Tag: Career Paths

Ashley Nicholson MBE, Marine Director, Port of Tyne, is excited to work in the port environment where she is witnessing a real change with respect to diversity issues. In addition, she would like to see a more significant step change in how we approach attracting skills to the industry.

Mrs. Jeanine Drummond, Managing Director and Principal Maritime Advisor at Integral Maritime, highlights the fundamental importance of ensuring psychological safety and a speak up culture onboard, so as to eliminate bullying, harassment, victimization and assault.

Mr. Mike Konstantinidis, Co-Founder and CEO, METIS Cyberspace Technology SA, encourages us to invest money, time and effort in eduction for career and personal development. Lastly, he motivates us to always search for solutions instead of inventing a problem in every solution.

Alison Cusack, Founder and Principal Lawyer, Cusack & Co Pty Ltd, wishes for better women inclusion in the shipping industry, which is her main responsibility being also WISTA Australia President. 

Dr. Curtis Bell, Director, Stable Seas fights against piracy, IUU fishing and maritime trafficking in goods, areas which need more international cooperation among all stakeholders, as he highlights.

In our special column for this month, we are glad to host an interview with Mrs. Philippa Charlton, Chief Marketing Officer, Lloyd’s Register, who is particularly excited about the role digitalisation has in enabling decarbonisation in maritime. Throughout the pandemic, technology enabled organisations like LR continued to provide services remotely and support the supply chain as it navigated COVID-19.

In our special column for this month, we are glad to host an interview with Mrs Lucienne Damm, Senior Environmental Manager, TUI Cruises, who enjoys working on industry's environmental issues to find sustainable solutions but first and foremost, she finds it exciting working closely with crew onboard.

In our special column this month, we are glad to host an interview with Sarah Tangan, Career Counsellor, International Maritime Recruiters Consulting, who emphasises on the need of continuous learning, formal training and certifications, noting that there is a gap in the system within the industry when it comes to continuous education in Human Resources, diversity, and inclusion and maritime recruitment. 

In our special column this month, we are glad to host an interview with Mr. Clinton John Evans, Managing Director Area Oceania – Hapag-Lloyd, who highlights the importance of working in an environment that suits to one's personal values and interests and advises us to daily treat others with respect in every case; even when ordering a coffee or engaging with colleagues.

Mr. Jad Mouawad, Founder & CEO, Mouawad Consulting, notes that we are currently witnessing great integration of environmental technologies and highlights hat only if we preserve sound marine engineering while undergoing this integration, maritime industry will succeed to its paths towards sustainability.