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."

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.