You are meeting 8 shipping business women who attended the Women's International Shipping and Trading Association, WISTA International AGM & Conference in Istanbul, Turkey October, 7-10, 2015.

In the 18th episode of the Shipping Podcast, Jeanne Grasso is in the hot seat. Jeanne is a maritime lawyer and Partner at Blank Rome LLP in Washington DC. She was just listed as number 4 of the Top 10 Lawyers 2015 named by Lloyd's List recently.

Jeanne works with the regulatory side of shipping and she sees a very busy future with all the new legislation showering the shipping industry.

We have a really nice chat about the benefits of being a member of WISTA, why organisations benefit from having they employees as members of WISTA and of course the fact that WISTA USA I hosting the 2016 WISTA International AGM & Conference onboard the Holland America Line new Cruise Ship KONINGSDAM in November.

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