Way Point December 2025
This edition reflects on a busy few months of events, which highlighted that as an industry, shipping has always managed winds of change and is not one to back down when faced with complexity.
Way Point is the V. magazine. In it, you’ll find all of our latest news including recent initiatives, events we have participated in and our view on key themes across the maritime industry.
In recent editions we have focused on decarbonisation; we’ve shone a light on safety in shipping and we’ve taken an in-depth look at regions where we operate. We’ve also profiled key customers and colleagues.
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This edition reflects on a busy few months of events, which highlighted that as an industry, shipping has always managed winds of change and is not one to back down when faced with complexity.
The reality of running ships in 2025 is that margins are tight, regulations are multiplying, and finding good crew is harder than ever. This edition focuses on the the crewing challenges facing our industry in the present and future.
This edition of Way Point explores the converging paths of digitalisation and decarbonisation in depth.
This edition of Way Point focuses on the initiatives we are driving to enhance the service we provide to our customers and the progression of the maritime industry as a whole.
Recognising the central nature of shipping’s
decarbonisation transition in all of our professional
lives, we have dedicated almost all of this edition
of Way Point to delving deep into the heart of
shipping’s sustainability challenge.
We share the announcement of our new ownership, talk about our office opening in Oman, reflect on a brilliant and exciting Posidonia 2024, and catch up with Despina Theodosiou about how shipping’s digital transition is changing the way that we all operate.
In this edition, we speak to V. Chairman Graham Westgarth who celebrates the end of his tenure as President of the UK Chamber of Shipping.
V. is committed to attracting and retaining the best talent on and offshore and in this edition, we celebrate some of the people that work so hard to make our business what it is today.
At V., our vision is to be the committed partner of progress for everything at sea and in this edition, we cover some of the ways we’re supporting our customers with innovative developments and new initiatives.
Our March edition focuses on our rebrand which aims to ensure our business reflects where we are today and the
business we’re aiming to be in the
future.
This edition focuses on our strategic partnership with the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping. The Center is focused on researching new solutions for shipping and is already making great strides in finding ways to achieve a more sustainable future.
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