Voyager Blogs

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

Shopping, SIM cards and the ‘new normal’ for seafarers

What is the true experience for seafarers working onboard ship today? We know the stats and we think we understand the challenges. Very often the…

October 19, 2022 – Voyager Blogs

Smarter money, smarter technology, hold the key to a cleaner shipping industry

Improving access to future fuels, upgrading technology onboard ship to smooth the adoption process, changes to customer behaviour and a willingne…

September 27, 2022 – Voyager Blogs

Supply chain congestion poses health risks for shipping

Living as we are in unprecedented times, it’s little surprise to read that two factors continue to heighten the risk profile for shipping and s…

September 1, 2022 – Voyager Product Announcements, Voyager Blogs

Increased voyage efficiency can’t arrive soon enough

Congestion has been a fact of life in the shipping industry for years. Neither has it always been a dirty word. For spot trading ships, a strong …

August 18, 2022 – Voyager Product Announcements, Voyager Blogs

Just grin and bear it?

First the good news. The Seafarers Happiness Index, published by the Mission to Seafarers, took a move upward in the second quarter of this year …

August 4, 2022 – Voyager Blogs

New eBooks bring nautical publications into the digital age

The delivery of navigation charts and nautical publications to ships at sea has been subject to continuous evolution, from print to online and no…

July 12, 2022 – Voyager Product Announcements, Voyager Blogs

Better technology for safer seafaring

Digitalisation is almost as close to the top of shipping industry priorities as its cousin decarbonisation. The two are inextricably linked, one …

July 6, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

Seafaring takes a look into the future

June 25 marks the international Day of the Seafarer, a celebration – depending on your point of view – of the contribution the marine industr…

June 24, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs

Is the devil in the detail of seafarer internet access?

Seafarers have won the right to mandatory internet access while at sea, under an update to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) agreed earli…

June 8, 2022 – Voyager News, Voyager Blogs