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Pro? le nology. On the commercial side, you can watch an idea for a In a nutshell, WISTA and Ness contacted Lean In offering to vessel start on a piece of scratch paper and a couple of years provide accurate images to replace the ones in the collection later the actual vessel sailing away from the yard.” and they instead made an even better offer, to partner us with

One of Caitlin’s current roles at Foss has been to support the photographer Tom Barwick. The ? rst two shoots went live sister company TOTE in building the ? rst LNG Bunker Barge on their websites and received a lot of attention. “What set in North America. The vessel will bunker TOTE’s new Marlin these images apart, even though they might look normal to class LNG containerships and furthers the commitment of the you or me, is that they were taken in places the average person

Saltchuk companies to environmental stewardship. But, it’s not doesn’t have access to. And, we were able to begin building just business as usual, Ness explains. “This project has been a a collection to start showing young people what our everyday lot different than traditional new builds because of how closely work lives look like, said Ness, adding, “The project is ongo- the shipyard, naval architect, owner, and vendors have worked ing as we continue to look for interesting places to photograph together to bring solutions to the table as items have changed. a day’s work in various areas of maritime.”

Being on the ground ? oor as rules and regulations are drafted For all that her efforts provide for WISTA, Ness says that with ABS and US Coast Guard is also an unusual opportunity.” she gets much more back in return. Over time, and through

WISTA, Ness has gained access to members across the world

WISTA’s Window on the World which, in time, have also become mentors and friends. “I don’t

As a member of the Women’s International Shipping & Trad- think many organizations promote looking up fellow members ing Association WISTA and its National Marketing Committee, while traveling, but I know that I can travel to over 30 countries

Ness wears many hats outside her day job. One of the key vi- in the world, and that there will be a WISTA ‘Sistah’ happy to sions of WISTA is to attract highly quali? ed people to the mari- grab a cup of coffee or dinner. It is incredibly enlightening to time industry – a mission that Ness embraces enthusiastically. “I have a global network of that nature.” And, note Ness, one of see the Marketing Committee for WISTA as being a conduit for the unique aspects to WISTA is that it’s not just focused on promoting the exciting type of work that we get to do on a daily naval architecture or admiralty law, but instead encompasses a basis to show those outside of our industry. Earlier this year we group that covers operations, insurance, education, law, engi- collaborated with Getty Images and Lean In (Sheryl Sandburg’s neering, regulatory issues and dozens of other disciplines. Next organization of Facebook fame). Lean In had launched a col- year, for example, the U.S. chapter is hosting the International lection of photos to more accurately portray the workplace, but Conference on board the MS Koningsdam out of Port Ever- the images related to maritime did not represent our industry.” glades. “The opportunity to pool that level of international tal-

Caitlin Ness (left) in the ? eld at work.

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