Women in Shipping and Trade

Time for (an inevitable) change – more women at the top in logistics

It’s International Women’s Day (IWD), and The Loadstar’s inbox and social media channels are full of stories of women in logistics.
“Let’s focus on one of ‘them’”, say companies excitedly, publishing an image of a female staff member in a hi-vis jacket, seeing a chance for marketing opportunities, a chance to jump on the bandwagon. (“We employ women! Even in the warehouse!”)
A gender-washing, if you will (or ‘pink it and shrink …

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Firms can be better: there can be more gender diversity in logistics

When you ask logistics companies why they have so few senior (or even junior) female staff, you tend to get the same response: “Women don’t apply for jobs here. What can we do?” 
Well, the answer is not, in fact, ‘nothing’; many companies seem to think that a lack of applications means they don’t have to try.  
But a new white paper from Bis Henderson on gender diversity in logistics shows companies how …

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Logistics must attract a more diverse workforce, or lose out on ‘good minds’

Calls are increasing for the logistics sector to catch up with other industries in diversifying its workforce or face losing out on “good minds”.
Chief executive of Tototheo Maritime, Despina Panayiotu Theodosiou, told delegates at the Intermodal Europe conference in Rotterdam this week the industry needed to act fast.
“If we do not catch up on the way other industries are diversifying and bringing more women into the workplace, we will lose …

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