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Cork Port Company has formally opened its €89m deepwater container terminal at Ringaskiddy with an announcement that it is formulating a development plan for the harbour up to 2050. The new terminal is described as "the largest single investment in…

The Dutch Safety Board says it has initiated an investigation into the “increasing congestion” caused by wind farms and shipping in the North Sea. The safety board, which investigates shipping, aviation, railway and industrial accidents in the Dutch State, said…

The projects of the ports of Ceuta, Barcelona, Tallinn and the cooperation project of the ports of Ancona, Ravenna, Venice, Trieste, Rijeka, Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik have been shortlisted for the 14th ESPO Award on Social Integration of Ports. The…

It has been announced that Foyle Port will be the lead sponsor of a major cross-border conference which An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD will address later this month. As the Derry Journal reports, The Centre for Cross Border Studies’ Annual…

Europe’s overstretched supply chains are experiencing a double whammy of disruptions as UK transport unions in the ports of Felixstowe and now in Liverpool prepare for labour strikes in response to soaring inflation; according to the analysis published by Container xChange,…

Halloween decorations, DIY materials and heavy machinery deliveries bound for Ireland could face delays as a two-week dockers’ strike at the port of Liverpool gets underway. At least 560 workers were due to walk out of the port last night…

Trade union, Unite has confirmed an improved pay offer was rejected by its members, who according to the Peel Ports Group will now go on strike at their Port of Liverpool container operations from 19 September to 3 October as…

Dockers plan further strike action at the UK's busiest container port over a pay dispute. The Port of Felixstowe said it had received notice from Unite the union, with workers due to walk out from 27 September until 5 October.…

IPUT Real Estate, an Irish property group has secured a significant coup with global logistics operator Maersk by signing for a total of 252,000sq ft of space at its latest logistics scheme in Dublin. News of Maersk’s decision to locate…

The secretary general of the International Maritime Organisation, Kitack Lim joined the chorus of international tributes flowing in for Queen Elizabeth II, who died yesterday (Thursday, 8th September) at 96. “Her genuine interest in shipping and maritime matters was remarkable,” Lim…

A seminar on “Seafarer Wellness” is to held at the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI), Ringaskiddy, Cork Harbour with the event taking place on Friday, 7 October. The organisers of the event, The Nautical Institute (Ireland Branch), the Irish…

VesselsValue has highlighted that following the late-August walkout at the Port of Felixstowe due to pay disputes, some container operators were unable to make alternative voyage plans, leading wait times at the UK port to climb towards year highs. Figure…

Carbon emissions have been reduced at the Port of Heysham's landside plant, with equipment and vehicles by up to 90%, in what is believed to be a first for any UK port. The port, part of the Peel Ports Group,…

Norwegian based small-bulker shipping giant Wilson ASA of Bergen has turned in a booming second quarter result with its fleet of over 100 owned vessels under 8,500 dwt. The Oslo-listed owner and operator is keen to use some of the…

Across the Irish Sea dock workers at the Port of Liverpool are to strike after being offered a "pay cut dressed up as rise", a union has said. Unite said more than 560 port operatives and engineers at the port…

Chemical and product tanker operator, Ardmore Shipping which developed a ‘Safety Rating’ app for their crew, was announced as a winner at the 2022 Maritime and Port Authority Singapore (MPA) International Safety@Sea Awards. The app launched in late 2020 by…