SeaWanderer is an independent maritime news platform covering global shipping, ports, offshore energy and marine technology. We publish daily industry news, official regulatory updates and market insight for the people who keep world trade moving — seafarers, shipyard engineers, fleet operators, port authorities and the companies that serve them.

Roughly 90 per cent of world trade travels by sea, and the industry that carries it changes faster than most people outside it realise. Decarbonisation targets, alternative fuels, autonomous systems and new cyber regulation are reshaping how ships are designed, crewed and operated. SeaWanderer follows those changes as they happen.

Our newsroom is organised around the sectors that matter to maritime professionals:

• Maritime — merchant navy, passenger fleet, fishing sector and naval operations
• Offshore — oil and gas, subsea technology and offshore support
• Renewables — offshore wind, tidal and marine energy projects
• Shipbuilding — newbuilds, naval shipbuilding and yard deliveries
• Technology — autonomous shipping, digitalisation, cyber security and innovation
• Arctic & Antarctic — polar shipping, research missions and high-latitude operations
• General — ports, business, ecology, safety and regulation across the industry
• Articles — longer analytical pieces on the questions the industry is still arguing about

A news story tells you what happened. Maritime professionals also need to know what to do about it — which is why SeaWanderer is built as a platform rather than a headline feed.

E-learning. Access to online training on the regulatory and technical subjects that affect certification and compliance, from alternative fuels to maritime cyber security.

Maritime library. A reference collection of industry documents, regulatory texts and technical material, gathered in one place.

Careers. Vacancies for seafarers, shore staff and shipyard specialists, published alongside the news that shapes those roles.

SeaWanderer is editorially independent. We are not owned by a shipping line, a class society, a shipyard or an equipment manufacturer, and no advertiser has influence over what we publish or how we report it.

Our reporting draws on primary sources: company announcements, regulatory publications from the IMO and flag administrations, class society guidance, accident investigation reports and direct contact with the organisations involved. Where a story rests on a single claim, we say so. Where we get something wrong, we correct it and mark the correction on the page.

Advertising and sponsored content are clearly labelled and kept separate from editorial coverage.

SeaWanderer has published maritime news since 2018. The platform was created by Maritime.Studio and grew out of the company’s work in maritime training — the same industry knowledge that shapes our courses shapes what we consider worth reporting.

The newsroom has moved with the people who run it. SeaWanderer was founded in Odesa, Ukraine, later operated from Tallinn, Estonia, and is today published from Ålesund, Norway. Our contributors continue to work across Europe.

That history explains some of our coverage. We report on the war at sea because it reached our own newsroom, and we cover maritime training and competence because building it is what we do the rest of the time.

We welcome story tips, press releases, corrections and partnership enquiries. Use the address that matches what you need, or write through our contact page.

• Editorial, news tips and corrections — the newsroom address on our contact page
• Advertising and partnerships — the marketing address on our contact page