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IMO Gender Equality Award awarded to Karin Orsel

Maritime entrepreneur recognised for her work to advance gender equality and empower women in the industry
Netherlands shipowner and entrepreneur Ms. Karin Orsel was presented with the International Maritime Organization’s Gender Equality Award by Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez on Friday, 16 May.

The winner of the Award is selected each year by a high-level panel and endorsed by the IMO Council, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to advancing gender equality in the...

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Market report: US credit rating downgrade sparks pessimism while Starmer the dealmaker courts EU leaders

Susannah Streeter
  • Hangover from Moody’s downgrading the US credit rating weighs on markets at the start of the week.
  • Risk-off sentiment emerges with gold rising and equities falling, while US Treasuries are sold off.
  • Keir Starmer on a charm offensive with EU leaders, aiming for a reset of European relations.
  • China’s data shows consumers are highly cautious given the tariff wars.
  • Brent Crude falls back to around $65 a barrel amid concerns about global growth.
  • Ryanair flies into calmer skies as...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/19/market-report-us-credit-rating-downgrade-sparks-pessimism-while-starmer-the-dealmaker-courts-eu-leaders/

The UnLost Homeland 

The film screening of “The UnLost Homeland” by Eftychia Fragou will take place at the Hellenic Centre on Tuesday, 29 April 2925 at 7 pm. The film follows the story of 12 Greeks from Constantinople who lived through the Istanbul pogrom of 1955 in Turkey.

It is notorious in modern history as the only pogrom of such magnitude to have taken place during peacetime. The camera lens together with the presenter transports us to the stories of all the refugees who were forced to leave their country as...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/21/the-unlost-homeland/

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