About Fairplay

Fairplay is the international shipping weekly. That is what we say on our front cover and that is what drives our editorial team of staff and correspondents worldwide. Focusing on topics with an international importance, we aim to deliver news, comment and analysis that is as sharp now as it was in 1883, when our founder Thomas Hope Robinson first committed Fairplay to "calling things by their proper name."

A radical overhaul of the weekly magazine and website has made it possible to provide accurate information in just the way that our readers tell us they want it. So our website carries news that is updated throughout the day, with a complete digest e-mailed to subscribers at the same time every working day. And if important developments happen, our unique News Flash service will alert Fairplay readers immediately. At the same time, the weekly magazine provides insight and analysis of the industry's developments in a way that only a magazine can offer.

But Fairplay is not just about news and information. Since its inception, Fairplay has set a standard for informed comment that others try to match. Sometimes serious, sometimes amusing, always thought-provoking, Fairplay's observations on the shipping community are read by everyone, from seafarers to politicians. They like our opinion-forming comments, but they also appreciate it when we take ourselves less than seriously.

Fairplay's editorial team combines experience and understanding from across the industry, since most of the full time writers have personal experience of the topics they are covering, giving their reporting real authority. In short, Fairplay is where shipping makes sense.

Fairplay's strength lies in its robust independence. And that independence comes from a dedicated team of full time staff in the UK, New York, Washington and Singapore, backed up by more than 50 experienced correspondents across the globe - more than any other weekly publication in the marine industry - giving Fairplay unrivalled access to on-the-spot information and comment on events as soon as they happen around the world.

G Paul Gunton, Managing Editor
Richard Clayton, Editor

Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd
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