements and a way to send money home from anywhere.
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Crews paid, cash off the ship, admin gone.
Six years in, Norwegian Cruise Line doubled down on Brightwell. Faye Ashby’s reason: crew experience – mobile payroll, online wage statements, and money home from anywhere for 16,000 crew across the fleet.
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Seatrade takes a $100,000-a-year cash bill out of crew pay. Paying crew straight to a MarTrust crew account took the cash off the ships, cut the monthly payroll admin, and removed a safety risk at West African ports.
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Euronav’s crew stopped waiting for port to get paid. Captain Vasileios on replacing cash-to-master with the MarTrust e-wallet — deposits land at sea, and a transfer home clears in under an hour.
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Hafnia cut a $35m-a-year cash-to-master bill down to petty cash. Digital payroll on the MarTrust e-wallet now runs across 120 ships – Head of Crewing Shivas Kapoor on the rollout, and on paying crew through sanctions.
Learn moreA prepaid Visa card became "a life-changer" for Virgin’s crew. Virgin Voyages’ Andre Eduwardo walks through the move to digital payroll – and everything it removed from daily life on board.
Learn moreSix years in, Norwegian Cruise Line doubled down on Brightwell. Faye Ashby’s reason: crew experience – mobile payroll, online wage statements, and money home from anywhere for 16,000 crew across the fleet.
Learn moreSeatrade takes a $100,000-a-year cash bill out of crew pay. Paying crew straight to a MarTrust crew account took the cash off the ships, cut the monthly payroll admin, and removed a safety risk at West African ports.
Learn moreEuronav’s crew stopped waiting for port to get paid. Captain Vasileios on replacing cash-to-master with the MarTrust e-wallet — deposits land at sea, and a transfer home clears in under an hour.
Learn moreHafnia cut a $35m-a-year cash-to-master bill down to petty cash. Digital payroll on the MarTrust e-wallet now runs across 120 ships – Head of Crewing Shivas Kapoor on the rollout, and on paying crew through sanctions.
Learn moreA prepaid Visa card became "a life-changer" for Virgin’s crew. Virgin Voyages’ Andre Eduwardo walks through the move to digital payroll – and everything it removed from daily life on board.
Learn moreSix years in, Norwegian Cruise Line doubled down on Brightwell. Faye Ashby’s reason: crew experience – mobile payroll, online wage statements, and money home from anywhere for 16,000 crew across the fleet.
Learn moreSeatrade takes a $100,000-a-year cash bill out of crew pay. Paying crew straight to a MarTrust crew account took the cash off the ships, cut the monthly payroll admin, and removed a safety risk at West African ports.
Learn moreEuronav’s crew stopped waiting for port to get paid. Captain Vasileios on replacing cash-to-master with the MarTrust e-wallet — deposits land at sea, and a transfer home clears in under an hour.
Learn moreHafnia cut a $35m-a-year cash-to-master bill down to petty cash. Digital payroll on the MarTrust e-wallet now runs across 120 ships – Head of Crewing Shivas Kapoor on the rollout, and on paying crew through sanctions.
Learn moreA prepaid Visa card became "a life-changer" for Virgin’s crew. Virgin Voyages’ Andre Eduwardo walks through the move to digital payroll – and everything it removed from daily life on board.
Learn moreSix years in, Norwegian Cruise Line doubled down on Brightwell. Faye Ashby’s reason: crew experience – mobile payroll, online wage statements, and money home from anywhere for 16,000 crew across the fleet.
Learn moreSeatrade takes a $100,000-a-year cash bill out of crew pay. Paying crew straight to a MarTrust crew account took the cash off the ships, cut the monthly payroll admin, and removed a safety risk at West African ports.
Learn moreEuronav’s crew stopped waiting for port to get paid. Captain Vasileios on replacing cash-to-master with the MarTrust e-wallet — deposits land at sea, and a transfer home clears in under an hour.
