Tag: diversity

According to a recent report , the shipping industry is making progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In fact, many companies, organizations and alliances are taking their first steps in improving inclusion in their workplace, providing more platforms for all people to have equal career opportunities.

Age discrimination is only one of those challenges that the industry faces, with ageism affecting individuals of all ages, as it interferes with their motivation, teamwork and absenteeism from work.

More than one hundred women leaders have registered as speakers on the new Maritime Speakers Bureau platform.

On 16 November, Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President of the World Maritime University (WMU) delivered the keynote address for the Maritime SheEO conference, speaking of changing leadership paradigms in the maritime industry. 

IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has received Dr. Ann Fenech, as the new President of the Comité Maritime International (CMI). Dr. Fenech became the first female President in the CMI's 125 year history.

Women in Maritime of West and Central Africa (WIMOWCA) - the newest group set up with the support of IMO to champion the place of women in the maritime sector - has held its first conference since being inaugurated in Dakar, Senegal, from 6-7 December.

In an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, Mr. SP Singh, Managing Director, Executive Ship Management Pte (ESM) Ltd mentions that crew shortage, new technology & capability enhancements and digitalization are currently the key seafarer manning challenges for consideration.

The shipping industry is making progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), according to the results of the 2022 Annual Review from the Diversity Study Group.

A report by ETF and ECSA named “Enhanced participation of women in European shipping – The opportunity to increase gender balance in the EU maritime sector,” aims to address the issue of women seafarers being underrepresented in the industry.

Organizations are reexamining how they recruit, develop, and retain talent. They have to, because the pandemic has accelerated three already existing trends among employees: the search for meaning; the desire for flexibility; and the pace of technological transformation.