Nigel Lowry is a journalist and creator of events for the shipping industry. He is the resident expert on Greek shipping for Lloyd’s List, the maritime information provider since 1734.
He is a regular participant in maritime industry events as chairman, presenter, moderator or guest speaker and has often been interviewed for television and other media on shipping topics.
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.
Since 2004, he has directed and hosted the annual Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards, the biggest event of its kind in shipping worldwide.
Nigel wrote the book ‘Onassis and his Legacy’, published by the Onassis Foundation in 2003, reprinted from a serialisation in Lloyd’s List. In 2023, he wrote and edited the commemorative hardback book ‘20 Years of the Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards’.
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.
The Hall of Fame resides at www.greekshippinghalloffame.org
