From left: YoungShip Treasurer Prashan Fernando, YoungShip Secretary Nirmal Dissanayake, YoungShip Vice Chair Maleena Awn, YoungShip Chairman Rishantha Mendis, SLSSA Chairman J.M. Faiz, SLSSA Secretary T.I.C. Fernando, SLSSA Board Member Deepika Wijesuriya, SLSSA Board Member Kadir Ishak and Sridharan Velautham of SLSSA

In a bold move to further improve the standards of the maritime and shipping industry in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lanka Ship Suppliers Association (SLSSA) has signed a key initiative with YoungShip Sri Lanka.

It signifies the two organisations’ commitment to working towards advancing the future of the industry by creating a younger, more inclusive and collaborative professional atmosphere that allows young maritime professionals to actively participate in the industry early on in their careers by providing a range of professional hand-on experience and training opportunities.
Recognised as the apex organisation that represents the Sri Lankan ship suppliers to the world, the SLSSA signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support YoungShip Sri Lanka, a non-profit organisation founded with the mission to support young members of the maritime and shipping industry, to help represent themselves as the premiere youth forum of the SLSSA organisation in Sri Lanka.

The collaboration between the SLSSA and YoungShip provides opportunities for knowledge sharing between youth and experienced professionals, event planning and organisation and engagement in critical projects related to the maritime and shipping industry. The partnership is expected to ensure that younger leadership can leverage innovation, creativity, technology and fresh perspectives to inject a brand-new thought pattern to further ongoing established processes to improve the industry’s current best practices.