V. Photography Competition 2026
We are delighted to announce the return of the V. Photography Competition for 2026. We love to see how our seafarers’ lives can inspire and capture our imagination through rewarding or sometimes challenging conditions while working at sea.
We received a lot of remarkable entries from across the globe last year that demonstrated life at sea in a variety of formats.
There are three key themes this year: Culture and Community; Safety and the Environment; and Innovation and Learning.
- Culture and Community – Capturing life and interactions onboard of friendship, humour, teamwork, collaboration, recreation, multicultural celebrations
- Safety and the Environment – safe working practices, marine life, clean protected waters, good seamanship in practice, drills, spill prevention, etc.
- Innovation and Learning– the future of maritime, digitisation, new technology, smart ports and terminals, cadets, mentoring, etc.
The 2026 photography competition is open to both seafarers and onshore staff.
Safety and wellbeing are paramount so any images that are not compliant with V.Group policies and procedures cannot be shortlisted.
The winning picture from each category will receive a travel voucher to the value of USD 250, to be used on tickets purchased from Global Marine Travel (GMT).
All shortlisted pictures that meet our safety guidelines will be posted on our social channels.
A judging panel from colleagues across V.Group will decide the winner in each category.
The winner will be announced in Q2 2026.
Entries should be sent to v.photos@v.group by 31 March 2026.
Competition rules:
- Each participant can submit up to 5 pictures.
- This competition is only open to V.Group / V.Ships colleagues, at sea and on shore.
- For any vessel pictures, all photos must be of or taken on board V.Group served vessels.
- Pictures must not conflict with V.Group safety and compliance policies & procedures.
- All entries should include your name, job title, management office, a description of the picture, location, vessel name and your contact details.
- All shortlisted photographs that meet our safety guidelines will be showcased on our social media channels.
- We reserve the right to use all submissions in V.Group promotional material.
- All pictures will be checked and verified for authenticity. Do not submit pictures taken by someone other than yourself.
- Group disclaims all responsibility or liability for any misuse of copyrighted pictures.
- It is your responsibility to have copyright of the pictures.
- You must have permissions from any person(s) appearing in the photograph to use the image.
- Late entries will not be accepted.
