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#annalisemurphy – Irish sailing's golden girl Annalise Murphy is in the running at lunch time for the Irish Times Sportswoman of the Year award. The 23–year–old Dubliner took consecutive gold Eurocup medals in May earning her a monthly Irish Times/Irish Sports Council award before winning a European radial title on home waters in September. The London 2012 Olympian, who wrote exclusively for Afloat's sailing annual (out now) about her super season 2013,  is up against some stiff competition with seven new female stars in the running for the top award in women's sport.  

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#isafrankings – Irish sailing star Annalise Murphy who won this year's Laser European Championships is placed 13th in the latest ISAF World Sailing Rankings. London 2012 Laser rep James Espey in the men's Laser class is 49th in the just released rankings and his Northern Ireland club mates from Belfast Lough, Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern are 40th in the 49er Skiff class. 

The Top ranked sailors in each class are:

Laser: Tom Burton, AUS
Nacra 17: Moana Vaireaux / Manon Audinet, FRA
Laser Radial: Mathilde De Kerangat, FRA
Men's 470: Mathew Belcher / William Ryan, AUS
Women's 470: Lara Vadlau / Anneloes Van Veen / Jolanta Ogar, AUT
Finn: Caleb Paine, USA
Women's RS:X: Bryony Shaw, GBR
Men's RS:X: Ivan Pastor Lafuente, ESP
49erFX: Martine Soffiatti Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA
49er: Stephen Morrison / Ben Rhodes / Chris Grube, GBR

The full ISAF World Sailing Ranking lists, results from all ISAF Graded events, lists of Graded events throughout the year, Ranking release dates and the method of calculation for the Rankings can be found on the ISAF website at www.sailing.org/rankings

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#annalisemurphy – Ireland's Laser European champion Annalise Murphy is 12th in the latest world sailing rankings released tonight. Following a Laser Radial invasion in China with two 200-point regattas, the rankings have seen shifts throughout.

Moving to World #1 for the first time is France's Mathilde de Kerangat. Bronze at ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao, 11th at the Laser Radial World Championship mixed with good results over the last 12 months has seen her rise steadily.

Rizhao City hosted the Laser Radial World Championship in advance of ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao with movement prevalent from top to bottom.

ISAF Sailing World Cup Qingdao victor Dongshuang Zhang (CHN) is one of the biggest climbers going from World #60 to World #17.

2013 Laser Radial World Champion Tina Mihelic (CRO) moves up seven places to World #16.

Tatiana Drozdovskaya (BLR) drops down from World #1 to World #3 as Tuula Tenkanen (FIN) hits World #2.

For the new ISAF rankings list click here

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#annalise – Ireland's Laser ace Annalise Murphy and 49er star Ryan Seaton are interviewed at the Moth Worlds in Hawaii as the farthest travelled competitors. The interview comes at 43 seconds on the above timeline.

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#annalisemurphy – Ireland's European Laser Radial Champion Annalise Murphy is in Hawaii this week competing at the Moth World championships. 

The Dun Laoghaire sailor is attending the event with London 2012 team mate Ryan Seaton and the Irish Olympic pair are currently ranked 75 and 78 in the 80–boat fleet.

Light to moderate trade winds swept Kaneohe Bay Hawaii yesterday, allowing four spectacular races in the postcard-perfect conditions Hawaii is known for for the 3rd day of the 2013 McConaghy + McDougall International Moth World Championship.

2009 Moth World Champion Bora Gulari took advantage of a weaker performance from Nathan Outteridge today, blasting ahead of the 2011 World Champ by a five point margin. Florida's Brad Funk closed to within 8 points of Outteridge to round out the top 3.

