Derek Dickins, who joined Seatrade from day one and worked for the company in the UK, Greece and Hong Kong, passed away this week on the Greek island of Aegina.
With an emotional touch, the most successful Posidonia exhibition so far, came to an end, with the organization of YES to Shipping Forum 2022 on Friday 10 June, which was honored by the presence of the President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), Mrs. Melina Travlos, the former President of the UGS Mr. Theodoros .
Youth day at Posidonia is going to take place on Friday, June 10th 2022, 10.30-17.00hrs at Metropolitan Expo – Posidonia Conference Hall with the organization of YES to Shipping Forum 2022. University & School students, graduates, executives, representatives of the academic community, Ministries and key Maritime Organizations will be there to discuss, ask questions and .
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Tony Nash, Derek Dickins and Themis Vokos taken in the very early days of Seatrade A look back over the half-century history of Seatrade and this its flagship magazine, first launched by company founder Themis Vokos 50 years ago.
The vision of Seatrade founder Themistocles Vokos was to create a news medium that would focus on the business of maritime transport, appealing as much to the owners of cargo and the financial and trading communities as to traditional shipping – an ‘Economist’ for the sea transportation industry.
At a time when ideas about the globalisation of trade were starting to be recognised, the new magazine was intended to cover the patterns of global seaborne trade, as much as the operational and technical sides of the industry. Seatrade’s first editor Robert Hawkins was hired from the Financial Times and a network of correspondents was set up covering Australia, South America and the Middle East, as well as the more established shipping centres in