WISTA – Women in Shipping

ABP backs Women in Maritime Charter

From left: Henrik Pedersen with Nusrat Ghani, the UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, at the launch event

UK port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) has thrown its weight behind a new initiative focused on recruiting more women into the maritime sector.

The company has signed up to the Women in Maritime Charter, a Maritime UK-led venture which will see nautical-related businesses supported to improve their gender diversity.

The initiative was formally launched at an...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/12/abp-backs-women-in-maritime-charter/

Ensure you join WISTA’s event in Tromsø, Norway 23-26 October 2018

Bjørg Ekornrud, President, WISTA Norway

The international WISTA AGM & Conference 23-26 October 2018 in Tromsø, Norway

Dear WISTA-members, dear friends!

Welcome to the WISTA 2018 Conference website.

We are proud and excited to host the international WISTA AGM and Conference in Tromsø – Norway’s Arctic capital.

Tromsø is a place for new experiences and adventure. For many years, the city has been the starting point for numerous polar expeditions. However, it is not simply a base camp for explorers and...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/09/ensure-you-join-wistas-event-in-tromso-norway-23-26-october-2018/

Capes’ contained rise and perplexed figures rule the day… plus the 2020 saga

John Faraclas

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gained four points and now stands at 1,574; Geopolitics in total mess and the Environment another issue to be appropriately tackled… John Faaclas’ daily recap:

The Capes’ BCI was up 51 points and now stands at 2,199… Are the capes sustainable or just volatile, or another bubble? We shall see…

Just one point plus for the Panamaxes’ BPI now at 1,679 points; caution…

The Supras too on one point; the BSI managed to clinch  this one very special point and now...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/03/172713/

MAJ Deputy DG to Chair IMO sub-committee

Claudia Grant, Deputy Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica

Claudia Grant, Deputy Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), has been elected chairman of an important sub-committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

An experienced maritime professional, Mrs Grant now chairs the Sub Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments (III), having been elected during the 5th session of the Sub Committee held September 24-28, 2018 in London. She has...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/01/maj-deputy-dg-to-chair-imo-sub-committee/

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