Discover the women keeping the country moving in times of change 30th June 2022: The winners of the 2022 Amazon everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards have been announced. Now in their 15th year,…
By Anna Kaparaki* At the end of May, beginning of June 2022, I had the great pleasure to visit Peru for my holidays. Being a proud member of WISTA UK, I thought that this was…
The first WISTA Hellas ‘Women at Sea’ seminar, staged at Posidonia 2022, offered a thorough examination of the challenges facing women seafarers as well as food for thought on how…
With an emotional touch, the most successful Posidonia exhibition so far, came to an end, with the organization of YES to Shipping Forum 2022 on Friday 10 June, which was…
WISTA INTERNATIONAL CHOOSES GENEVA FOR ITS AGM AND CONFERENCE 2022 The WISTA International AGM and Conference will take place in the beautiful city of Geneva, Switzerland from 26-28 October 2022,…
Join us in ‘Saluting the Seafarer’ On the 14th of July, in light of the inaugural International Women in Maritime Day and the Day of the Seafarer, WISTA UK is…
by Frances Baskerville* The 2022 POSIDONIA event at the Metropolitan Expo, off Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos Airport, felt as if the world had come back to life again. There was no…
Brookes Bell, the leading multi-disciplinary technical and scientific consultancy, has appointed its first female Master Mariner as a marine consultant. Karley Smith joins Brookes Bell after 16 years at sea,…
It’s an initiative whose purpose is to recognise and promote the achievements of Greek women around the world The Greek International Women Awards (GIWA) Committee, is announcing the opening of…
On this IMO’s International Day for Women in Maritime, I was putting in order in my notes a list of panel members for an event to be organized during this…
IMO-WISTA Women in Maritime survey highlights current gender diversity across the sector and sets a benchmark for progress Gender diversity in maritime is extremely fragmented by sector, according to data…
Today is IMO International Day for Women in Maritime – and the focus of the UN body is on “Training-Visibility-Recognition: Supporting a barrier-free working environment” by Steven Jones, Propeller Club…
IMO-WISTA Women in Maritime survey highlights current gender diversity across the sector and sets a benchmark for progress Gender diversity in maritime is extremely fragmented by sector, according to data…
To celebrate the first international day of women in maritime on 18 May as decided by the IMO last year, the Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association has featured a woman nominee…
Maria Mavroudi’s* statement on IMO’s International Day for Women in Maritime Sometimes, heroes go unnoticed. Today, we salute all those women pioneers, seafarers, and executives, who work silently, focus on…
“In my capacity as one of the very few female Lecturers in the School of Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University and a proud member of Women’s International Shipping and…
By Elpi Petraki, Operations, Chartering and Business Development Manager at ENEA Management, and President of WISTA Hellas The industry is in a period of transition as it embraces new technologies,…
I am very proud that a positive trend has been recorded in the gender balance of women serving as seafarers in the last couple of years, together with a progressive…
“It is said that women tend to invest environmental sustainability processes into business due to their inherent sense of social responsibility. Not just this but, in making decisions that differ…
Ahead of tomorrow’s (18th May) inaugural IMO International Day for Women in Maritime, we share a comment from Teresa Peacock, Managing Director, Executive Search at maritime people experts Spinnaker. The theme of this…
The Markets, particularly the Dry ones fell raising eyebrows; let us hope is a tempo fall as summer is here. The despicable war in Ukraine continues and unimaginable things will…
The Members of the new Board of Directors of WISTA Hellas paid a customary visit to theMinister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Mr. Ioannis Plakiotakis and to theCommandant of…
Ruth Boumphrey to succeed Richard Clegg at global safety charity. Lloyd’s Register Foundation, an independent global charity that aims to engineer a safer world, has announced the appointment of a…
Post Easter Market losses whilst the Ukrainian inferno will last and spill over like Covid… A crucial second Easter Week given the Orthodox Easter but with unorthodox combat. Shame! John…
Peel Ports Group has partnered with social enterprise Innovate Her to encourage diversity and inclusion across the organisation and promote STEM subjects to hundreds of female studentsacross Liverpool. The national…