Barry Bryant (Commodore, RN), Director General at Seafarers UK, talks about the actions that the welfare charity has taken for providing vital support to seafarers in need and their families. He discusses about the most common challenges faced by men and women at sea and gives his advice to younger generation looking to develop a career at sea
Read moreEncouraging more women into seafaring careers will help UK improve its skills base, especially amid general technological progress in the industry, said the UK’s shipping minister, John Hayes CBE MP, noting he is “determined that we can and must do more” to get women into careers at sea.
Read moreThe first three Emirati women graduated as captains of 24-Meters vessels from the Maritime Training Centre at Abu Dhabi Ports, the operator and manager of commercial and community ports within the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Read moreCelebrity Cruises announced partnership with the Regional Maritime University in Ghana marking the first time in cruise industry history, in order female bridge officers to be openly recruited from a West African country, through a new Celebrity-RMU Cadet Program.
Read moreIn June 7, Women's International Shipping and Trading Association signed a MoU with the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, in London. The two organisations will offer five scholarships annually, over the next 10 years, to individuals nominated by WISTA International. The scholarship will cover the Foundation Diploma programme at The Institute.
Read moreIn 5 -9 June, the first-ever Ocean Conference will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. In the lead-up to the Oceans Conference, UN Women visited the island state of Seychelles, to document how women are leading marine conservation and sustainable use of the ocean.
Read moreIMO funded a discussion meeting held by the Pacific Women in Maritime Association (PacWIMA) in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on 24-28 April, which focused on the regional commitment of the Pacific on the advancement of women and gender equality in the maritime sector.
Read moreNYK has announced that on April 1, a deck officer named Tomoko Konishi became the first woman in the company’s 132-year history to be promoted to the rank of captain.
Read moreShipping is one of the most heavily male-dominated industries in the world. There is a long way to go before anything like gender parity can be achieved in this sector, but employers are starting to wake up to the need for change, and Nautilus International says is in the vanguard. Thus, the union supports the International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange theme.
Read moreNo matter their achievements in the maritime sector, women make up only an estimated 2% of the world’s maritime workforce and that’s mainly the aftereffect of a potential discrimination or harassment that they face when getting into seafaring work. IMO together with other maritime organizations have contributed to empower women in the shipping. But, why shipping needs more women and why are they refraining from entering the industry?
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