214 Eman Abdalla, Global Operations Director for Cargill Ocean Transportation

There is so much spotlight today on diversity, inclusion and equity

What do you stand for? What are your values? What is your purpose? What is your goal? Those are the things the next generation is looking for. They will not choose to work for you if you don’t have the answer. Listen to Eman Abdalla, Global Operations Director for Cargill Ocean Transportation, describing what an attractive employer looks like.

Also, this episode is packed with good advice from a modern leader walking the talk and...

https://shippingpodcast.com/214-eman-abdalla-global-operations-director-for-cargill-ocean-transportation/

Second cohort of maritime women join IMO-sponsored leadership programme

Pictured: three students working on a laptop. Credit: Christina of wocintechchat via Unsplash

By the International Maritime Organization

The second cohort of future female leaders* have joined the Leadership Accelerator Programme (LEAP) run by Maritime SheEO. IMO is again sponsoring twenty students, under its Women In Maritime programme. The course is designed to equip women with leadership skills and the confidence to progress in their careers. The course launched on 15 September 2022 and will...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/second-cohort-of-maritime-women-join-imo-sponsored-leadership-programme/

Setting the record straight: rewriting women into maritime history

Pictured: female seafarers at work. Photo credit: Maersk.

Industry associations, class societies, lawyers, maritime publishers and historical associations have joined forces to highlight the contribution of women to shipping over the centuries.

The ‘Rewriting women into maritime history’ project will collate the material, firstly from London in the UK, then from across the UK and ultimately from around the world so that contribution of women in shipping “can be identified and placed in the...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/setting-the-record-straight-rewriting-women-into-maritime-history/

COPE° forms Working Group on Psychological Safety and Sexual Assault and Harassment in the Maritime Sector

COPE° forms Working Group on Psychological Safety and Sexual Assault and Harassment in the Maritime Sector

Ms. Eva Lianne Veldkamp, IMO Policy Coordinator for the Commonwealth of Dominica Maritime Registry

Fairhaven, MA- The Center for Ocean Policy and Economics (COPE°) has announced the formation of an informal Working Group to develop projects designed to provide solutions to build on an international framework which supports a psychologically safe workplace culture for mariners.  It is...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/10/cope-forms-working-group-on-psychological-safety-and-sexual-assault-and-harassment-in-the-maritime-sector/

Blume Global lands $500M valuation with Bridgepoint deal

Cloud-based logistics company Blume Global announced Wednesday it has raised new equity from Bridgepoint Group to continue its work to digitize customers’ supply chains, driving down waste and inefficiencies through automation and visibility applications.

While Blume Global did not disclose the amount of capital it received from Bridgepoint, which joins existing equity investors Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) and EQT, it did reveal the transaction now takes the value of the company to $500...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/blume-global-lands-500m-valuation-with-bridgepoint-deal

High-priced technology pushes trucking rivals into unusual alliances

Battery-electric trucks. Hydrogen-powered fuel cells. Hybrid technologies. Diesel-powered semis. Self-driving trucks. All share a common theme: They are too expensive to develop alone.

Rival truck manufacturers will scrap for every fleet contract. But they increasingly take a pragmatic approach to technology partnerships. 

“We’ve seen it in the past. And it generally works out pretty well,” said Mike Ramsey, a Gartner Inc. vice president and automotive and smart mobility analyst. “Ford and GM...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/high-priced-technology-pushes-trucking-rivals-into-unusual-alliances

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