The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), standing for over 80% of the globe vendor fleet, today releases its inaugural Maritime Diversity and also Inclusion Charter on International Women’s Day (IWD).
The Charter has actually been developed to motivate delivery business to boost and also yearly evaluate their variety and also incorporation techniques and also produce chances for all, regardless of their sex, race, ethnic beginning, citizenship, handicap, age, sexual preference, sex identification or religious beliefs. The 2021 Seafarer Workforce Report keeps in mind that much less than 2% of seafarers are ladies.
It was created over 18 months, in collaboration with the ICS Diversity Panel and also Women’s Panel, composed of reps from delivery business, charities, and also unions around the globe, and also has actually gotten input and also assistance from the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF).

Karin Orsel, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MF Shipping Group, Chair of ICS Diversity Panel, commented:
“I was one of the only women in the maritime sector when I joined at 23. The industry has made many improvements since then, but it still has a long way to go. We developed the Maritime Diversity and Inclusion Charter as a guiding light to inspire shipping companies to do better for all employees.”
The Charter is created to be a customisable online device for delivery business. Users can select from a variety of activities, promises, and also surveillance and also reporting metrics that they are prepared to carry out.
For instance, business can dedicate to selecting a lead on variety to give exposure and also drive crucial activities or to track promo chances offered to monitored teams specified by age, sex or ethnic culture.
The launch remains in combination with ICS’s IWD project #This IsWhataSeafarer LooksLike, commemorating and also showcasing the wide duties ladies satisfy in the maritime market from cadet to chief executive officer.
This year’s style is #BreakThe Prejudice, created to test stereotypes throughout culture. The ICS created a brief movie to highlight the raising variety within maritime as the market is no more limited to a restricted area of culture.
In the video clip Zimvo Lugadlalala, a South African Deck Hand Bow Cecil with Odfjell, mentioned:
“Breaking stereotypes in maritime means stepping up and doing my job. If questions like ‘will you manage?’ are asked to me, I answer them by performing my job effectively and efficiently. I do not answer them by words… The maritime industry is changing for good because it accommodates all genders.”
Natalie Shaw MBE, ICS’s Director of Employment, mentioned:
“It has actually never ever been more vital to give a secure business society in which equal rights, justness, and also regard are included right into plans and also practices.
“This Charter aims to recognise the efforts of many, while providing guidance for those who still have work to do and we welcome the commitment of shipping companies in creating a more diverse and inclusive sector by signing up to the Shipping Industry Diversity Charter.”
“Shipping is one of the most culturally diverse industries on earth. It’s high time that we make concerted efforts to create space to attract people who previously may have not considered the opportunities available in such an exciting sector. It is great to see the growing diversity in maritime, as the #ThisIsWhatASeafarerLooksLike campaign showcases.”
ICS prepares to launch its Diversity and also Inclusion Toolkit for Shipping later on this year to overview market’s trip boosting plans and also techniques to satisfy the requirements of the varied seafarer neighborhood.
Reference: ics-shipping. org