TradeWinds is the single most important business news provider to the global shipping industry and the most successful with more than 49,000 dedicated readers throughout the world's maritime centres.

Its enviable position is the result of a dedicated, single-minded pursuit of hard-hitting and entertaining journalism in a market awash with uncritical reporting.

From tankers to bulk, shipbuilding to shipbroking, TradeWinds offers its subscribers a lively, provocative and exclusive round-up of the week's shipping news. With 20 reporters spread across the globe, TradeWinds has the capacity and ability to cover the entire maritime sector, including in-depth coverage of specialist areas such as box ships, LNG and cruise.

Exclusive news stories and special reports are central to each week's issue, with stock watch, market analysis, price information and other regular features vital to the paper's success.

TradeWinds is consistently well received in the market. Research shows that 90% of its readers rate TradeWinds as an important source of international shipping news, with 91% characterising the paper as very or fairly good.

Easily accessible and always up-to-the-minute, TradeWinds.no has grown to become an integral part of the high-value package subscribers are willing to pay for. A vital part of the product is the TradeWinds Job section - the place for shore-based maritime careers. On this free-to-view online jobs portal, job seekers advanced searchers as well as receive alerts when new positions are posted.

Additional subscription products - LNG Unlimited and TradeWinds Archive are also available.

Together, it's no wonder that TradeWinds and TradeWinds.no are best known as the 'essential maritime business tool'. www.tradewinds.no

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