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Blank Rome associate Holli B. Packer will serve as a panelist at SAFETY4SEA’s <a href="https://crewwelfareweek.com/">2024 Crew Welfare Week</a>, being held June 25 through 27, 2024, as a virtual event.

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Seafarers are the backbone of the shipping industry, moving goods in across the entire globe, while facing all sorts of conditions miles away from shore. Ensuring their welfare is the least the maritime industry, and humanity in general, can do. Warranting that the people who operate ships have the best working and living conditions possible is crucial for the integrity of the maritime industry, and global supply chains.

Crew welfare is not a given, it is an active process that should be a priority, especially if stakeholders hope to attract and retain seafarers by making the onboard working environment a more attractive place. If the industry strives to adapt to the radical change that alternative fuels and decarbonization are bound to bring, ensuring that its workforce is properly treated and trained is one of the best places to start.

Holli’s session, “Women at Sea,” will take place on Thursday, June 27, from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. EDT.

The industry is actively taking steps to promote the recruitment, retention, and long-term employment of women in the maritime sector, as well as to elevate the visibility of women within maritime roles. The panel will discuss:

Addressing women’s needs onboard and ashore: best practices to move forward

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How to support diversity, equity &amp; inclusion and raise awareness

Key strategies to make women feel safe and able to develop onboard

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Moderator: Nicola Good, External Communications Director, Lloyd’s Register

Alison Cusack, Principal Lawyer, Cusack and Co

Holli B. Packer, Associate, Blank Rome LLP

Sue Terpilowski, Equity Index Lead, Women in Transport

To learn more, please visit the&nbsp;<a href="https://crewwelfareweek.com/">event website</a>.

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