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First Self-Handling Stevedoring Licence Awarded by Dublin Port
#Self-Stevedoring - A cement business with a plant in Dublin Port has been awarded a port company licence to unload its own ships to cut costs, writes The Irish Times.
The first self-handling stevedoring licence issued by the port company is to the Irish cement producer Ecocem. The cement business has a manufacturing plant in the port and expects to use approximately 150,000 tonnes of imported granulated blast furnace slag, which it uses in its production process, next year.
Conor O'Riain, managing director of Ecocem Ireland, said that aside form being the first self-stevedoring licence awarded, it is also the first licence issued to a new stevedoring operator in some time.
In November last year, the Competition Authority completed an investigation into the Irish ports sector and said competition in the sector could be improved.
For more on this story The Irish Times reports.
