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#SolentSalvage – Hoegh Osaka, the vehicle transporter ship that stranded in the Solent, has according to salvage teams earlier today, a window of up to 48 hours to ready the vessel and be moved. The 51,000 tonnes vessel which underwent…

#Redevelopment - Galway Harbour could face terminal decline unless a proposed €126m redevelopment is given the go ahead, a full oral hearing was told of about the project, reports yesterday's Irish Times. The CEO of Galway Harbour, Eamon Bradshaw, told…

#StormRachel - Ireland needs a dedicated 'rescue unit' to protect sensitive heritage sites around the coast from severe weather, as news of damage to some vulnerable spots emerges. Michael Gibbons, an archaeologist from Connemara, told The Irish Times that while…

#srbi – Irish offshore sailors Liam Coyne and Brian Flahive will relive their stunning Round Britain and Ireland voyage next Wednesday night at 8pm in Poolbeg Yacht Club on the River Liffey. In the same week the pair will deliver…

#HolyheadSurge - Ferry passenger numbers are booming, with an extra 1m passengers around the UK and on the Holyhead-Dublin route seeing a growth of nearly 3%, reports the Daily Post. The 2014 Ferrystat figures, released today by industry body Discover…

#RFArefits - Cammell Laird, the Merseyside shipyard completed a £49.5m major refit of Royal Fleet Auxiliary's Fort Victoria (A387), one of the largest vessels operated by the UK Ministry of Defence, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 10 month refit of the…

#VOR - Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's former Volvo Ocean Race yacht has been destroyed by a fire at its shipyard in France. As Italian nautical news site Solovela reports, firefighters battled through incredible heat and toxic fumes last Friday night…

#Rescue - Five crew on an Aran Islands fishing trawler were rescued yesterday (Tuesday 20 January) after the vessel sank off Scotland's Outer Hebrides. As BreakingNews.ie reports, the trawler Iúda Naofa began tanking on water some 48 miles off Lewis…

#keywestraceweek – Irish skipper Conor Clarke and his team aboard Embarr continue to set the pace in Melges 24 class off Key West, which has attracted 13 entries. Clarke stayed hot with a third bullet to begin Tuesday before cooling…

#doolin – Clare County Council has announced plans to develop a Visitor Services facility at Doolin Pier as part of an overall masterplan for the development of shoreline facilities in the County Clare coastal village. The Council says the proposed…

#Trade - Irish yacht brokers were among a range of smaller firms enjoying some buoyant trade at last week's London Boat Show. And it's this growth within the domestic UK and Ireland market that's keeping the marine industry afloat as…

#WaterfrontProperty - Another month, another great waterfront property with commanding views of Belfast Lough on the market in the shape of 3 Carrisbrooke Terrace, as the News Letter reports. Just under £300,000 is the asking price for this late Victorian…

#royalcork – Ireland's Royal Cork Yacht Club is among returning Invitational Cup competitors to Newport, Rhode Island taking aim at two-time Champs from The Royal Canadian Yacht Club. Of the 19 yacht clubs, from 11 countries, that will gather September…

#rorc – The 7th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is looking like a real cracker and proving irresistible to a variety of yacht racing teams from all over the world. An international fleet of over 50 yachts has now…

#FishFarm - Marine Minister Simon Coveney will make a decision on the controversial Galway Bay fish farm "as soon as possible", as The Irish Times reports. Bord Iascaigh Mhara's ambitious proposal off the Aran Islands for a 500-hectare organic salmon…

#annalisemurphy – No sooner had she returned to Dublin from last week's Moth Worlds in Australia than Laser Radial ace Annalise Murphy was on her way to Florida yesterday for the second regatta of the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup…

#keywestraceweek  – Irish skipper Conor Clarke and his crew on Embarr posted a pair of bullets to seize the early lead in Melges 24 class, which has attracted 13 entries. Texas skipper Steve Rhyne, who has Mojo in second place…

#WaveRecord - The M3 weather buoy has measured the second highest wave ever recorded off the West Cork coast, according to The Skipper. The buoy measured an individual wave of 16.9 metres at 10am last Thursday 15 January in the…

#EUTransport - European ports work, they make transport work, make the economy work, make their environment work. That was the main message given by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) during their meeting today with the new EU Commissioner for…

#ShortSea15 – The annual ESN Short Sea Shipping Conference 2015 will be taking place in Copenhagen for two days in June. The European ShortSea Network is a co-operation between all national shortsea promotion centres. ESN has no legal status, but…