FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin V. Group (V.) and International Seaways, Inc. have entered the second year of their female cadet programme, a joint initiative designed to address the maritime industry’s growing skills shortage by promoting greater female participation and representation in sea-based careers. In light of the International Day for Women in Maritime, celebrated annually on 18 May, the companies revealed that the programme’s first year produced a range of key insights from cadets at sea. It was structured around an initial risk assessment of the onboard environment, including crew accommodation, onboard facilities and voyage logistics. RelatedNews Signal: Global seaborne coal flows increased by 6% y/y in April Women in Maritime Watch: How can the industry advance gender equality? var jnews_module_21373064_0_6a0ae97fb9312 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21373064","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2520,3613,1567,3863,1582,2424","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"