Women’s shipping association celebrates 50th anniversary in Limassol

Some 400 women in shipping from 40 different countries are participating in the 50th Anniversary World Congress of the Women’s International Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA International), which started on Thursday in Limassol.

The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, in his opening address to the Conference expressed his satisfaction that the Cypriot Government, as he said, is strengthening the role of women in shipping through specific actions.