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Woman Seafarer Reveals Inspirations Behind Her Career 

A trailblazing Angus mariner reveals inspirations behind seafarer career, reports the courier.

Women unwelcomed onboard? 

A trailblazing Angus mariner is encouraging other young women to consider a life at sea and says the days of women being unwelcome onboard vessels are long past.

About her life

Early life

Fiona Scrimgeour grew up near Kirriemuir and went on to sail ships of all sizes across some of the world’s most expansive and treacherous waters.

Present

She now sits on the board of...

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Outgrowing Women Seafarers’ Challenges In A Male Dominated Industry

The word “seafarer” has replaced the word “seaman” in the male-dominated maritime industry, often considered as politically-correct word due to the increasing presence of women in the profession in recent decades, says an article published in CDN.

The term Seafarer

In older times, the term “seaman” was widely used to describe anyone working at sea while the term “seawoman” was alternatively used.

The word seafarer came from the combination of the words “sea” and “farer” (from the Old English “farer...

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First Woman Cruise Captain Shares Knowledge With Her Experiences

The first American woman to captain a ‘megaship’ discusses the future of cruises, Instagram fame and life onboard without passengers in an article published in The Telegraph

Pretty – Gritty

Kate McCue – who became the first American woman to captain a megaship at the age of 38 and accessorises her uniform with black platform patent Christian Louboutins – may be pretty, but she’s also gritty.

Covid’s hit

The woman at the helm of Celebrity’s flagship, Celebrity Edge, was supposed to sign off for...

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Women’s Job Roles In Maritime Industry

According to Spinnaker’s Maritime HR Association data, the proportion of male and female employees within the global shore-based workforce remained largely stable in 2020 – 56% male, 41% female, and 3% unknown, says an article published in Splash247.

Crewing Roles in Large Membership Countries

In countries with a large membership presence (500+ employees) only the UK and the Philippines are found to employ more women than men overall, at 53% and 67% of the workforce respectively – the result of a...

https://mfame.guru/womens-job-roles-in-maritime-industry/

Are Female Seafarers Given Equal On Board Opportunities?

A persistence in tradition and several anachronistic social structure models seem to be holding the shipping industry away from being more inclusive and diversified and brings women of the 21st century still confronted with superstitions and misconceptions around their potential participation in seafaring careers, says an article published in Safety4sea.

The Female Living Life

Imagine a man’s society where you are the only female, what would the challenges be and what would you do differently?...

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First Female of Captain of America at Sea for 310 days

  • Kate McCue, captain of the 2,918-passenger Celebrity Edge, is the first American female captain of a mega cruise ship.
  • She’s among only 2% of the world’s female mariners and hopes to inspire other women to follow in her footsteps.
  • She says Celebrity Cruises went from having a 3% female bridge team when she started in 2015 to over 27% today.
  • McCue is on Insider’s list of Luminaries: 25 women pushing boundaries and accomplishing extraordinary feats. Check out the full list here.

America’s first...

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[Watch] First American Woman Cruise Captain Takes Down Internet Trolls

There are a few things you need to know about Captain Kate McCue, who is currently commanding the Celebrity Edge.

One is that she has, in a very short period of time, become perhaps the most well-known captain this side of Merrill Stubing, commanding officer of the fictional Love Boat. Among cruisers, she’s considered something of a rock star, says an article published in Cruise Radio

In 2015, Captain Kate was the first American cruise ship captain. (Photo courtesy of Celebrity Cruises)

Addressing...

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No Return To Pre COVID19 Job Levels, 140m Jobs Affected: ILO

According to a Reuters report, the International Labour Organization, ILO announced on Tuesday that the outlook for the global labour market in the second half of 2020 is “highly uncertain” and the forecast recovery will not be enough for employment to return to pre-pandemic levels this year

Fall in Working Hours Worse Than Expected

In its latest report, the U.N. agency said the fall in global working hours was “significantly worse than previously estimated” in the first half of the year.

The...

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A Nurse Who Embraces A Career at Sea

  • With the Day of the Seafarer approaching we headed to Panama to hear the extraordinary life of Captain Beate Stelzer.
  • Women working at sea are a rarity. A woman captaining a merchant ship rarer still.
  • Berlin native Captain Beate Stelzer’s life story is extraordinary.
  • Deciding back in 2007 at the age of 40 to quit her job as an intensive care nurse for a maritime career switch, Stelzer signed on with Hamburg Sud.
  • Eleven years later with the German carrier now bought by Maersk, she became a...

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The Woman Who Discovered The First Coronavirus!

Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that have a halo or crown-like (corona) appearance when viewed under a microscope

The woman who discovered the first human coronavirus was the daughter of a Scottish bus driver, who left school at 16, reports Steven Brocklehurst for BBC Scotland News.

About the Lady
  • June Almeida went on to become a pioneer of virus imaging, whose work has come roaring back into focus during the present pandemic.
  • Covid-19 is a new illness but it is caused by a coronavirus of the type first identified by Dr Almeida in 1964 at her laboratory in St Thomas’s Hospital in London.
  • The virologist was...

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