Members

> 25

Founded

2022

The Diversity@Sea workstream was created to address the talent shortage and gender imbalance in the maritime industry. It includes initiatives focusing on safer and more welcoming work conditions at sea, preventing sexual misconduct, and improving pregnancy and family leave policies. The first major initiative is the Diversity@Sea pilot project, which tests co-designed solutions to improve working and living conditions at sea. Other activities include the development of a severity scale for sexual misconduct and establishing better policies for pregnancy and family leave.

Background

The first major output of Diversity@Sea was the 15 Key Pain Points for Women at Sea report, based on insights from interviews with 115 female seafarers. In the spring of 2023, a group of industry leaders and seafarers of different ranks worked together to co-design possible solutions to address the identified pain points. These solutions are currently being tested on 12 pilot vessels with the aim of determining how to make working conditions inclusive and attractive to everyone onboard. Other Diversity@Sea initiatives, including those targeting sexual misconduct and pregnancy at sea, are under development.


Members

The initiative currently comprises more than 25 member companies from the All Aboard Alliance, ranging from shipowners and ship managers to financial and corporate service companies. Of these, 12 companies are contributing one vessel each to the Diversity@Sea pilot project: Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, bp shipping, Cargill Ocean Transportation, Chevron Shipping, Diana Shipping, Dorian LPG, GasLog, Hafnia, MISC Marine, Stena Group, Synergy Marine Group, and Swire Shipping. Data collection from the pilot is conducted by the Global Maritime Forum in partnership with PsyFyi.


Impact

The 12 companies participating in the Diversity@Sea pilot have committed to having an ambitious gender balance on board, ensuring proper conditions for menstrual needs and private hygiene, providing 24/7 wi-fi access, and ensuring inclusive personal protective equipment. Additionally, the pilot is testing measures aimed at creating a more inclusive environment, freedom from abuse, harassment, and bullying, and more flexible conditions to accommodate work/life planning. The pilot's long-term ambition is to create a new set of golden standards for the maritime industry.

Meet the Diversity@Sea team

Susanne Justesen webSusanne leads the human sustainability programme, setting out to develop impactful and ambitious global standards for the safety, health, inclusion, and well-being of everyone impacted by maritime supply chains.

Susanne Justesen

Director, Human SustainabilityGlobal Maritime Forum
Susanne leads the human sustainability programme, setting out to develop impactful and ambitious global standards for the safety, health, inclusion, and well-being of everyone impacted by maritime supply chains.
Juš Javornik webJuš coordinates the Diversity@Sea pilot project, which includes 12 companies and pilot vessels and aims to improve working and living conditions at sea.

Juš Javornik

Project CoordinatorGlobal Maritime Forum
Juš coordinates the Diversity@Sea pilot project, which includes 12 companies and pilot vessels and aims to improve working and living conditions at sea.
Hana NguyenovaHana coordinates the work of the Diversity@Sea initiative, currently addressing systemic challenges like sexual misconduct and pregnancy at sea. She's also involved in our efforts to improve seafarers’ mental health and well-being.

Hana Nguyenová

Project CoordinatorGlobal Maritime Forum
Hana coordinates the work of the Diversity@Sea initiative, currently addressing systemic challenges like sexual misconduct and pregnancy at sea. She's also involved in our efforts to improve seafarers’ mental health and well-being.