Learn moreHafnia cut a $35m-a-year cash-to-master bill down to petty cash. Digital payroll on the MarTrust e-wallet now runs across 120 ships – Head of Crewing Shivas Kapoor on the rollout, and on paying crew through sanctions.
Learn moreA prepaid Visa card became "a life-changer" for Virgin’s crew. Virgin Voyages’ Andre Eduwardo walks through the move to digital payroll – and everything it removed from daily life on board.
Learn moreSix years in, Norwegian Cruise Line doubled down on Brightwell. Faye Ashby’s reason: crew experience – mobile payroll, online wage statements, and money home from anywhere for 16,000 crew across the fleet.
Learn moreSeatrade takes a $100,000-a-year cash bill out of crew pay. Paying crew straight to a MarTrust crew account took the cash off the ships, cut the monthly payroll admin, and removed a safety risk at West African ports.
Learn moreEuronav’s crew stopped waiting for port to get paid. Captain Vasileios on replacing cash-to-master with the MarTrust e-wallet — deposits land at sea, and a transfer home clears in under an hour.
Learn moreHafnia cut a $35m-a-year cash-to-master bill down to petty cash. Digital payroll on the MarTrust e-wallet now runs across 120 ships – Head of Crewing Shivas Kapoor on the rollout, and on paying crew through sanctions.
Learn moreA prepaid Visa card became "a life-changer" for Virgin’s crew. Virgin Voyages’ Andre Eduwardo walks through the move to digital payroll – and everything it removed from daily life on board.
Learn moreSix years in, Norwegian Cruise Line doubled down on Brightwell. Faye Ashby’s reason: crew experience – mobile payroll, online wage statements, and money home from anywhere for 16,000 crew across the fleet.
Learn moreSeatrade takes a $100,000-a-year cash bill out of crew pay. Paying crew straight to a MarTrust crew account took the cash off the ships, cut the monthly payroll admin, and removed a safety risk at West African ports.
Learn moreEuronav’s crew stopped waiting for port to get paid. Captain Vasileios on replacing cash-to-master with the MarTrust e-wallet — deposits land at sea, and a transfer home clears in under an hour.
Learn moreHafnia cut a $35m-a-year cash-to-master bill down to petty cash. Digital payroll on the MarTrust e-wallet now runs across 120 ships – Head of Crewing Shivas Kapoor on the rollout, and on paying crew through sanctions.
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Instant, reliable and accurate crew payments
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Wages straight to the crew account
Salary and advances land in the crew account instantly, wherever the ship is. Onboard cash drops by at least 80%, and the cost and safety risk of cash-to-master go with it.
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One account for life at sea
Crew pay in local currency with a globally accepted debit card, or by phone with Apple Pay and Google Pay. They hold multiple currencies and exchange between them from 1%, with fees shown upfront. Transfers between crew are instant and free.
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Send money home automatically
Crew send money home to over 150 countries and more than 135 currencies. Auto-Send moves a share of each wage home automatically, even with no signal at sea.
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We take your security seriously
Crew funds are safeguarded and the account is FCA-regulated, with two-factor login and instant card freeze. Payments are Maritime Labour Convention compliant, with real-time visibility for the office.
Book a demoCrew first finance
made for maritime life
Instant, reliable and accurate crew payments
Wages straight to the crew account
Salary and advances land in the crew account instantly, wherever the ship is. Onboard cash drops by at least 80%, and the cost and safety risk of cash-to-master go with it.
One account for life at sea
Crew pay in local currency with a globally accepted debit card, or by phone with Apple Pay and Google Pay. They hold multiple currencies and exchange between them from 1%, with fees shown upfront. Transfers between crew are instant and free.
Send money home automatically
Crew send money home to over 150 countries and more than 135 currencies. Auto-Send moves a share of each wage home automatically, even with no signal at sea.
We take your security seriously
Crew funds are safeguarded and the account is FCA-regulated, with two-factor login and instant card freeze. Payments are Maritime Labour Convention compliant, with real-time visibility for the office.
The people who actually sail have their say.
