From Our Marine Products Dept:”More Women Than Ever Are Making Decisions In Marine Industry”

Historically marine industries have been significantly male dominated but one business in Rotherham is bucking the trend. Martek Marine, who employ more than 60 staff, now boast a leadership team which is made up of 75% women. The business, which launched in 1999, serves 80 different countries and women currently make up 45% of their entire workforce.
During 2016 both the BBC and BHP Billiton took steps to ensure that moving forward women make up 50% of their workforce. While in the marine industry several attempts have been made in recent years to try to increase the number of women in the industry.
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Representation Image – Credits: ISWAN Videos/YouTube
In 2014 The World Maritime University (WMU) and IMO published a book to highlight the achievements of women in the maritime sector, concluding the maritime industry needs more women, particularly in leadership roles.
A year later the IMO launched the video “Making Waves: women leaders in the maritime world” in support of International Women’s Day 2015. The video reports on continuing efforts by IMO and the World Maritime University (WMU) to promote the advancement of women in shipping.
Also in 2015 The International Transport Workers’ Federation estimated that only 2% of the world’s maritime workforce is made up of women but for Martek this is not something that has proven to be a problem at all.
Paul Luen, CEO of Martek Marine said: “Here at Martek we see gender as completely irrelevant, it is just about the best people for the job.
“As we have evolved it just so happens that the most talented, energetic, highest performing managers that embrace our culture and unite in pursuit of our mission are female.”
Marketing manager Charlie Whyman added: “The industry is most certainly changing, not only here at Martek, but as a whole. A lack of women was historically seen as a problem and potentially put other women off taking up roles. Now there are not only more women working across maritime businesses but also helping run them which can only be good for the industry.
“Men and women have very different viewpoints and ideas so the gender diverse workforce here enables better problem solving and discussion which ultimately leads to superior performance of the business.”
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