Nigel Lowry
Athens Correspondent
Nigel Lowry is Lloyd’s List’s resident expert on Greek shipping and has been covering the industry since the crisis of the 1980s. He has reported on the key Greek shipping community from London and New York as well as Athens and has carried out a range of other assignments for Lloyd’s List in other countries.
Nigel wrote the book ‘Onassis and his Legacy’, published by the Onassis Foundation in 2003, reprinted from a serialisation in Lloyd’s List.
He is a regular participant in maritime industry events as chairman, moderator or guest speaker and has often been interviewed for television and other media on shipping topics.
Since 2004, he has directed and hosted the annual Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards, a major event in the maritime calendar that draws more than 1,000 guests each year.
Prior to joining Lloyd’s List he held senior editorial positions with the Greek Business Review, Naftiliaki magazine, the Newsfront Greek Shipping Intelligence newsletter, and The Athenian, a monthly magazine. He has been a regular correspondent for The European Times, De Lloyd/Lloyd Anversois and Media International, among others.
He has won an Efkranti Award for his coverage of the Greek shipping industry and was awarded the Cavaliere del Lavoro Guido Grimaldi prize for his career as a journalist at the 2023 Mare Nostrum Awards, becoming the first non-Italian to win the award.
Independently, Nigel is also founder and director of the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is dedicated to recognising outstanding individuals in Greek shipping’s history and is a hub of information for new generations as well as a strong supporter of Greek children’s charity Hellenic Hope.
Latest From Nigel Lowry
Safe Bulkers seals more capesize charters
Eight capesizes are earning an average of $24,400 per day for the next two years
Safe Bulkers inks new kamsarmax order in Japan
Cyprus- and Greece-based operator aims for ‘one of the most environmentally efficient dry bulk fleets in the market’
Marinakis group takes delivery of last feeder newbuildings
Energy efficient, nine-ship series of 1,827 teu vessels from Hyundai Mipo is employed under a mixture of charters
Thessaloniki port reports record container throughput
Thessaloniki Port Authority board announces preferred bidder for key Pier 6 expansion
Shipowners reaffirm sector’s commitment to net zero
Funds from EU emissions trading scheme to help shipping decarbonise are ‘essential’, according to Ecsa president Karin Orsel
Greece commits to measures for greening of coastal shipping
Public-private partnership is being put together with aim of building vessels to run on green fuels within ‘three to four years’