Tag: diversity

Gender equality in shipping is seen as a key pathway to economic sustainability and better performance. Despite international efforts to increase female participation in shipping, women still constitute just 1.2% of the global seafarer workforce, according to 2021 figures by BIMCO and ICS.

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Maritime Administration announced the historic appointment of Rear Admiral Joanna M. Nunan as the next superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). Ms. Nunan now becomes the first female superintendent at USMMA.

Mr. Quintin V. Kneen, President and Chief Executive Director, Tidewater Inc. shares top priorities in their agenda and actions to change industry’s image from one that is dated, to one that is dynamic and exciting so that more people would be interested to pursue lifelong careers.

While the world is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of gender equality for a sustainable future, latest data by the World Economic Forum show little progress, estimating it will take another 132 years to close the global gender gap. What is the role of business in helping shape a more inclusive and gender-balanced future?

In this book, Helen Doe, an Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies, University of Exeter, provides an examination of women entrepreneurs who invested in, and often managed, non-feminine businesses such as shipping and shipbuilding in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

McKinsey published the Women in the Workplace 2022 report, focusing on how the pandemic has changed what women want from their companies, including the growing importance of opportunity, flexibility, employee well-being, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Elpi Petraki has been elected as the president of WISTA International, taking over from Despina Panayiotou Theodossiou.

IMO and WISTA International are passionate about ensuring that sector conferences and events have a diversity of thought and inclusive panels are the top way to achieve this. The two organizations have created the new Maritime Speakers Bureau platform, intending to end the tradition of all-male speaking panels.

Mr. Gerald Tan, Head of Commercial (East) and General Manager, Ardmore Shipping, suggests it is time to focus on crew welfare and make a positive change, following the challenges due to the pandemic. As such, rebuilding trust with seafarers and their families, focusing on diversity and inclusion and fostering strategies to embrace young talents are key priorities.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced its endorsement of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and signed a statement to act in accordance with the principles.