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WISTA Cyprus hosts CrewingCyprus 2019 Forum

WISTA Cyprus hosts CrewingCyprus 2019 Forum

WISTA Cyprus announces their 3rd annual shipping forum. The forum’s theme for 2019 is “CrewingCyprus 2019” and it will be held on 20th of March, 2019, at Columbia Plaza in Limassol, offering free admission to all participants.

CrewingCyprus 2019, will have an exclusive focus on crewing matters and is expected to attract delegates from the local and international industry, who wish to become informed and updated, on various aspects of offshore life.

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http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/17/wista-cyprus-hosts-crewingcyprus-2019-forum/

AllAboutShipping’s top 100 individuals for 2018

Simos P.  Palios

The www.allaboutshipping.co.uk  top 100 Shipping and shipping related individuals for 2018

Following a special survey conducted by AllAboutShipping’s team we are pleased to offer you a comprehensive list including as much as possible  all of Shipping’ s professions…

Running a survey to produce the top echelon of the Shipping industry’s top stakeholders from almost, as said in the preamble,  all categories, is beyond patience to analyse everything and ensure everything correlates...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/17/allaboutshippings-top-100-individuals-for-2018/

Fixing the Flawed Approach to Diversity

Fixing the Flawed Approach to Diversity 

Company leaders must acknowledge their blind spots, respond to the needs of diverse groups, and focus on the measures that really work. 

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Two Groups You Can’t Ignore (but Probably Do) in the War for Talent
As career paths become less linear and people change jobs more frequently, companies need to actively recruit former employees and people...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/20/fixing-the-flawed-approach-to-diversity/

Crowley Promotes Tiffanny King and Jeannie Stewart to Vice Presidents, People Services

l to r: Crowley’s Tiffanny King and Jeannie Stewart

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; January 17, 2019) ­– Crowley Maritime Corp. announced today the promotion of Tiffanny King and Jeannie Stewart to the positions of vice president of People Services. While each has different areas of focus, both will ultimately support Crowley’s mission of ensuring high-performance and employee development across the company. King and Stewart report to Carl Fox, senior vice president, corporate services, in Jacksonville,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/01/17/crowley-promotes-tiffanny-king-and-jeannie-stewart-to-vice-presidents-people-services/

Ongoing partnership to empower port women

More women are joining the maritime ranks in many aspect of the industry. To encourage this trend, IMO is supporting a training course aimed at female officials from maritime and port authorities entitled.

Twenty-seven women from 18 developing countries* are taking part in the two-week “Women in Port Management” course, hosted in Le Havre, France (12 – 23 November). It includes lectures on subjects such as port management, port security, marine environment, facilitation of maritime traffic,...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/22/ongoing-partnership-to-empower-port-women/

Diversity – does it matter in shipping?

Professor Averil Macdonald OBE

Diversity – does it matter in shipping?

by  Professor Averil Macdonald OBE, DSc, D.Univ, FInstP, FRSA. Emeritus Professor University of Reading, Senior Warden Worshipful Company of Fuellers.

Organisations of all sizes across every industry sector are scrutinising their diversity statistics – and for good reason. They know that traditional businesses are being forced to innovate to survive and, just as a football team full of strikers would quickly be relegated, it is...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/21/diversity-does-it-matter-in-shipping/

GAC Group P&I expert wins Women Professional Excellence for P&I Claims Management award

Meena Mathews, GAC Group’s Regional Manager P&I – Middle East, receives the Women Professional Excellence for P&I Claims Management award from H.E. Fareed Lutfi, The Secretary General, Emirates Insurance Association & The Secretary General, Gulf Insurance Association and Sohan Roy, Founder Chairman & CEO, Aries Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 19 November 2018 – Meena Mathews, GAC Group’s Regional Manager P&I (Protection & Indemnity) – Middle East, has won the Women Professional Excellence for...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/19/gac-group-pi-expert-wins-women-professional-excellence-for-pi-claims-management-award/

WISTA International Elects New Executive Board Members

WISTA International Elects New Board Members and Honors 2018 Personality of the Year

October 30, 2018 – Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) elected Connie Roozen, Director of C&B More (WISTA the Netherlands) as Treasurer and Angie Hartmann, Vice President Crew Affairs, Starbulk S.A. (WISTA Hellas) as Board Member, to the WISTA International Executive Committee at their 38th International Annual General Meeting in TromsØ, Norway on October 24, 2018. Sanjam...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/30/wista-international-elects-new-executive-board-members/

A “sustained” fall with the BDI@1,577 …and WISTA 2018 event gets under way!

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost two points – an expected scenario so to speak – see our yesterday’s hint, and all things being equal expect the unexpected… Geopolitics with the fall of oil and other hiccups become interesting whilst the WISTA International AGM and Conference begins in Tromsø, Norway. John Faraclas and Anny Zade report:

The Capes’ BCI continued to rise and now stands at    2,363 points – up 67!

The Panamaxes fell 41 points with the BDI now reading 1,715… CAUTION!

The...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/23/a-sustained-fall-with-the-bdi1577-and-wista-2018-event-gets-under-way/

Kathy Metcalf wins WISTA International Personality of the year 2018

… the moment she heard the announcement

At a full house in Ishavet Conference Room at the Scandic Ishavhotel in Tromsø, Kathy Metcalf is announced as the winner of this year’s WISTA International Personality of the year!

A very touching moment as we managed to get this down to earth woman’s first reaction! She was warmly on a standing ovation applauded by the 350 strong audience; excellent!

About Kathy Metcalf

Kathy is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Chamber of Shipping of America and...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/24/kathy-metcalf-wins-wista-international-personality-of-the-year-2018/

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