Voyager News

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

Riding the connectivity wave from tradition to innovation

Based on his huge influence on communications, inventor of the radio Guglielmo Marconi founded two main companies in maritime radio, Societa’ I…

May 23, 2018 – Voyager News

GNS wins contract to supply navigation chart data to SolstadFarstad vessels

Norway-based offshore operator joins list of leading companies choosing a GNS Bundle solution that delivers fixed cost on a per-vessel basis. LON…

May 16, 2018 – Voyager News

Closing the gaps between people and machines

The airline industry is often held up as an exemplar for maritime to follow with its greater standardisation, tighter risk control and more effic…

May 9, 2018 – Voyager News

Shipowners, mariners and social media

The trouble with initiatives around improving the working lives of mariners is that, as Tradewinds Editor Julian Bray observed to the second Well…

April 18, 2018 – Voyager News

Industry searches for clear vision on 2020 sulfur cap

The topic of the hour: Autonomous ships? Digital Disruption? No, it’s the 2020 sulfur cap. The date itself is more like the start of the conver…

April 3, 2018 – Voyager News

Investing in seafarer wellness for safety and business sense

Despite the attention paid to technology, a ship’s most valuable asset remains its crew. This truism overlooks the fact that until recently, th…

March 27, 2018 – Voyager News

Consolidate the positive

Consolidation has traditionally been a bit of a chimera to the shipping industry. Many demand it, some advocate for it and a few drive it, but wh…

February 13, 2018 – Voyager News

Is data the key to future regulation?

Another year, another regulatory milestone. Unless shipowners have been living in oblivion for the last couple of years they cannot have avoided …

January 31, 2018 – Voyager News

Five technology trends to watch for in 2018

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, the great Mark Twain remarked, it is time to pause and reflect. The New Year seems the p…

January 16, 2018 – Voyager News