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.
#Art@TitanicBelfast - Titanic Belfast will be of special interest to anyone with family connections to Harland and Wolff Shipyard as there is a solo art exhibition underway. Entitled 'Queen's Island, the ships and the people', it features around 50 paintings…
Cobelfret Sale Ro-Ro Freighter to Finnish Operator With Irish Connections
18th April 2015 Ports & Shipping
#Cobelfret – Finnlines have acquired ro-ro freighter Dorset from Cobelfret, which spent a brief spell late last year (see report/photo) on their Irish operations, Dublin- Zeebrugge and also to Rotterdam, writes Jehan Ashmore. The sale to Finnlines earlier this year…
Shipping Review: Ardmore Newbuild, Work at Foynes, Congested Rotterdam, International Ports AGM Heads to Dublin
18th April 2015 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene where Ardmore Shipping was delivered a 25,000dwt tanker newbuild, Ardmore Cheyenne from a Japanese shipyard. Phase one of work continues on a major €50m investment of…
#ExtendedDeadline- Due to high levels of interest in the inaugural Maritime Industry Awards (18 June), as previously reported on Afloat.ie, the entry deadline for companies to submit in the categories has been extended to Thursday 23rd April. The awards ceremony,…
31 Year-Old L.É. Eithne (P31) Is Venue to Launch of South Coast's Biggest Sailing Event
16th April 2015 Navy
#SovereignNavy – The call of the Naval Service's L.É. Eithne (P31) to Dublin Port yesterday saw Simon Coveney T.D., Minister for Defence attend the launch of the ICRA Nationals and Sovereigns Cup to be held on the 24-27 June, writes Jehan…
#WSSlectureLiners – The Cobh branch of the World Ship Society (WSS) continues its 2015 monthly meetings programme with the lecture 'Modern Cruise Liners' This lecture to be held next Tuesday 21 April. Alan Moorehouse of the WSS is to present…
Dun Laoghaire Cruise-Berth Consultation Ends So Does Stena Contract With Harbour
14th April 2015 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
#BackToFront- Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company's public consultation process over a €18m Cruise-Berth ended yesterday and came in advance of Stena Line's contract with the harbour authority that expired today, writes Jehan Ashmore. Following the closure of public submissions on the…
IMDO Review – New Seatruck CEO, Holyhead-Dublin Record, Greece-China Land-Sea 'Bridge' & More
14th April 2015 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping - The latest IMDO Weekly Market Review includes the following stories as outlined below. Irish Maritime News: New Leadership in Seatruck – As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Seatruck Ferries have announced that Alistair Eagles will be appointed CEO of…
#FerryResumes - The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's fast-ferry Manannan resumed scheduled services today on the Douglas-Liverpool route. The craft completed sea trials ysterday after extensive repairs. As previously reported, the craft was damaged having taken an injestion of…
Superfast X One Month On Coincides with 19th Year Since Stena HSS Maiden Voyage
10th April 2015 Ferry
#DunLaoghaireFerryCruise - Today a month ago was the first full day in service of Stena Superfast X on the Dublin Port-Holyhead route. By coincidence, today also marks the HSS Stena Explorer's maiden commercial crossing to Holyhead in April 1996, writes Jehan…
#TitanicsTender - The tender, SS Nomadic built alongside Titanic at Harland and Wolff shipyards, carried first and second-class passengers from Cherbourg onto the liner as she embarked on its maiden voyage. According to Belfast Live, the SS Nomadic is being…
#Lecture - "Mutiny & Murder on the Earl of Sandwich", a public lecture by Peter Brady marks the final lecture season organised by Baltimore Maritime Centre which is held in Dublin. The illustrated talk is take place in Poolbeg Yacht…
#TallshipsDrogheda - The Irish Maritime Festival in Drogheda which has drawn thousands of visitors to Boyneside received a major boost with the official announcement that Maxol, has come on board as the festival's main sponsor. Last year over 37,500 people…
#FerryDamage – Fast-ferry, Manannan remains out of service following damage last week to the Isle of Man Steam Packet craft. The reason for the cause of the damage was due to ingestion of floating debris that led to cancelled sailings…
#RotterdamCongestion - Rotterdam's Maasvlakte 2 (MV2) a new container-handling terminal run by AMPT has been hitting back over claims of a slower than expected rollout of its operations. The delayed roll-out of MV2 it has been claimed is one of…
#ArdmoreNewTanker - Ardmore Cheyenne has been delivered from Fukuoka Shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan to Ardmore Shipping which has its financial headquarters in Mahon, Cork, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 25,000 dwt newbuild which is classified as an IMO 2 product and…
#EastJettyInfill – Work on a major €50 million investment of Foynes Port that began in February to transform the Shannon Estuary port into one of the biggest bulk harbours in Europe continues with dredging operations, writes Jehan Ashmore. The restructuring…
#FerrytoCruisePlans – With increasingly mixed reaction on Dun Laoghaire Harbour's plans for a proposed new €18m cruise berth facility, what will happen to the existing albeit redundant Stena HSS fast-ferry linkspan berth, writes Jehan Ashmore. Afloat.ie has inquired with Stena…
#VoyagePackage - Sail Training Ireland in association with Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club in Ringsend, Dublin Port, are offering a special package of benefits including memberships and a voyage. To celebrate the launch of this initiative two tall ships 'Maybe'…
#TradersFears-Cruise passengers will bypass Dun Laoghaire for Dublin's delights, that's what traders fear so that the new €18m berth will be a waste of money, writes The Independent.ie Nearly 5,000 passengers and crew will disembark next month from a 20-storey…
