Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
Waterways Ireland advises all masters of vessels on and users of the Lower Bann navigation that emergency repair works are being carried out on Movanagher Lock until next Friday 23 June. Passage through the lock southwest of Ballymoney in Co…
Marine Scientists Wax Lyrical on "Fish Soup" at Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas This Saturday
15th June 2023 Marine Science
Stewardship of our coastal waters, our rich seaweed resource and its potential to mitigate climate change is the theme of a discussion involving two leading marine experts at the Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas this Saturday, June 17th.…
Stena Line's Euro-Vision Cruiseferry Departs Poland for Ireland to Operate Rosslare – Cherbourg Service
15th June 2023 Stena Line
Stena Line’s latest addition to its expanding Irish Sea ferry fleet, Stena Vision, has departed a shipyard in Gdansk, Poland following a major refit investment programme and is bound for Rosslare Europort. The 39,178 gross tonnage cruise ferry for the…
Passenger Ports in Europe Stress More Time Needed to Set Up Entry Exit System (EES) without Endangering Smooth Maritime Passenger Traffic
15th June 2023 Ferry
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) finds that many of the necessary conditions for the entry into operation of the Entry/Exit System (EES) [1] and (EU) 2017/2225 are not yet met. The level of implementation of the EES in most countries is…
CHC Ireland has confirmed that it has initiated a High Court challenge to the validity of the tender procedure for the Irish Coast Guard’s new search and rescue contract. Earlier this month, Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan confirmed that Bristow…
Aran Islands RNLI Lifeboat Respond to Two Medical Evacuations in a Day
15th June 2023 RNLI Lifeboats
The Volunteer lifeboat crew of the Aran Islands RNLI was requested to launch their All-weather Severn Lifeboat at 1.58am on Wednesday June 14 to attend to a woman with an injured ankle in need of further medical attention on Inis…
Masterful Murphys Win Wednesday's Melges 15 Racing at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
15th June 2023 Melges 15
Father and son Ronan and Jacques Murphy showed that consistency pays with a string of second places, leaving them with the lowest points for the second night of Melges 15 racing on Dublin Bay. Six short windward-leeward races were sailed…
Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 Gets Ready to Welcome World's Finest Yachts to the Mediterranean
15th June 2023 Superyachts
The clock is on the final countdown to the start of racing at Superyacht Cup Palma 2023 with another diverse and eye-catching selection of some of the world's finest superyachts gathering in the Mallorcan home of Mediterranean sailing. "It's great…
The number of cruise ships expected to dock in Belfast Harbour this season represents a 20% increase on the previous record set in 2019. In 2019, Cruise Belfast opened the first dedicated cruise terminal on the island of Ireland, and…
Mini Boats Are Different But Convey a Message to the Next Marine Generation
15th June 2023 Tom MacSweeney
Captain Jacek Berenek of the container ship, ‘Independent Horizon,’ on its regular monthly call to the Port of Cork’s Deepwater Berth at Ringaskiddy, explained to the pupils of Barryroe National School from West Cork where he would launch their mini-boat…
Hamilton Shipping is currently recruiting for a Port Agency Assistant based in its busy Dublin Port office. Established in 1919 with offices in Belfast, Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Galway and Foyle Port, Hamilton Shipping is one of the most experienced and…
On the eve of its 100-boat Sovereign's Cup Regatta, Kinsale Yacht Club saluted their Volvo Dun Laoghaire Dingle Racers, particularly the two-handed campaign of Cian McCarthy and Sam Hunt, who finished second overall. As Afloat readers know, the stunning performance of…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a three-round windward/leeward course for the first of two DBSC Water Wag races on Wednesday evening, June 14th. The conditions in Dun Laoghaire Harbour were warm and sunny in a light ESE 3-5kt breeze.…
Marine Notice: Deployment of Benthic Sensors Between Seven Heads and the Old Head of Kinsale
14th June 2023 West Cork
The Department of Transport has been advised by the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork that on on Tuesday 12 June it deployed 12 benthic sensors between the Seven Heads and the Old Head of…
The Ocean Race Fleets Prepare for Challenging Leg 7 to the Grand Finale in Genoa
14th June 2023 Ocean Race
Meanwhile, sailors in both fleets in The Ocean Race 2022-23 are preparing for a challenging Leg 7 towards the Grand Finale in Genoa, Italy. For the IMOCA fleet that has raced around the world, this ultimate leg of the race…
The local heroes on the Dutch-flagged Team JAJO made a statement of intent right from the start of the VO65 In-Port Race in The Hague on Wednesday afternoon (14 June) by crossing ahead of the entire fleet on port tack…
Fastest Ferry on English Channel Western Routes to Return to Service on Bastille Day
14th June 2023 Ferry
Brittany Ferries is to increase sailings on the English Channel when the fast-craft Condor Liberation returns to operating at weekends throughout the summer on the Portsmouth-Cherbourg and Cherbourg-Poole routes. The fastcraft's sailing schedule sees Condor Liberation depart Portsmouth at 07:00…
New Consortium Led by Harland & Wolff to Develop Zero-Emission Coastal Tugs
14th June 2023 Shipyards
Shipbuilder Harland & Wolff Group is to lead a consortium of companies from overseas to develop and build new zero emission tugs suitable for coastal towage duties. The group based in Queen’s Island, Belfast has entered into heads of terms…
Dun Laoghaire Launches Programme for Inaugural 'Coastival' Maritime Festival
14th June 2023 Coastival
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has launched a digital event brochure for its inaugural Coastival Festival that coincides with Ireland's largest sailing regatta, the VDLR, from July 6th. The flipbook contains the full programme for the eight-day event and is…
General Secretary of Union RMT Calls for 'People's Calmac' Amid ‘Chaotic’ Scottish Ferry Lifeline Services
14th June 2023 Ferry
The general secratary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), Mick Lynch has hit out at the “chaotic way” ferry services in Scotland are being run as he called for a “people’s CalMac” to be created.…