LASO signs MoU with YoungShip Sri Lanka to enhance role of youth in shipping and maritime

From left: LASO Treasurer Anushka Weeraratne, LASO General Secretary Keshani Jayasekara, LASO Vice President Shanil Perera, LASO President Surindha de Abrew, YoungShip Chairman Rishantha Mendis, YoungShip Secretary Nirmal Dissanayake, YoungShip Exco Member Shehan Perera and YoungShip Immediate Past Chair Jehan Rodrigo

In a bold move to further improve the standards of the maritime and shipping industry in Sri Lanka, Lanka Association of Ship Owners (LASO) has signed an MoU with YoungShip Sri Lanka.
The move 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 owners to the world, LASO signed the MoU to support YoungShip Sri Lanka, a non-profit organisation founded with the mission to support the young members of the maritime and shipping industry to help represent themselves as the premiere youth forum of the LASO organisation in Sri Lanka.
The collaboration between LASO and YoungShip provides opportunities for knowledge sharing between the youth and experienced professionals and event planning and organisation and engagement in critical projects related to the maritime and shipping industry. 
The partnership is expected to ensure that the younger leadership can leverage innovation, creativity, technology and fresh perspectives to inject a brand-new thought pattern to further the ongoing established processes to improve the industry’s current best practices.