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OUT & ABOUT<br />
A high time on the high seas<br />
The Women in Maritime cruise-ship<br />
luncheon gathered industry figures to eat,<br />
drink and discuss diversity<br />
Third officers from Pacific Explorer with officials from<br />
Carnival Australia and the Nautical Institute<br />
SEAFARERS GATHERED ON P&O CRUISE’S PACIFIC<br />
Explorer while it was berthed at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger<br />
Terminal to eat, drink and discuss how to encourage more<br />
diversity in the maritime workforce.<br />
The event started in the ship’s “Blue Room”, where guests were<br />
treated to champagne and canapés, and old friends caught up.<br />
Then, guests were directed to the restaurant where they were<br />
served a gourmet lunch and a four-woman panel discussed<br />
impediments to women entering the seafaring workforce – only<br />
2% of the world’s seafarers are female, they said.<br />
A group of third officers who are working on the Pacific<br />
Explorer were in attendance; they are participating in a<br />
Carnival Australia program that provides a path for young<br />
people to become deck officers.<br />
The luncheon was organised by the Nautical Institute under<br />
its Women in Maritime Initiative. The major sponsor of the<br />
luncheon was Carnival Australia and P&O Cruises, and the Port<br />
Authority of New South Wales was the partnering sponsor.<br />
Adrienne Cahalan, Janine Liang and Alexis Cahalan<br />
The panel: Justine O’Connell, Holly Saunders, Melissa Yates<br />
and Jeanine Drummond<br />
Friends caught up over bubbles<br />
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First published in 1891<br />
July 2018<br />
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