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One of Ireland's largest shipping and warehouse companies, Doyle Shipping Group (DSG) is to hire more than 250 staff as the Brexit transition period end nears.

The company according to Independent.ie, has offices and warehouses in many major Irish ports, advertised for traffic management operatives and warehouse operatives.

Both adverts state that the positions have a start date of January 1, 2021, the day after the transition period ends.

Afloat adds the vacancies are for positions of operatives working in Traffic Management and Warehouses.

Published in Ports & Shipping

The second of two new cranes transported by sea to Irish ports, has been identified by Afloat to begin a career with a shipping agency located in Dublin Port, writes Jehan Ashmore.

The new cranes built by Liebherr in Germany where in recent weeks loaded onboard heavy-lift vessel, Enough Talk when berthed in Rostock. The port city located on the Baltic Sea is also where the cranes were manufactured.

As previously reported on Afloat, the first crane was delivered earlier this month to South East Port Services in the Port of Waterford. A close-up examination by Afloat (of the photo above) shows Enough Talk depart the south-east port with the second crane remaining on board and where clues were revealed to its destination.

Emblazoned on the crane is the initials DSG, standing for Doyle Shipping Group, a shipping agency and logistics company, originally founded in 1886 by Dennis Doyle in Cork. DSG provide a range of marine services including stevedoring with offices and warehouses in Irish ports and the operation of two private port facilities at Greenore Port in Co Louth and Cork Dockyard in Rushbrooke near Cobh.

The delivery voyage by Enough Talk to Dublin Port involved the Liebherr LHM 420 crane which according to DSG's Dublin office is an investment by the company of €4 million. The new port infrastructure is currently undergoing various attachment calibration and crane-driver inductions. 

DSG operations in Dublin Port is based in Alexandra Basin (East) where the new crane joins an existing suite of also yellow-painted crane infrastructure sited along Alexandra Quay. At this terminal, break-bulk cargoes and lo-lo traffic is handled while ro-ro operations also take place at the adjacent Ocean Pier. 

Published in Dublin Port

Marine Science Perhaps it is the work of the Irish research vessel RV Celtic Explorer out in the Atlantic Ocean that best highlights the essential nature of marine research, development and sustainable management, through which Ireland is developing a strong and well-deserved reputation as an emerging centre of excellence. From Wavebob Ocean energy technology to aquaculture to weather buoys and oil exploration these pages document the work of Irish marine science and how Irish scientists have secured prominent roles in many European and international marine science bodies.

 

At A Glance – Ocean Facts

  • 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by the ocean
  • The ocean is responsible for the water cycle, which affects our weather
  • The ocean absorbs 30% of the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere by human activity
  • The real map of Ireland has a seabed territory ten times the size of its land area
  • The ocean is the support system of our planet.
  • Over half of the oxygen we breathe was produced in the ocean
  • The global market for seaweed is valued at approximately €5.4 billion
  • · Coral reefs are among the oldest ecosystems in the world — at 230 million years
  • 1.9 million people live within 5km of the coast in Ireland
  • Ocean waters hold nearly 20 million tons of gold. If we could mine all of the gold from the ocean, we would have enough to give every person on earth 9lbs of the precious metal!
  • Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in the world – Ireland is ranked 7th largest aquaculture producer in the EU
  • The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world, covering 20% of the earth’s surface. Out of all the oceans, the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest
  • The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. It’s bigger than all the continents put together
  • Ireland is surrounded by some of the most productive fishing grounds in Europe, with Irish commercial fish landings worth around €200 million annually
  • 97% of the earth’s water is in the ocean
  • The ocean provides the greatest amount of the world’s protein consumed by humans
  • Plastic affects 700 species in the oceans from plankton to whales.
  • Only 10% of the oceans have been explored.
  • 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean each year, equal to dumping a garbage truck of plastic into the ocean every minute.
  • 12 humans have walked on the moon but only 3 humans have been to the deepest part of the ocean.

(Ref: Marine Institute)

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