MAERSK GENDER DIVERSITY
Pushing gender diversity: Maersk transforms Chennai warehouse into all-women operated facility
Maersk has transformed its Chennai warehouse into a women-operated facility, marking a significant step towards diversity and inclusion. This initiative, inspired by the success of a similar facility in Dadri, will increase women's representation at the Chennai CFS from 3% to 13%.
Turning the tide: How Maersk is steering diversity and shattering gender stereotypes in the marine, logistics industry
Vikash Agarwal, Managing Director - South Asia at Maersk, talks about how Maersk is adopting a bottom-up approach to accelerating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the male-dominated logistics and maritime industry. Women, for example, make up only 0.5% of the total Indian seafarers. By launching India¡¯s first women seafarer¡¯s cadet programme in early 2022, Maersk aims to significantly increase the number of women among the fresh cadets inducted from a baseline of 7.6% in 2021 to 50% by 2027.
New Maersk warehouse run by women begins operations in Uttar Pradesh
The journey began in January 2022 when the existing team at the Dadri CFS started having a dialogue with local contracting agencies to build a case for women to be trained and offered employment in the upcoming new warehouse.
Change in attitude of sailors and society must to put more women on ships: Maersk¡¯s Niels Bruus
The biggest challenge is the perspective of men on board, who are not accustomed to working with women in a ship. To change that Maersk says by 2027, it aims to have equal distribution between women and men in cadet intake from India.
A.P. Moller ¨C Maersk announces India¡¯s first Women Seafarers¡¯ Cadet Programme
By 2027, Maersk aims to increase the proportion of women among the fresh cadets inducted to 50% from a baseline of 7.6% in 2021.
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