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Marine Engineer Jayne Murray
Scotswoman, Jayne Murray, shares with Women Offshore her life at sea as a marine engineer. Her inspirations and challenges reveal lessons learned from powering large ships across the globe's waters. Far from the concrete jungles of the world's metropolitan city...
Deck Cadet Sze Yi Toh
Meet Sze Yi Toh, who is currently studying at Wavelink Maritime Institute in Singapore, in the hopes of earning a Certificate in Nautical Studies. As part of the program, Sze Yi recently completed 13 months of training on board various merchant ships, visiting...
The Female Crew of the USNS Henson
From Left to Right, Chief Officer Alaina Basciano, Captain Kristen Mangold, and Second Officer Alexandra Hagerty Women make up just 2% of the maritime industry, with many ships never seeing a woman step foot on board. However, times are changing. Today, we visit a...
Second Officer Karynn Marchal
Meet Karynn Marchal from Houston, Texas. Karynn has a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation and an Associate's Degree in Maritime Administration from Texas A&M Maritime Academy at Galveston. She has worked on the water for the past 3 years and currently holds...
Senior DPO Alana Anderson
Meet Alana Anderson from San Antonio, Texas. Alana is a graduate of Texas A&M Maritime Academy at Galveston and currently holds a USCG Unlimited Chief Mate License and a dynamic positioning certificate. At the time of this writing, Alana was on tour as Senior...
Maritime Pilot, Captain Karen Nola
Meet Captain Karen Nola from Annapolis, Maryland. Karen is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York. With experience all over the world, including Antarctica, Karen has worked on the water for over twenty years and is...
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Workshops for Women in the Field
WomenOffshore has great news! Two Piers Consulting has an upcoming workshop in Houston, Texas! Our friends over at Two Piers Consulting are hosting their next workshop for women in the field and it's right around the corner! WomenOffshore is excited to showcase...
New Book: Breaking the GAS Ceiling
We have exciting news! A brand new book titled, Breaking the GAS Ceiling: Women in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry is due out soon! Breaking the GAS Ceiling: Women in the Offshore Oil & Gas industry is the result of author Rebecca Ponton’s desire to record and...
Navigate Your Career
WomenOffshore is working with leading industry experts to bring you resources for supporting career advancement! We have prepared several posts for our launch. We write about the challenges of offshore life, as well as stepping up within our careers as we grow and...
Welcome to Women Offshore
There is a pressing question among offshore and maritime industry professionals: "How do we increase the number of women in operations?" "Recruit more women!" is often the obvious answer. As a female with nearly 10 years of experience working on ships, I believe that...
Podcast
BECKY NEWDICK – SAFER WAVES ORGANIZATION, EPISODE 135
In today’s episode, Christine MacMillan speaks with Becky Newdick from Safer Waves Organization, where she founded this organization in 2019 for merchant seafarers who have experienced sexual assault, sexual harassment, or gender discrimination on board to have a...
MARINER MAX KANTOR ON BUILDING A COMMUNITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN A MALE-DOMINATED INDUSTRY – EPISODE 134
In today’s episode, Christine MacMillan speaks with mariner Max Kantor about using social media as a good way to build community, personal branding, and how to come together in a male-dominated industry. She gives great advice that we all could use! Max Kantor works...
INSPIRED BY SUCCESS IN 2022, EPISODE 133
Ally Cedeno and Christine MacMillian reflect on the 2022 year and discuss Women Offshore's impact this year. Christine has been working on the Career Development Program this past year and has made it into an incredible program. She goes into detail about her most...
SHERRI HICKMAN ON CHRISTMAS BOXES FOR MARINERS, EPISODE 132
In today’s episode, Christine MacMillian talks with Sherri Hickman, a Pilot and Captain. She goes into detail about how she helps make boxes for sailors worldwide for Seamen’s International. Christine shares that she received one of these boxes while offshore and how...
MEET THE TALENTED CHEF MICHELLE Yelovina, EPISODE 131
Today on the podcast, Ally Cedeno talks with Michelle Yelovina, a Camp Boss, and dives into what holidays are like on board. Michelle is a talented chef and shares her experience offshore cooking for crews. She goes into detail on how she makes it special for crews...
MIRIAM ANTHONY – ASSOCIATE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPIST, EPISODE 130
This episode contains content that may be alarming to some listeners, specifically assault and harassment. We advise listener and reader discretion. We do our best to hold these topics with sincerity, and we hope you’ll listen in only when you feel ready and able....
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