MARITIME CHRONICLES
A CHRONICLE FOR OUR CHRONICLES
It is said that "...a person who reads lives a thousand lives before he dies", and I could not agree more. Every time we read a text, from an informative column in the press to a fiction novel, inevitably, the imagination is activated and for a moment, we forget the physical place that surrounds us to open ourselves to new experiences and adventures, creating a jealous private space between reading and our emotions.
PORT PLANNING AND POLICY: TWO FEMININE CONCEPTS
First of all, I would like to thank Red MAMLa for the kind invitation to write a text related to current maritime, port, logistics or gender and diversity issues in the sector. I accepted the invitation, because the feminism preached, as far as I know, by MAMLa, is not an exclusive or revanchist feminism and it does seek the vindication of the role of women and supports their active insertion, in conditions of equality, in the maritime and port sector. And why is such an outcry important?
WOMEN, LATIN AMERICA, SEAPORTS AND ME
When I received the assignment from the MAMla network, through my friend and great professional Elvia Bustavino, to collaborate with their Chronicles, I was thinking and I asked myself: Should you give your vision on the situation of gender equality/inequality in the Latin American port sector?... and my first answer was categorical: NO.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A WAY OF LIFE
During my 30 years of service as an Officer in the Chilean Navy, I was prepared to perform my duty with the highest efficiency in my operational and/or administrative position, regardless of the condition or circumstances in which I found myself. This allowed me to be part of a human team subjected to a continuous system of intellectual and operative professional preparation.