Barbara Massing

Barbara Massing ( 31 May 1960 – 27 March 2017) was a German sea captain. She sailed on fourth-generation container ships and was one of the very few female captains in the world during her time. Massing was a nautical member of the Haus Seefahrt in Bremen. In 2004, she became the first woman to take part in the traditional Bremen Schaffermahlzeit, an annual banquet where its history dates back to 1545.