The theme of the World Maritime Day 2019 was “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community”. Therefore, there were various initiatives drawing attention to women’s situation in the industry – conferences, workshops, media campaigns. Gdansk Business Incubator STARTER has begun to implement the project “Kobiety też budują statki” (‘Women Build Ships Too’) whose purpose is to support their professional development or entrepreneurial mindsets. Thanks to the support of the City of Gdańsk, STARTER has organized workshops which improve women’s managerial skills, created a database of female experts in this field and supported teachers when it comes to teaching business in the context of maritime industries (and encouraging girls to take up studies has been conducting. We conducted a study, whose goal was to obtain information about the conditions of their work and the unique character of them moving up the career ladder. This year we will continue our journey with a mentoring program for students and employees, further workshops and strengthening our community.