The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Erasmus University Rotterdam have launched a programme for future port executives. On this occasion, the first group of participants will take part in the Port Executive Leadership Circle from 3 to 7 February 2020.
During an intensive week, the future port executives will be able to update their port -related knowledge at academic level, as well as share knowledge with each other.
The move comes in the wake of the changes the industry is facing driven...
Currently, only 27% of the women employed hold managerial positions– while the share of female managers has hardly changed in two decades. According to ILO estimates, there are far fewer women than men in management globally, and...
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To better support the diverse needs of customers in the maritime industry, Crowley Maritime Corp. announced this week that it has realigned its marine services organization and introduced new leadership.
Crowley Marine Services, part of the company’s shipping group, will now be comprised of three distinct, yet interrelated business segments: offshore services, ship assist and tanker escort, and engineering services — those provided by Crowley and subsidiary Jensen Maritime Consultants. Jeff...
IMO is providing support to eight female officials from developing countries to attend a Port Senior Management Programme which took place from 6 to 19 November at the Galilee International Management Institute (GIMI) in Nahalal, Israel.
The event in particular was delivered through IMO’s gender and capacity-building programme, together with GIMI, as part of IMO’s efforts to support the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
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As the shipping industry is striving to improve safety, major representatives from the sector agreed to the industry’s Golden Safety Rules, along with other ideas as well regarding how these measures can be applied. This is part of the ‘Together in Safety’ initiative, which aims to achieve a zero-incident industry, and the agreement took place during the Global Maritime Forum 2019 in Singapore.
9 Golden Safety Rules: Their aim
Paramount high-level rules to prevent loss of life or life changing...
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Dimitrios Fafalios, President, INTERCARGO received the SAFETY4SEA Leadership Award, sponsored by SQE MARINE for providing industry leadership and promoting shipping interests in the global maritime...
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In episode 120 we meet with Patrik Dahlgren, Senior Vice President, Global Marine Operations, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. a former Master Mariner who left Sweden for more than 20 years and who now has a dream job for many, he is responsible for operations in the global cruise company Royal Caribbean Cruises and six of its subsidiaries.
We talk a lot about the SDG 5 in this episode and the gender diversity programme that Patrik helped introduce into RCC and why he thinks it’s so important. He...
During LISW 2019, Dr. Grahaeme Henderson, Vice President, Shipping & Maritime at Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd, highlighted how important is for the industry to continue its efforts on seafarers’ mental health and wellbeing and shared examples of Shell’s work towards a zero-incident future.
Beginning his speech, Dr. Henderson mentioned that shipping is vital for the world to function; from the food that we eat, to the goods that we use every day, and the energy that we...
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Let’s see what the common misconceptions are for a...
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In an exclusive interview with SAFETY4SEA at Nor-Shipping 2019 in Oslo, Mr. Nawfal Al Jourani, Director of Dubai Maritime Cluster Office at Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), shared Dubai’s priorities as a major maritime hub of the Middle East. Moving forward from the environmental approach of sustainability, Mr. Jourani noted that innovation is the cornerstone of Dubai’s strategy in order to be attractive to the shipping community.
Dubai’s strategy really is not competition, it is...
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