PIL is pleased to join in the celebration on 18 May 2022 to mark the inaugural International Day for Women in Maritime.
At PIL, we are committed to supporting our women to pursue exciting and meaningful careers in maritime. Our competent ladies fulfil a wide range of responsibilities, from being the Chief Commercial Officer, heads of corporate functions such as HR, Legal, Risk Management, leaders of teams at Fleet, Line Management, Marine Operations, Logistics, to our subsidiaries at PIL Logistics, Mariana Express Lines, as well as our overseas offices and agencies.
As a salute to all the women in PIL, we have collated the images of our “lady warriors” who work in our shore-based offices in Singapore, Asia, China, Africa, Middle East, Latin America and others.
We also wish to pay special tribute to our lady seafarers, for being part of our seafaring team who braves and rides through waves and storms to enable PIL to fulfil its mission as a container shipping line ranked 12th in the world.
We feature here two of our lady seafarers:
Second Officer Christina Tan Shi Hui
Second Officer Christina Tan, Singaporean, is currently working on Kota Jaya. When asked why she chose to pursue a career in seafaring, Christina said that her cousins had encouraged her to do seafaring, as her sister was also then in seafaring. Seeing how her sister was thriving in her career, Christina decided to follow in her sister’s footsteps.
After joining as a seafarer, Christina soon realised that it was challenging being a lady seafarer as there were times she needed to scale heights and lift heavy weights. Fortunately, seafaring requires good teamwork, and Christina found that her fellow colleagues were always very willing to offer a helping hand. Christina commented, “This may be a male dominated industry but there are definitely more female seafarers joining the seafaring industry now. I am confident that there will be more opportunities for female officers to progress in their seafaring career, and later on, to have smooth transitions to shore-based careers.”
4th Engineer-designate Siti Ainul Nellisa Binte Mohamad
4th Engineer-designate Siti Ainul Nellisa Binte Mohamad, Singaporean, had passed her Certificate of Competency Class 5 promotion assessment. She is currently waiting for her next assignment to join a vessel, and she is slated to be promoted to 4th Engineer in a few months’ time.
Nellisa had started out working in business, and soon found her calling in seafaring. Since joining seafaring training a few years ago, Nellisa had discovered the joy of pursuing an engineering career on board vessels. She said that while working in business and marketing, she found that she preferred work which required her to be more hands-on. As maritime had been her other passion when she was a child, she decided to give seafaring a go, and so far, she has no regrets.
To PIL’s lady seafarers, we thank you for your contributions to PIL and the maritime sector. Wishing you smooth journeys and fruitful careers!
Looking ahead, PIL’s women workforce will continue to contribute significantly to PIL as we aim to drive connectivity and grow to become a sustainable shipping line. We pledge to continue to train, recognise and support a “barrier-free working environment” for women to empower them to gain visibility and success in PIL and in the maritime sector.
