Women's International Shipping & Trading Association

The Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA International) and BIMCO, the global trade association whose members represent 64% of the world’s tonnage, have signed a Memorandum […]

No More Excuses: Upgraded Speaker Bureau Connects Maritime Events with 450+ Women Experts Over 180 speaker enquiries received and nearly 450 women speakers registered worldwide (08 October […]

Anticipation for sold out 2025 WISTA AGM & Conference builds as full programme revealed The 2025 WISTA AGM and Conference will be the biggest WISTA International event […]

WISTA International are pleased to share the findings from the IMO-WISTA Women in Maritime Survey 2024. The second Women in Maritime survey, jointly published by the International […]

Sustainable shipping and successes in diversity took centre stage at the inaugural WISTA India ExCo Conference in Mumbai, which coincided with the first WISTA International Mid-Term Meeting […]

For the first time in history, the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) International Board will hold its mid-term meeting in India. This landmark event underscores […]

Join us for the Self-Promotion and Building Self-Confidence workshop on Thursday 13 March. This interactive online training session, organised by Norton Rose Fulbright’s Women in Maritime Network, will […]

Recorded during the WISTA International AGM & Conference, the Lloyds List’s Podcast ‘Why are we still talking about diversity?’ features our President Elpi Petraki, International Maritime Organization […]

WISTA International AGM and Conference 2024, which took place 9–11 October in Limassol, Cyprus, marked the association’s 50th anniversary with a memorable programme, three new national associations, […]

Last week, WISTA International President Elpi Petraki attended the Saudi Maritime & Logistics Congress which was hugely insightful. With its Saudi Vision 2030, it is apparent that the Kingdom […]