Jehan Ashmore
Jehan Ashmore is a marine correspondent, researcher and photographer, specialising in Irish ports, shipping and the ferry sector serving the UK and directly to mainland Europe. Jehan also occasionally writes a column, 'Maritime' Dalkey for the (Dalkey Community Council Newsletter) in addition to contributing to UK marine periodicals.
#NewFreightService – Irish hauliers trading to Iberia, will have added choice as Brittany Ferries are to charter a conro vessel to launch a new Poole-Bilbao freight route to begin service next month, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 12,079 tonnes conro Pelican…
#BacktoMed - Plans have already been made by the Naval Service to send LÉ Roisin to the Mediterranean Sea writes The Irish Examiner, in the event the next government decides to renew last year’s humanitarian mission there. News of the…
#CruiseLiners- Cruise Belfast has announced that 2016 will be the busiest season in the city’s history with over 145,000 passengers and crew due to visit, representing a 26% increase in visitor numbers compared with 2015. Several cruise operators have significantly…
#Waterford - The Port of Waterford Company has announced increases across all categories shipped in to and out of the port at Belview in 2015. There was a 10% increase in tonnage of bulk cargoes in 2015 compared to 2014.…
Shipping Review: Dublin Port Record Growth, P&O Close Route, Baltic Dry Plunges & More
23rd January 2016 Ports & Shipping
#ShippingReview – Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene over the last fortnight where among the stories are outlined below. Dublin Port posts record year for cargo in 2015, where trade growth year-on-year was 6.4% and total throughput was 32.8 million gross…
#ArrowHead – Seatruck Ferries have the 65-trailer Arrow covering in on the Dublin-Liverpool route until the vessel is to be withdrawn tomorrow, writes Jehan Ashmore. Arrow will complete her duties for Seatruck when she sails from Dublin Port tomorrow morning bound…
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#RareOptic - Commissioners of Irish Lights and Titanic Foundation have been awarded a first-round pass from the Heritage Lottery Fund for saving, restoring and displaying the old optic from Mew Island Lighthouse, a very rare hyper radial Fresnel lens, in…
Minister Announces Appointments to Board of Belfast Harbour Commissioners
21st January 2016 Belfast Lough
#BelfastBoard - Northern Ireland's Regional Development Minister, Michelle McIlveen has announced the appointment of four Belfast City Councillors to the Board of Belfast Harbour Commissioners (BHC). The Board is responsible for operating, maintaining and improving Belfast Port. The Minister has…
#FerryTrio – A total of three Stena ferries docked in Rosslare Harbour at the same time last week, reports the Wexford People. This was the first time the company has simultaneously had so many of its ships in the Europort. Ian…
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Shipping Index ‘Baltic-Dry’ Tumbles to Fresh Record Amid China Turmoil
20th January 2016 Ports & Shipping
#RatesTumble - The cost of transporting commodities, plunged to a record amid signs of slowing economic growth in China that’s also hurting the nation’s stock market, reported Bloomsberg.com earlier this month. • Measure falls to 468 points, lowest since it…
#OPVtwinning - L.É. James Joyce (P62) the Naval Service’s newest OPV90 / 'Beckett' class was twinned with the City of Waterford last Sunday, writes Jehan Ashmore. The Port of Waterford was host to the event which saw Waterford City and…
#Overhauls – Ulysses, flagship of Irish Ferries returned to Dublin-Holyhead service yesterday while their high speed craft (HSC) Jonathan Swift went for annual overhaul at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead on Merseyside, writes Jehan Ashmore. On foot of Ulysses repositioning voyage from…
Cruiseship Due to Tides Added to Dun Laoghaire Cruise Season
19th January 2016 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
#Cruiseliners – An extra cruiseship is to visit Dun Laoghaire Harbour, since Afloat reported the end of the 2015 season marked by the maiden anchorage call of Mein Schiff 4, writes Jehan Ashmore. The additional cruiseship, Celebrity Silhouette brings to…
#CruiseLinersDublin - A major cruise conference being held in Dublin later this year as previously reported on Afloat, is expected to significantly bolster the number of cruise liners visiting this country. The Irish Examiner writes that Cruise Europe, an organisation…
#NorthSea - P&O Ferries in early January announced that it has seen an 11% year-on-year increase in HGVs crossing between the UK and the continent on its Hull-Rotterdam route, reports Ships Monthly. The level of trade on this P&O Dutch…
Lecture: ‘Solo from Brittany to Guadeloupe: The Story of the Mini-Transat 2015’
16th January 2016 Boating Fixtures
#Lecture - The Winter lecture 2015/16 season of the Glenua Sailing Centre continues with this year’s first lecture, ‘Solo from Brittany to Guadeloupe The Story of the Mini-Transat 2015’. Tom Dolan will present an illustrated lecture on Thursday 21 January…
#FrenchFrigate- A French Navy anti-submarine frigate, Jean de Vienne (D 643) of the Type F 70 class docked in Dublin Port this morning, writes Jehan Ashmore. Upon arrival in the channel fairway the 3,800 tonnes displacement frigate was assisted by port…
#dAmico(Ireland) - d’Amico International Shipping S.A. operating in the product tanker market, announced that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited (Ireland) sold the m/t Cielo di Salerno last month. The 36,032dwt handysize product tanker built in 2002 by STX South…
#DoverCalais - P&O Ferries has recorded its highest ever freight volumes on the English Channel in 2015, reports ShipTechnology. Freight transportation comprises two-thirds of P&O Ferries' business. The ferry operator's six ships transported 1,340,317 units of freight across the English…
#BackForMore - All Leisure Group (ALH), the UK cruise group, has signed a three-year agreement with Portsmouth International Port that will extend a relationship that begin in 2010 to 2018. The group owns three well-known companies; Swan Hellenic, Voyages of…