Paid on time, cash off the ship, money home without the fuss.
Waiter, Carnival Cruise LinesMeet Safiq
Bar Waiter, Carnival Cruise LinesMeet Miguel
Youth Staff, Carnival Cruise LinesMeet Perpetual
Captain, EXMARMeet Igor
Captain, EuronavMeet Efstathiou
Captain, Misuga Ship ManagementMeet Rex
Youth Counselor, NCLMeet Carolina
Frequently asked questions
- Marcura is the company behind both. MarTrust is Marcura's product for commercial shipping crew payroll, covering wire transfers and the MarTrust Account. Brightwell Navigator is Marcura's product for cruise lines, giving crew a prepaid Visa® or Mastercard® card and app. Marcura acquired Brightwell Navigator in 2025. The two currently operate as separate products for their sectors, both under Marcura's crew solution set.
- Running crew payroll by hand means manually checking exchange rates, verifying compliance and reconciling cash advances, often across systems that don't talk to each other. MarTrust automates that end to end, cutting the manual work down to a single payroll upload. Brightwell works in a similar way, eliminating cash payroll with secure digital wage distribution via prepaid cards.
- Crew shortages and retention cost fleet operators real money. The way crew get paid affects both. Cash-based pay delays money reaching family and adds stress during long stretches away from home. The MarTrust Account gives seafarers instant access to their wages, fair FX rates, free crew-to-crew transfers and Auto-Send scheduled payouts. Cruise crew get the same access through Brightwell Navigator's card and app.
- Both are ways Marcura pays seafarers, and many shipping companies use both across their crew. Wire transfer, through MarTrust, sends wages directly into a seafarer's bank account. The MarTrust Account, a digital account and card, covers the cash-advance portion of MLC wages. Crew receive payments directly into their MarTrust Crew Account, eliminating the need for cash onboard by at least 80%
- Crew on MarTrust can set up Auto-Send to schedule a fixed share of their wages home automatically, so money still reaches family even without regular access to the MarTrust app. If connectivity is lost onboard, transactions queue and process automatically once it's restored. On cruise ships, Brightwell Navigator's ATM programme gives crew a way to access cash directly onboard as well.
- Standard payment rails don't always account for Cash-to-Master logistics, seafarer compliance rules or the FX complexity of paying crew in multiple currencies. MarTrust, Marcura's commercial shipping product, is built only for this problem, with a 99%+ payment success rate for over 50,000 seafarers worldwide, and has kept crew paid through the 2014 Crimea sanctions, the 2022 Russia/Ukraine sanctions and the 2023 Myanmar coup.
- MarTrust pays commercial shipping payroll in 150+ currencies, with transparent, disclosed FX rates and no hidden deductions, and seafarers can then send money home from their MarTrust Account at competitive rates. Brightwell Navigator gives cruise crew more transfer options, bank account, debit card, cash pickup or mobile wallet, through partners including Visa, Mastercard, MoneyGram, Western Union and Convera.
- MarTrust Corporation Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an Authorised Electronic Money Institution (FRN 1018989). Customer funds are safeguarded in segregated accounts backed by insurance, with daily reconciliation and annual independent audits. Monavate issues and safeguards funds in MarTrust Crew Accounts. Brightwell is a technology provider, not a bank; its transfers and cards are issued through The Bancorp Bank, N.A., an FDIC member.
- Marcura is the company behind both. MarTrust is Marcura's product for commercial shipping crew payroll, covering wire transfers and the MarTrust Account. Brightwell Navigator is Marcura's product for cruise lines, giving crew a prepaid Visa® or Mastercard® card and app. Marcura acquired Brightwell Navigator in 2025. The two currently operate as separate products for their sectors, both under Marcura's crew solution set.
- Running crew payroll by hand means manually checking exchange rates, verifying compliance and reconciling cash advances, often across systems that don't talk to each other. MarTrust automates that end to end, cutting the manual work down to a single payroll upload. Brightwell works in a similar way, eliminating cash payroll with secure digital wage distribution via prepaid cards.
