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#IrishEXports - A total €9.5bn worth of goods were exported to the United Kingdom in the first eight months of this year, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). As reported on Newstalk, this represented a €300m drop from the…

#Shipping - Five people were found in a shipping container in Wexford at the weekend, as BreakingNews.ie reports. The three men, a woman and a young girl, all believed to be Kurdish, were discovered at a haulage yard in New…

#Lamentable – The decision to close the largest graving dock in the state in Dublin Port has been described as ‘lamentable’ by the Maritime Institute of Ireland, writes Jehan Ashmore. According to the M.I.I.’s latest biannual newsletter, the Institute expresses…

#ShippingReview - Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene from among the following stories over the last fortnight. In the 'Top 150 Born in Ireland' report, according to the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) the leading largest indigenous companies in that sector…

#GiantCranes - The last batch of giant cranes for the Irish Sea's newest container terminal, the £400m Liverpool2 deep-water port development arrived by sea from China onto the River Mersey in recent days. In May, Afloat reported on the first delivery…

#Appointment - Ardmore Shipping Corporation which relocated its Principal Operating Office from Mahon outside Cork to the city centre in recent months, has appointed Jorge Lavin as the company's Financial Controller. In his new position, Jorge is closely involved in helping…

#IrishBrexitPorts- Irish ports and airports is where the UK are proposing to transfer frontline immigration controls to, writes The Irish Independent in measures to avoid enforcing a ‘hard border’ between the North and the Republic. Northern Ireland Secretary, James Brokenshire, has…

#Pilotage - The Irish Institute of Master Mariners, together with the Port of Cork, NMCI Ports and the Nautical Institute (Irish Branch) are to host a major conference on Pilotage. The two-day conference at the National Maritime College of Ireland…

#IrishShipping - Tributes have been paid to Irish Shipping veteran Des Branigan, who died recently aged 98, as The Irish Times reports. The Dubliner was among the first recruits of the Irish Shipping company — merchant sailors who put their…

#ExportBrexit - In the 'Top 150 Born in Ireland' report, according to the Irish Exporters Association (IEA), leading companies in that sector generated around €140bn in turnover last year. The Investec-backed study lists Ireland's largest indigenous companies by sales with…

#ShippingReview - Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene from among stories of recent weeks. Waterford Harbour Board celebrated its bicentenary and launched the port's business plan up to 2020 with a strategy for growth at the Belview facility through a…

#IMDOreview: The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) Weekly Market Review which is produced in-house returns this week with coverage of domestic and global shipping news. Irish Maritime News: Objectors fear marine test site could facilitate fish farm. The Connaught Tribune claimed this week…

#WorldMaritimeDay - The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) World Maritime Day Forum takes place today and the theme for 2016 is "Shipping: Indispensable to the World". The IMO forum will also today include a debate ‘Global Shipping’s Future Challenges’ at 15.15hrs…

#SeaTrials - As a new car ferry is to be launched in Co. Wicklow yard as previously reported, an Arklow Shipping Dutch flagged and built cargoship is making first sea trials today, writes Jehan Ashmore. The Royal Bodewes newbuild no…

#NewPortCranes - The Merseyside Port of Garston located south of Liverpool is one of five Associated British Ports (ABP) to have ordered new hydraulic cranes worth £6m across the UK ports group.  The five Mantsinen hydraulic cranes have been purchased…

#WorldMaritimeDay - The IMO's World Maritime Day theme for 2016 is "Shipping: Indispensable to the World". The event forum takes place on 29 September and will include a debate at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) headquarters in London.    The…