Breakfast Discussion Highlights: women's ascension in Maritime leadership roles
The maritime industry is gearing up for a significant discussion, as the "Register Now" event approaches. This breakfast session, scheduled soon, aims to foster a more inclusive and diverse maritime sector.
The focus of this event is on the maritime sector's diversity progress, challenges, and future steps. Confirmed speakers from leading ship owners will share insights, experiences, and visions, aiming to push boundaries and learn from lessons already encountered.
The Women in Maritime survey 2024 suggests that while there have been pockets of change, diversity remains a challenge. The survey reveals that women make up only 16% of the maritime workforce in 2024, a decline from 26% in 2021. This figure is even lower in the private sector, down from 29% to 16%. Most notably, women make up barely 1% of mariners at sea.
These findings underscore ongoing challenges in recruitment, retention, and creating inclusive environments, particularly amid a global skills shortage. The sector continues to face significant gender inequality, and efforts to address these issues have yielded only pockets of change rather than broad transformation.
The event is still in the process of announcing its full speaker lineup, but industry professionals will be featured. The breakfast session is part of a growing trend in major maritime industry events, such as Europort 2025, which have focused on human capital and diversity to improve crew welfare and future talent development.
This event will provide an opportunity for industry professionals to discuss diversity progress, challenges, and future steps, with the hope of driving tangible results in increasing gender diversity within the maritime sector.
[1] Source: Women in Maritime survey 2024 [2] Source: Europort 2025 announcements
- The breakfast session, as part of the "Register Now" event, aims to discuss the diversity progress, challenges, and future steps in the maritime sector, especially focusing on women's Health and Wellness, as a significant gender inequality persists, even in light of a global skills shortage, according to the Women in Maritime survey 2024.
- To foster further inclusivity and diversity in the maritime sector, Leading finance professionals, along with industry experts, are confirmed to share insights, experiences, and visions at this event, learning from lessons already encountered and striving to push boundaries towards truly broad transformation.
- Amid the growing trend of focusing on human capital and diversity, this event will provide Lifestyle opportunities for professionals who recognize the importance of Science and innovation in addressing societal issues, such as the ongoing challenges in recruitment, retention, and creating inclusive environments for a more diverse and equitable maritime sector, in line with the vision of major maritime industry events like Europort 2025.