- Crew shortages and retention cost fleet operators real money. The way crew get paid affects both. Cash-based pay delays money reaching family and adds stress during long stretches away from home. The MarTrust Account gives seafarers instant access to their wages, fair FX rates, free crew-to-crew transfers and Auto-Send scheduled payouts. Cruise crew get the same access through Brightwell Navigator's card and app.
- Both are ways Marcura pays seafarers, and many shipping companies use both across their crew. Wire transfer, through MarTrust, sends wages directly into a seafarer's bank account. The MarTrust Account, a digital account and card, covers the cash-advance portion of MLC wages. Crew receive payments directly into their MarTrust Crew Account, eliminating the need for cash onboard by at least 80%
- Crew on MarTrust can set up Auto-Send to schedule a fixed share of their wages home automatically, so money still reaches family even without regular access to the MarTrust app. If connectivity is lost onboard, transactions queue and process automatically once it's restored. On cruise ships, Brightwell Navigator's ATM programme gives crew a way to access cash directly onboard as well.
- Standard payment rails don't always account for Cash-to-Master logistics, seafarer compliance rules or the FX complexity of paying crew in multiple currencies. MarTrust, Marcura's commercial shipping product, is built only for this problem, with a 99%+ payment success rate for over 50,000 seafarers worldwide, and has kept crew paid through the 2014 Crimea sanctions, the 2022 Russia/Ukraine sanctions and the 2023 Myanmar coup.
- MarTrust pays commercial shipping payroll in 150+ currencies, with transparent, disclosed FX rates and no hidden deductions, and seafarers can then send money home from their MarTrust Account at competitive rates. Brightwell Navigator gives cruise crew more transfer options, bank account, debit card, cash pickup or mobile wallet, through partners including Visa, Mastercard, MoneyGram, Western Union and Convera.
- MarTrust Corporation Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an Authorised Electronic Money Institution (FRN 1018989). Customer funds are safeguarded in segregated accounts backed by insurance, with daily reconciliation and annual independent audits. Monavate issues and safeguards funds in MarTrust Crew Accounts. Brightwell is a technology provider, not a bank; its transfers and cards are issued through The Bancorp Bank, N.A., an FDIC member.
- Marcura is the company behind both. MarTrust is Marcura's product for commercial shipping crew payroll, covering wire transfers and the MarTrust Account. Brightwell Navigator is Marcura's product for cruise lines, giving crew a prepaid Visa® or Mastercard® card and app. Marcura acquired Brightwell Navigator in 2025. The two currently operate as separate products for their sectors, both under Marcura's crew solution set.
- Running crew payroll by hand means manually checking exchange rates, verifying compliance and reconciling cash advances, often across systems that don't talk to each other. MarTrust automates that end to end, cutting the manual work down to a single payroll upload. Brightwell works in a similar way, eliminating cash payroll with secure digital wage distribution via prepaid cards.
- Crew shortages and retention cost fleet operators real money. The way crew get paid affects both. Cash-based pay delays money reaching family and adds stress during long stretches away from home. The MarTrust Account gives seafarers instant access to their wages, fair FX rates, free crew-to-crew transfers and Auto-Send scheduled payouts. Cruise crew get the same access through Brightwell Navigator's card and app.
- Both are ways Marcura pays seafarers, and many shipping companies use both across their crew. Wire transfer, through MarTrust, sends wages directly into a seafarer's bank account. The MarTrust Account, a digital account and card, covers the cash-advance portion of MLC wages. Crew receive payments directly into their MarTrust Crew Account, eliminating the need for cash onboard by at least 80%
- Crew on MarTrust can set up Auto-Send to schedule a fixed share of their wages home automatically, so money still reaches family even without regular access to the MarTrust app. If connectivity is lost onboard, transactions queue and process automatically once it's restored. On cruise ships, Brightwell Navigator's ATM programme gives crew a way to access cash directly onboard as well.
