Voyager Blogs

Articles and features discussing the latest news and trends affecting the maritime industry as well as latest updates from Voyager Worldwide

A better class of people A better class of people

Good leadership is hard to define but as the saying goes, you know it when you see it. In Norway, leadership calls for diversity, of gender, back…

April 13, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

Be more Norway Be more Norway

Norway sets the bar high for the rest of the maritime industry when it comes to innovation, technology and investment in both. Centuries of shipp…

April 6, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

Yes we can (and so can you) Yes we can (and so can you)

Decarbonisation is on the minds of every vessel owner and operator, it is becoming increasingly important to consider digitalisation as the enabl…

March 30, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

This is going to hurt (everywhere) This is going to hurt (everywhere)

A new study by global energy and environmental consultancy Ricardo has outlined the scale of the challenge facing the shipping industry as it see…

March 23, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

Maritime training in a time of COVID Maritime training in a time of COVID

COVID-19 has impacted every area of shipping, and nowhere more severely than in training of seafarers. Maritime education and training levels hav…

February 16, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

Glasgow, we have a problem Glasgow, we have a problem

The COP26 event in Glasgow was heavy on big statements and grand commitments to achieve net zero or zero carbon emissions, with shipping strongly…

February 9, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

An optimist’s guide to digitalisation An optimist’s guide to digitalisation

The COVID pandemic brought digitalisation to the fore, forcing societies to embrace new ways of working, studying and connecting, adopting digita…

January 26, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

Navigating a new course with ECDIS Navigating a new course with ECDIS

ECDIS is everywhere, but training and regulation have yet to catch up with its ubiquity onboard ship, meaning that mariners may not make the best…

January 20, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

A Happy New Year? You Never Know A Happy New Year? You Never Know

Shipping markets are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get. You might end up with toothache or get a massive sugar r…

January 13, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs