Event: Crew Connect Manila
Last week, SSI CEO Ellie Besley-Gould joined Seatrade Maritime Crew Connect Global. From the stage, SSI launched From Welfare to Risk: Tracing the Evidence for Insurers, Investors and Lenders, alongside Capt Yves Vandenborn FNI of NorthStandard and Robert John Landero.
Webinar: Navigating the Ocean
The Caribbean is ready and willing to lead the global shipping conversation at the ocean-climate nexus, and the world should both listen intently and actively support them.
JD Carlton, SSI’s Ocean Health Lead, shared this takeaway from the Caribbean Shipping Lanes (CSL) webinar he participated in: “Navigating the Ocean: The Nexus between Climate and Shipping in the Caribbean.”
On the Move: SSI in Rotterdam
SSI’s CEO, Ellie Besley-Gould and Head of Energy Transition, Emma Kemp, were in Rotterdam to meet representatives from port operations, as well as a number of organisations working in maritime decarbonisation on the policy side.
Event: Seafarers’ Rights - What’s Working, What’s Not, What’s Next
SSI CEO, Ellie Besley-Gould, joined a panel in Manila to speak on the impact of the Code of Conduct and how the industry has moved in the five years since its publication.
Report: From Welfare to Risk
Developed alongside leading P&I clubs, marine insurers, lenders and investors, it shows that for fatigue, mental health and psychological safety, the link is already clear, and that the industry can act now without waiting for more data.
Event: SSI in Singapore
The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) convened a roundtable in Singapore, hosted by RightShip, bringing together charterers and insurers to explore a central question: could seafarer welfare, made visible and verifiable at the vessel level, be useful enough to change commercial decisions?
Event: SSI at IUMI 2026
SSI’s CEO Ellie Besley-Gould joined a panel at the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) 2026 annual conference in Rotterdam. She was joined by Sean Dalton of Munich Re, IUMI Vice President and incoming President, and SSI member rep Ben Bailey, Director of Programme at The Mission to Seafarers. Pauline des Vallières, Chair of the IUMI Sustainability Working Group, moderated the session.
Event: Financing the Maritime Energy Transition | Marine Money Asia
The energy transition in shipping is not waiting for perfect conditions. That was the clearest message from the panel SSI's CEO Ellie Besley-Gould moderated at Marine Money Week Asia last week.