- Standard payment rails don't always account for Cash-to-Master logistics, seafarer compliance rules or the FX complexity of paying crew in multiple currencies. MarTrust, Marcura's commercial shipping product, is built only for this problem, with a 99%+ payment success rate for over 50,000 seafarers worldwide, and has kept crew paid through the 2014 Crimea sanctions, the 2022 Russia/Ukraine sanctions and the 2023 Myanmar coup.
- MarTrust pays commercial shipping payroll in 150+ currencies, with transparent, disclosed FX rates and no hidden deductions, and seafarers can then send money home from their MarTrust Account at competitive rates. Brightwell Navigator gives cruise crew more transfer options, bank account, debit card, cash pickup or mobile wallet, through partners including Visa, Mastercard, MoneyGram, Western Union and Convera.
- MarTrust Corporation Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an Authorised Electronic Money Institution (FRN 1018989). Customer funds are safeguarded in segregated accounts backed by insurance, with daily reconciliation and annual independent audits. Monavate issues and safeguards funds in MarTrust Crew Accounts. Brightwell is a technology provider, not a bank; its transfers and cards are issued through The Bancorp Bank, N.A., an FDIC member.
- Marcura is the company behind both. MarTrust is Marcura's product for commercial shipping crew payroll, covering wire transfers and the MarTrust Account. Brightwell Navigator is Marcura's product for cruise lines, giving crew a prepaid Visa® or Mastercard® card and app. Marcura acquired Brightwell Navigator in 2025. The two currently operate as separate products for their sectors, both under Marcura's crew solution set.
- Running crew payroll by hand means manually checking exchange rates, verifying compliance and reconciling cash advances, often across systems that don't talk to each other. MarTrust automates that end to end, cutting the manual work down to a single payroll upload. Brightwell works in a similar way, eliminating cash payroll with secure digital wage distribution via prepaid cards.
- Crew shortages and retention cost fleet operators real money. The way crew get paid affects both. Cash-based pay delays money reaching family and adds stress during long stretches away from home. The MarTrust Account gives seafarers instant access to their wages, fair FX rates, free crew-to-crew transfers and Auto-Send scheduled payouts. Cruise crew get the same access through Brightwell Navigator's card and app.
- Both are ways Marcura pays seafarers, and many shipping companies use both across their crew. Wire transfer, through MarTrust, sends wages directly into a seafarer's bank account. The MarTrust Account, a digital account and card, covers the cash-advance portion of MLC wages. Crew receive payments directly into their MarTrust Crew Account, eliminating the need for cash onboard by at least 80%
- Crew on MarTrust can set up Auto-Send to schedule a fixed share of their wages home automatically, so money still reaches family even without regular access to the MarTrust app. If connectivity is lost onboard, transactions queue and process automatically once it's restored. On cruise ships, Brightwell Navigator's ATM programme gives crew a way to access cash directly onboard as well.
- Standard payment rails don't always account for Cash-to-Master logistics, seafarer compliance rules or the FX complexity of paying crew in multiple currencies. MarTrust, Marcura's commercial shipping product, is built only for this problem, with a 99%+ payment success rate for over 50,000 seafarers worldwide, and has kept crew paid through the 2014 Crimea sanctions, the 2022 Russia/Ukraine sanctions and the 2023 Myanmar coup.
- MarTrust pays commercial shipping payroll in 150+ currencies, with transparent, disclosed FX rates and no hidden deductions, and seafarers can then send money home from their MarTrust Account at competitive rates. Brightwell Navigator gives cruise crew more transfer options, bank account, debit card, cash pickup or mobile wallet, through partners including Visa, Mastercard, MoneyGram, Western Union and Convera.
- MarTrust Corporation Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an Authorised Electronic Money Institution (FRN 1018989). Customer funds are safeguarded in segregated accounts backed by insurance, with daily reconciliation and annual independent audits. Monavate issues and safeguards funds in MarTrust Crew Accounts. Brightwell is a technology provider, not a bank; its transfers and cards are issued through The Bancorp Bank, N.A., an FDIC member.
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