Women in Port Management
From 10 to 21
June inclusive,
the 21-st International Seminar "Women
in Port
Management" was held
in the port of Le Havre,
France, sponsored by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and HAROPA PORT.
The seminar was hosted
by the Port Institute
of Education and Research
of the EM Normandie Business
School (IPER –
EM Normandie).
31 women
from 29
countries from 5
continents took part
in the
seminar, including Lika
Tsenteradze, Head of the Administrative Department of
Batumi Sea Port Ltd,
from Georgia.
During the course, the seminar
participants got acquainted with
a series of lectures organized
by representatives of HAROPA
PORT on
various port topics,
listened to production, operational,
administrative and managerial aspects.
During two weeks, the seminar
participants not only
completed each course,
but also
got acquainted on the spot
with the operation process of
the terminals located in
the port and the structure
of the port.
It should be noted , that
the main discussion topic
of the seminar was devoted
to raising awareness of women in
the maritime industry, which
aims to
support the necessary work
to eliminate
gender imbalance, promote
women's employment in
the maritime sector, increase
their role,
as well
as strengthen IMO's commitment
to the UN Sustainable Development
Goal V
– gender
equality.
Along with practical and
theoretical experience, the ladies introduced
each other
to the historical and cultural traditions
of their country and
industry experience in
their field
of activity. Another chain
of cooperation and friendship
has been connected.
Brief information about "HAROPA PORT"
As on today, the HAROPA PORT is considered
as logistics center the No.
1 in France,
at the
same time, it is among the
top 20
ports in the world in terms of cargo
transportation.
It is a collaboration of the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, has a multimodal management system, which involves the provision of services in many industries, the creation of a convenient port infrastructure system, which helps to meet the specific requirements of each category of port transportation.
