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Susan Terpilowski
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About WISTA UK

Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association UK or as we are better known WISTA UK would like to welcome you to our site and discover who we are and what we are all about and of course we will be delighted to welcome you as our next member!

WISTA UK our purpose is to help promote networking, provide educational activities and events and the exchange of experience among women who are working the sectors of shipping, maritime and international trade. With this in mind, we organise activities including site visits, seminars, workshops and industry related events where our members have the opportunity of meeting and forming relationships with other professionals working within the shipping industry.

Our members include naval architects, maritime lawyers, ship’s engineers, insurance and sale and purchase brokers, claims adjusters and many others working both directly in the industry and providing services to the industry.

WISTA UK is a member of WISTA International. WISTA UK is the oldest of all the National WISTA Associations dating back to 1974.

News Releases

WISTA AGM MARKS GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARD

Nov 5, 2020

WISTA international – the global voice for female managers within the shipping industry  – presented its first Corporate Diversity Award at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held online on Thursday 5 November to Terminal Internacional del Sur (TISUR) nominated by WISTA...

WOMEN IN SHIPPING PRESENT A UNIFIED VOICE AT GLOBAL AGM

Nov 5, 2020

Despite the global pandemic, WISTA International – the global voice for female managers within the shipping industry – held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 5 November. This online event was attended by more than 500 representatives from its worldwide...

The Women in Maritime pledge 

Jun 15, 2018

Companies from across the UK maritime sector have started to sign a pledge aimed at supporting gender diversity and inclusion across the industry. The Women in Maritime pledge follows the creation of the Maritime UK’s Women in Maritime Taskforce, which brings together...

 ‘Women in Maritime’ Taskforce established

Jan 19, 2018

Maritime UK has established a Taskforce to address fairness, equality and inclusion within the maritime sector. The Taskforce brings together leaders from across the maritime sector to identify practical steps to increase the number of women in maritime, and crucially...

Solid Signs of Restrained Fleet Expansion

Nov 7, 2017

There are “solid signs” of restrained fleet expansion, matching world seaborne trade growth more closely, although not in all sectors. This was the message delivered by Richard Scott MA MCIT FICS, managing director of Bulk Shipping Analysis, at a meeting in London of...

TECHNOLOGY – DON’T FIGHT IT, EMBRACE IT

Aug 26, 2017

Women bring reality to London Shipping Week One of the few conferences taking place during LISW 2017 to focus on the big issues facing current global trading and the search for solutions including the human element and how it fits into the new world of technology....

YOUTH INTEREST IN SHIPPING MEANS SECTOR NEEDS TO RESPOND

Apr 3, 2017

From hundreds of photos and essays, winners of the Wista UK 2016 Came by SHIP competition have just been announced in London. The photo and essay competition was organised by WISTA UK through its Came by Ship campaign to promote the importance of shipping to younger...

Providing support for women at sea

Apr 29, 2016

LONDON 28 April 2016 – Some relatively simple and low-cost interventions could improve the health and welfare of women seafarers, the WISTA UK AGM was told in London. Caitlin Vaughan, Project Manager, ISWAN – the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network...

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