Overcoming the challenges women seafarers face

They constitute only 2 per cent of the total number of seafarers sailing the high seas; new booklet published on building and maintaining gender diversity on board merchant ships

Published Tue, Feb 13, 2018 · 09:50 PM

Strait Talk

IN November 2016 International Maritime Organization IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim presented the master of an oil tanker with the 2016 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea.

The award of the highest IMO bravery recognition was for saving the lives of seven fishermen from a sinking fishing boat during a severe storm in the Bay of Bengal in June 2015.

The master was nominated for the award by the government of India, for great determination and courage in leading a difficult rescue operation to save all seven fishermen from the boat Durgamma. The boat was adrift following engine failure and loss of anchor in severe weather. Food and water had been washed away and they were surviving on ice from the cold storage.

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