Welcome to WISTA Italia

WISTA Italy was founded in Genoa on 1994 out of the will of five founding members, all strongly involved within the Italian shipping industry.

The constitution of the Association follows all the requirements for entering WISTA International, a world wide organization that associates about 850 members in 32 countries all around the world.

WISTA – Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association – as well stated in the name, links women that targeted the Sea and the Trading connected to Sea as their job and often their own philosophy of life.

WISTA Italy’s mission is to go deeper in the knowledge of the Members’ working activities, and the area of interest in which they work, throughout the exchange of information, idea and contacts that shall enlarge the horizon to all the Shipping Professions.

Wista also aims to promote the working co-operation between the Members, who are guaranteed to find within the colleagues a prompt and active reply to the request of their own Company.

A second, but not less important, target is to support women in entering the Shipping Professional world, namely throughout professional education and qualification.

Education is granted with monthly based seminars, debates and meetings on high relevance themes always connected to the Shipping world.

WISTA ITALIA Sede Legale c/o Accademia Italiana Marina Mercantile - Via Oderico, 10 Genoa SEDE OPERATIVA c/o Pilade Giani srl - Via Sansoni, 9/11 57125 Livorno - tel: +39 0586 891103 Fax: + 39 0586 896568 Email: wista.italia@libero.it

D.ssa Maria Vittoria Tei