Anker Crew Liability Insurance of the Netherlands has trimmed around 20 percent off the cost of medical treatment for seafarers falling ill or who are injured in the United States after it started using van Hall Health’s unique medical network. A year ago, Anker Crew Liability Insurance, part of the Groningen-based Anker Groep, approached Michael van Hall, founder of vHH, to create an international medical network designed to reduce the cost of medical treatment for seafarers covered under Anker’s programs. Anker’s insurance programs cover around 4,000 seafarers serving onboard 400 ships trading worldwide, but mostly to Europe, China, South America and South Africa. Around 40 to 50 of these ships call in the US each year.