#Ports&ShippingReview: Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene, where at the inaugural 'Our Ocean Wealth' Conference, Simon Coveney, Minister for the Marine outlined significant progress made implementing the Government's 2012 Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth: An Integrated Marine Plan for Ireland.
Arklow Beach is the third of six 'B' class 'green' newbuilds launched in the Netherlands for Arklow Shipping's Dutch subsidiary.
LD Lines finally resume their Ireland-Spain service via western France served by ro-pax Norman Atlantic, following an absence of more than three months.
Only days after L.E. Samuel Beckett's first patrol and major exercise, the vessel she directly replaced the Emer arrived off the Nigerian capital of Lagos to begin a new career in the oil industry.
Customs officers at Drogheda Port seize a ship loaded with €14m of cigarettes and tobacco, the biggest haul in Europe so far this year. The vessel, Shingle was later escorted by Revenue Customs Cutters RCC Suirbheir and RCC Faire to Dublin Port where the contraband cargo was unloaded.
Port Statistics for 2013 from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal that Irish Ports handled more traffic when compared to 2012 where vessels numbers increased by 1.1% to 11,940.
