BIMCO and WISTA to collaborate on sustainability of maritime workforce

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Published on Thursday, 09 October 2025 16:13
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by The Editorial Team

 
 October 9, 2025
 
in Diversity in shipping, Seafarers
 
 

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BIMCO Secretary General & CEO, David Loosley and WISTA President, Elpi Petraki met at the Maritime Cyprus 2025 Conference (6-8 October) to sign an MoU that will see the two organisations working more closely to address some of the pressing issues affecting the maritime workforce – and in particular women. 

As announced, BIMCO and WISTA (Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on some of the monumental challenges and opportunities related to the sustainability of the workforce throughout the shipping industry, from cradle to cradle.

The agreement recognises the increasing need to sustain the shipping workforce, through safe, fair, inclusive and attractive conditions as the industry transitions towards using new fuels

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Este hermoso buque polaco dedicado a realizar prácticas de navegación se encuentra estos días en el puerto de Málaga.
 
 

What different countries are doing to attract and retain seafarers

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The global maritime industry, and particularly the seafaring sector, faces a workforce in constant flux, with Filipino seafarers currently dominating the labour market.

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“We had Brits at sea, then it moved towards the Commonwealth and Eastern European nations with an underpinning contingent of Filipino ratings who are now becoming the officers of today,” explains Alasdair Wishart, IMarEST’s Technical and Policy Director, when asked about the global makeup of seafarers.

Maritime companies often follow the most competitive labour markets, and as wages rise in one region, recruitment moves elsewhere. “As [seafarers from a particular nation] they become more exposed and understand their market value, they then start coming up and becoming just as expensive as everyone else,” Wishart says.

Demographics aren’t the only

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14 jóvenes han embarcado este verano en la flota vasca para impulsar el relevo generacional

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Son alumnos de las escuelas náuticas de Ondarroa, Bermeo y Pasaia que han faenado un mes en barcos de bajura gracias al programa Itsasoratu

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Lunes, 22 de septiembre 2025, 14:30

La falta de relevo generacional en el sector vasco de la pesca es una de las principales preocupaciones tanto de los armadores, como de los propios arrantzales y de las distintas administraciones.

Por ese motivo, para avanzar en el rejuvenecimiento de los tripulantes, el Gobierno vasco impulsa la puesta en marcha del programa Itsasoratu, un plan de ayudas económicas para facilitar que las empresas navieras pesqueras embarquen a estudiantes de ciclos formativos náutico-pesqueros.

Este verano, 14 jóvenes de las escuelas de pesca de Bizkaia y Gipuzkoa han podido conocer la

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