View newsletter here. One of the most important drivers of change is leadership. It is important for someone to take the risk-- whether personal, professional or commercial—to lead us into uncharted waters in order to grow and develop. But that…
View newsletter here. Wearing my NAMEPA hat, I was invited by Green4Sea to participate in their Annual Forum discussing ESG and sustainability. It was my honor to be included amongst a panel which featured Kostas Gkonis, Secretary General, INTERCARGO; Jan Fransen, Executive…
View newsletter here. For the past week, global society has been riveted by the grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal. It has been one of the trending topics in social media with memes galore! One of my…
View newsletter here. With a not very sincere apology to the US Merchant Marine Academy which made this Latin phrase popular, I wanted to address the “actions not words” approach to the maritime industry’s plans for sustainability. As a media…
View newsletter here. It’s official: the global pandemic is one year in and counting. No one has been unaffected by the impacts of COVID, and many have tragically died. We’ve learned much in this past year about ourselves (who knew…
View the newsletter here. On January 3, 1995 I was invited to attend a banking overview of the shipping industry in New York. Being new to my job at International Marketing Strategies (thank you Jim Lawrence!), I was excited to…
View the newsletter here. As the maritime industry barrels along the pathway of sustainability, I thought it would be helpful to develop a mnemonic device to support our collective efforts for ESG. You are probably aware that a mnemonic (the…
View the newsletter here Last week saw the release of a joint study done by Harvard University in collaboration with the Universities of Birmingham and Leicester, along with University College of London. In it, they stated that in 2018 more…
View the newsletter here It is easy to get caught up bemoaning the challenges and barriers to success that crop up during these crazy days. In our industry it seems as though we are being inundated, perhaps burdened, by regulatory,…
View the newsletter here Over the holidays, I was blessed to be the Honorary Chairwoman for the Heroes at Sea fund/friend raiser to support mariners who are suffering under the crew change crisis due to COVID-19. As a result of…