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#Contaminated - Drogheda Port Company said it was normal practise to transport shipments of contaminated soil to Rotterdam. Some concerns had been raised when the trucks were spotted driving through Drogheda, last Thursday, with the loads that came from a…

So that's it ... the ships have sailed out of Drogheda Port, gone but not forgotten. What takes a year to plan, five days to build and two days to run takes just a couple of hours to dismantle and…

#Blueprint2050 - A masterplanning process was announced by Drogheda Port Company to address the key issues on the future development of the port where this weekend the Irish Maritime Festival (9-10 July) takes place. The plan, Blueprint 2050, is a vision…

#DroghedaTallShips- Now that the tallships in Drogheda Port have departed, the memories remain of ketches stretched along quaysides that also date back a century ago and longer, writes Jehan Ashmore The 1904 built West Country trading ketch, Bessie Ellen, was…

#ArklowRuler - TheJournal.ie has shared this video of the cargo ship Arklow Ruler as it found itself stuck at the mouth of the River Boyne at Drogheda Port. Thankfully the 80-metre freighter poses no immediate danger and is carrying ho…

#DredgingDrogheda - Most ships serve a career spanning three-four decades, however Hebble Sand still remains in service more than half a century later and in the same role since 1963, as a dredger carrying out her latest work at Drogheda…

#LongestShip - At over 420ft long, the Russian cargship Pycny-5 (Rusich-5) became the longest ever vessel to pass under the Dublin-Belfast railway viaduct that looms high above the River Boyne at the town quays of Drogheda Port, writes Jehan Ashmore.…

#GhostShip – As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the 'ghost' ship Lyubov Orlova, which broke its tow-line in the Atlantic more than three weeks ago is a sister of the first cruiseship caller to Drogheda Port, writes Jehan Ashmore. The small…

#BusyPort – Within the last 48 hours, Drogheda Port will have had nine cargoships that have either docked or lay at anchor, writes Jehan Ashmore. The busy shipping scene is just a snapshot taken so far in early 2013 and…

#DroghedaPort – Over 1m tonnes of cargo was handled in 2012 by the Drogheda Port Company. According to the Co. Louth port, this level of cargo outperformed the Irish port sector in terms of year on year throughput growth. Throughputs…

#DREDGING- Since the weekend dredging operations at the entrance to Drogheda Port on the River Boyne have begun and will continue for approximately four weeks, writes Jehan Ashmore. Drogheda Port Company have contracted Londonderry Port & Harbour Commissioners trailer suction…