1812
John Lilley & Son starts in London manufacturing nautical instruments.
1885
Wilson & Gillie founded in North Shields as Admiralty Chart Agents.
1913
John Lilley & Son and Wilson and Gillie merge to create John Lilley and Gillie.
1923
Bader and Hornig founded in Hamburg to provide charts to shipping companies. Later known as HanseNautic.
1951
Dubois Phillips McCallum (DPM) founded in the port of Liverpool. Later acquired by Harrison Group.
1956
Cornes Charts established in Yokohama.
1978
Thomas Gunn Navigation Services (TGNS) founded in Aberdeen to provide compass adjusting services in the North Sea.
1990
DPM founded in Singapore as a JV between Harrison Group and Wallem Ship Mgmt.
1996
Poly Thomas Gunn founded in Athens as a JV between the Poly family and TGNS.
Nov 2012
Global Navigation Solutions (GNS) formed from the merger of TGNS, DPM, HanseNautic and John Lilley and Gillie.
July 2019
Cornes Group acquires Safe Navigation.
Dec 2019
Cornes Group acquires GNS.
July 2020
Cornes, Safe Navigation and GNS merge to form Voyager Worldwide.
Nov 2023
Merger of Voyager Worldwide and NAVTOR.
