Tag: women in shipping

In our special column, we are glad to host an interview with Mrs Iris Baguilat, President, Döhle Seafront Crewing (Manila), Inc. who, in the pandemic, managed to achieve inner peace and focus on the moment as well as she acquired new skills that never thought it would be possible.

With maritime industry experiencing an era of immense change there is still a lot of work to be done on supporting women in leadership positions.

Amid a dynamic and constantly evolving employment landscape, shipping and any other industry needs to embrace a new way of thinking to develop diversity and inclusion for a more operational and sustainable working environment. But which are these diversity characteristics?

For the first time in the centuries-long history of the Royal Navy, a woman officer will be appointed to the rank of admiral.

In the EU, women work almost 2 months for free each year compared to men and this is no different in maritime industry which is already struggling to maintain a level of gender diversity. Latest data reveal a current gender pay gap of 43% in the UK maritime industry alone.

World’s largest shipping association, BIMCO, elected Sabrina Chao of Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings Limited as President.

The US White House has tapped Vice Adm. Linda Fagan to serve as the Coast Guard’s new vice commandant, which would make her the service’s first woman to receive four stars, the USCG announced today.

As the Suez Canal blockage issue got resolved, the aftermath has affected be Egypt’s first female ship captain who has been blamed for the incident.

The video, released by the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative, presents Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, the first female president of the World Maritime University (WMU). The video forms part of the TUMI's 'Remarkable Women 2021' report. 

In our special column, we are glad to host an interview with Johanna Kull, Loss Prevention Executive at ALANDIA, who enjoys her role as she is able to learn a lot about the whole shipping industry and at the same time to share her knowledge in behaviour/ social science and psychology to the industry. Mrs Kull advises us to focus on things that bring benefit to ourselves; although it takes training to refocus, it is worth spending that time and energy.