BIMCO's first woman President,Sadan Kaptanoglu,steps into one of the leading positions in the shipping world in June 2019.She points to chance-in a variety of forms-as a top priority for the organisation during her time at the top.
"Tha changing world we see now is not what we are used to.This change is radical and dramatic,and we must stop resisting it and insteand embrace the change,"says Sadan Kaptanoglu,CEO of the family-owned Kaptanoglu Group.
Kaptanoglu is one expression of a much-needed development in shipping:more women in management-an important topic to her.
"The number of women in high-ranking positions at shipping companies is growing.There are more women shipowners than we think. Diversity in management will help shipping when we have embraced that change,"she says.
The President Designate has shipping in her blood;she is the head of the Kaptanoglu Group,one of Turkey's most prominent shipping companies,which can trace its origins back more than 100 years.Today,the group owns a fleet of tankers,a shipyard with 1300 workers,as well as ship management,chartering and agency service businesses.
The encironmental agenda,economic uncertainty and-in particular-the implementation of the 2020 sulphur rules are,in her view,the other top issues the industry must face,and she sees the coming years as a complex storm of problems the sector needs to navigate.
"As BIMCO President Designate,and as a private person,I am convinced that we should do everything in our power to stop climate change,"Kaptanoglu says.
"Some shipowners want everything to go the way it used to be.Sometimes,we all feel that way,and then reality hits us.We know the world is changing,and the same applies to shipping."
"At the same time,"she says,"it is critical that the industry keeps doing its job for the world economy."
Source:BIMCO
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