Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) - Sri Lanka arranged a panel discussion on “National Maritime Policy & way forward” following their Annual General Meeting held at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce on July 13, 2017.
The aim of the discussion was to discuss the views of the members to make submission to the Ministry of Ports & Shipping in formulation of a Maritime Policy to support the current Business model.
The Panel featured Tania Polonnowita Wettimuny, Immediate Chairperson of Sri Lanka Logistics & Freight Forwarders Association, Gayani De Alwis – Vice Chairperson CILT, Catriona Jayasundera, General Manager – Marketing & Commercial & Aparna Thilakaratne, Chief Law Officer Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
The discussion was moderated by Anoma Ranasinghe, Chairperson Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (UK) – Sri Lanka Branch.
The four panelists focused on areas of Port & terminal outlook, providing of Ancillary Services, Multimodal Transport for sustainable development, role of Supply Chain for a dynamic Maritime policy & legal constraints hindering an effective policy.
All panelists stressed the importance of the need to revise the shipping policy and have a sustainable policy in place.
Having a state-of-the-Art infra structure to meet the demand of port users, Requirement of right facilities for value additions & ancillary services, having a Public/Private partnership business model; overcoming the challenges faced by multimodal transport operators to be competitive, Terminalization of Supply chain to optimize terminal capacity and to increase throughput , having quality Human Capital and focus more on Training & Skills Development , introducing Maritime & Logistics in to school curricula & simplification of current legislation, policy & procedures. for ease of business.
The Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) – Sri Lanka, was launched on July 3, 2014 in Sri Lanka.
WISTA is an international networking organization for women at management level in maritime, transportation, business and related trades and, is acknowledged as a professional and highly reputable shipping organization.
WISTA has over 18,000 members in 33 countries. Swabha Wickramasinghe was elected as the new President of WISTA Sri Lanka.
For more details could be obtained from www.wista.net and http://ift.tt/2v2umtr
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