Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine
#WSSlecture – The Cobh branch of the World Ship Society (WSS) continues its 2015 winter monthly meetings programme with the lecture:Shipping in Cork Harbour in the 1970’s The lecture to be presented by Oliver Hawes (starting at 20.00) takes place…
IMDO Review: Aoife Plan to Proceed, Group Backs Cork Port, US Ports in Action & More
5th March 2015 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Aoife: Ireland is proceeding with the planned donation of the LE Aoife to Malta to assist in humanitarian work despite reports that members of the armed…
#ICGresults2014 – Irish Continental Group released today a full year Statement of results for the year ended 31 December 2014. As outlined below are the Groups' key financial and performance highlights for last year: • Revenue up 9.6%, adjusted EPS…
#JamesJoyce – James Joyce began builders sea-trials today, she is the second of a trio of OPV90 class newbuilds ordered by the Department of Defence from a UK shipyard, writes Jehan Ashmore. Afloat.ie has confirmed from the Department that an…
Seven Ferry Operators Express Interest to Run Seasonal Dun Laoghaire Service
5th March 2015 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
#FerryDunLaogaire? – Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company has received seven expressions of interest from operators to provide a seasonal-only ferry service to Holyhead, writes Jehan Ashmore. Afloat.ie has contacted the DLHC following last Friday's advert deadline for potential ferry operators to…
Loss Of Late Diver's 'Black Box' Means Full Story Of Donegal Incident Not Fully Explained
5th March 2015 Diving
#Diving - The loss of a late diver's 'black box' means we will never know exactly what happened in the drowning incident off Donegal in July last year, according to the Belfast Telegraph. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, hospital chaplain…
#Coastguard - Search and rescue volunteers have expressed their frustration over a hoax call to Bray Head this past Monday night (2 March). As the Irish Independent reports, Greystones Coast Guard responded to a report that an elderly man had…
#Seafood - Donegal's oyster industry has been hit by an import ban in Hong Kong over an outbreak of food poisoning. According to The Irish Times, food safety investigators in the Chinese territory were notified by Irish authorities two weeks…
#vor – County Kerry's Damian Foxall, one of the biggest names in offshore sailing, is joining the Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA) for the forthcoming treacherous Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race.Caudrelier and Foxall were on the Groupama boat…
#dbsc – After two weekends of abandoned racing, this week's weather forecast gives a much more favourable picture for Sunday's fourth race of the Rathfarnham Ford sponsored DBSC Spring Chicken Series. Attached below are the start times & handicaps for the…
#fireball – Hayling Island Sailing Club will be hosting the UK Fireball National Championship in August 2016 exactly 50 years after the club hosted the inaugural World Championship. HISC was one of the first clubs to adopt the Fireball after…
'Breeze' Arklow's Final Newbuild With 'Green' Hull Credentials to Be Launched
4th March 2015 Arklow Shipping
#FinalGreen – Arklow Breeze has been chosen as the name of the final of six 8660dwt newbuilds that features a cargo hull designed with 'green' credentials, writes Jehan Ashmore. The slender sharp hull lines of newbuild (no. 414) are to…
#sigma33 – The Sigma 33 Class on Dublin Bay will race in Cruisers 2 for the first time in 15 years it has been confirmed by Sigma 33 class captain Paddy Maguire. The Sigma's will receive results in 2015 as…
#Super&Swift- Irish Ferries HSC (high-speed craft) Jonathan Swift is currently the only such vessel operating on the Irish Sea, since the HSS Stena Explorer was withdrawn from service last September, writes Jehan Ashmore. As Easter approaches, the competition for market-share…
#dublinbaynews – Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke today called on walkers of all ages to register for the tenth annual Harbour2Harbour Walk in aid of Aware. The walk, which takes place on St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday 17th March 2015…
#IrishContinental - The Irish Continental Group (ICG) has appointed Mr. David Ledwidge to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Ledwidge is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland and a Bachelor of Science graduate from Dublin Institute of…
#Asbestos- OPV90 class LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) currently in Cork Dockyard for annual maintenance is where previously a pair of Naval Service CPV had asbestos removed early in the year, writes Jehan Ashmore. Afloat.ie contacted the Department of Defence to…
#Angling - Four Irish angling records set in 2014 were recognised at the recent Irish Specimen Fish Awards, as Derek Evans writes in The Irish Times. Aaron Cummins, Ian Mulligan, Stephen O'Neill and Tom Walsh were all noted for their…
#Angling - Three men were convicted of illegal fishing in Connemara in two separate cases at a sitting of Clifden District Court last Thursday (26 February). In the first case, Judge Mary Fahy heard that Michael Coyne, of Leenane in…
#ResearchNavy - A Russian research vessel built during the Soviet era along with the Naval Service's newest patrol vessel LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) are at Cork Dockyard, writes Jehan Ashmore. Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin of 1,935 tonnes was built in Turku, Finland…
