Anika Bjarnadottir

December 7, 2022—ZESTAs (Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association) has been granted International Maritime Organization Consultative Status by IMO Council on provisional status for two years, after which time it will be reviewed for its contributions to standards.  ZESTA is invited to send observers to attend IMO meetings of interest to the organization with immediate effect. …

July 18, 2022- PHILADELPHIA: WISTA USA Delaware River and Bay Chapter will be presenting “Women Making Waves 2022 The State of Women in the Maritime Industry: Taking on Hard Challenges event on August 2nd at The Union League of Philadelphia.  As a prelude to the event, the WISTA USA chapter will be presenting the newly …

Seminar Being Hosted at POSIDONIA 2022 in American-Hellenic Collaboration May 26, 2022 – The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), in full cooperation with the Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy in Athens and the Int’l Propeller Club of the United States, Int’l Port of Piraeus and the …

HOUSTON- May 18, 2022 – The Blue Sky Maritime Coalition (BSMC) has released a new report today titled “A Perspective on IMO Efficiency Measures:  Opportunities for Improvement” which highlights key opportunities to improve current international efficiency measures. “This report is a great example of industry collaborating to find opportunities for improvement and spurring further discussion …

Tradewinds asked a group of women what one thing our industry needed to do to advance women’s careers in shipping. As you can imagine, there is more than one thing, but here is the response from Morgan Marketing and Communications’ Chief Executive Officer, Carleen L. Walker, along with those of many exceptional women in our …

HOUSTON- April 14, 2022 – Blue Sky Maritime Coalition (BSMC) President and CEO, David Cummins, announced the publication today of the Coalition’s inaugural position paper, “Fuels and Propulsion Systems,” the first in the series “Pathways to Net-Zero 2050 in the North American Marine Shipping Industry.”  The white paper was written by Blue Sky Founding Member …

Fairhaven, MA- The Center for Ocean Policy and Economics (COPE°) has announced the formation of an informal Working Group to develop projects designed to provide solutions to build on an international framework which supports a psychologically safe workplace culture for mariners.  It is universally recognized this will have a positive effect on operational safety and security on board ships. …