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

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 – Ειδήσεις

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 – Ειδήσεις

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 – Ειδήσεις

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 – Ειδήσεις

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 – Ειδήσεις

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 – Ειδήσεις

Northern Sea Route Best Practices as issued by the OCIMF

The OCIMF have issued the latest best practice notes for Northern Sea routes.  The paper highlights the challenges and best practices that ship …

January 16, 2018 – Ειδήσεις

The worst is over, is the best yet to come?

Shipping industry analysts seem to agree that the end of 2017 marks the passing of an era: a near decade of recession in the major shipping marke…

December 27, 2017 – Ειδήσεις

A Cyber Christmas or a Hacky New Year?

There are two types of company, former CISCO CEO John Chambers said; those that have been hacked and those who don’t yet know they’ve been ha…

December 19, 2017 – Ειδήσεις