by Andrew Zimmerman | Apr 4, 2018 | Blog, Early Wave Makers, Featured Sea Stories |
In my first article for Women Offshore, I featured a fellow Kings Point graduate in Captain Mary Parker Converse. After going back and forth on who to write the next article about, I kept coming back to my time spent at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the woman...
by Women Offshore | Apr 3, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
Destined for adventure and travel, Sara Belboukhari from Morocco became an officer on a containership. Below, she shares with Women Offshore, a glimpse of her life since graduating last year and how she is known as the “iron hand in a velvet glove.” Meet...
by Women Offshore | Mar 28, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
Today, we are pleased to introduce the first woman to crack the glass ceiling in Thailand, as an offshore helicopter pilot.Meet Chatuphorn (Pao) Phuangchingngam from Bangkok, Thailand. Pao has a B.A. in Business English from Rajabhat Suan Dusit University and a...
by Women Offshore | Mar 21, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
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...
by Women Offshore | Mar 13, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
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...
by Women Offshore | Mar 6, 2018 | Featured Sea Stories |
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...
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