The high-speed action meant plenty of breakages, collisions, and general carnage on the course; 

Overall Results After 7 Races (Top 5 Only):

1. USA 7: Bora Gulari, Detroit, MI, [16]-1-2-1-3-3-7- ; 17

2. AUS 3997: Nathan Outteridge, Wangi Wangi, Australia, 1-2-1-[11]-9-1-8- ; 22

3. USA 1111: Crad Funk, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 8-5-4-3-5-5-[18]- ; 30

4. AUS 8, Julian Salter, Tasmania, 11-9-8-5-2-[29]-5- ; 40

5. AUS 3, Rob Gough, Tasmania, [15]-8-13-9-8-2-4- ; 44

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#annalisemurphy – Peaking on home waters to win European Gold a month ago, Annalise Murphy had to be content with 23rd overall today at the Laser Worlds in Rizhao, China.

The regatta produced an interesting podium line-up as not one of the top five sailors from the 2012 Olympics medalled. China's own Olympic Gold medallist Lijia Xu managed to scrape into the top 10 finishing in 9th overall. After the six days of competition it was Croatia's Tina Mihelic that took the Senior World title adding to her ISAF Youth World title from 2008.

Annalise has a strong winter programme to further improve her skills for the 2014 season and will no doubt be keen to work on her light air speeds.

The light, steady breeze of between 6 to 8 knots coupled with the swell and waves made the Rizhao event more suited to specialists of those conditions rather than those that perform across a range of conditions.

The results clearly show that the young sailors coming through the ranks will be challenging the established pecking order all the way to Rio.

There was also a resurrection in the form of the once dominant, 2005 World Champion Paige Railey (USA) who picked up a Bronze medal.

The event draws to a close what has been an outstanding 2013 season for 23 year old Annalise Murphy who took home a total of three Gold medals and one Bronze. Murphy began her winning streak in May when she claimed her first medal of the year, a Gold, at the Italian Open Week. That followed quickly by yet another Gold medal in May at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Holland. Returning to the London Games host venue in Weymouth in June, Murphy scooped up a Bronze and then most recently won her final 2013 Gold medal at the Laser Radial European Championship in September.

Murphy will compete in up to six major regattas in 2014 but the main focus will be the ISAF World Championship taking place in Santander, Spain next September. This will be the first opportunity to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

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#annalisemurphy – Irish sailing star Annalise Murphy scored a 16th and 22nd today at the Chinese Laser radial world championships which means the recently crowned Euro champions slips one place to 21st overall with one more day of racing to come.

Croatian Tina Mihelic is the current leader with an 11–point gap on Finland's Tuula Tenkanen and China's  own Zhang Dongshuang who are tied on 40 points.

For full results see www.rizhaolaserworlds2013.com

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#annalisemurphy – Counting an 18 and 27 yesterday Annalise Murphy reached the halfway mark at the Laser Radial Worlds in China lying inside the top 20 in 19th overall in her 77–boat fleet. 

'Didn't have a great day racing today, but now gold fleet racing starts which should make things interesting!' she said on twitter.

The Irish Laser Radial European champion got off to a difficult start in the world series on Tuesday with two penalties but recovered on Wednesday to score a 2 and a 3 to move up to 14th. 

Today is a rest day in the competition that is currently led by former world champion Paige Railey of the USA. 

There are two more qualification races on Saturday followed by two further days of racing in the final series. Full results here 

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#annalisemurphy – It's snakes and ladders in Rizhao, China where Irish sailing star Annalise Murphy has shot back up the Laser world radial championship leaderboard with a 2.3 scored in the second day of the event. The National Yacht Club sailor has recovered from a lowly 29th after day one. 

Major rival Evi Van Acker also had a strong second day with two wins and now  the Belgian sailor takes the overall lead in the 77–boat fleet.

The host Chinese sailor, Zhang Dongshuang is ranked the sixth and Chinese girl Xu Lijia is ranked eleventh with 18 points. London 2012 silver medallist Marit Bouwmeester is ranked ninth with 15 points.

 

More racing tomorrow Thursday followed by a reserve day on Friday.

 

 

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#annalisemurphy – Laser Radial European champion Annalise Murphy has made a 'difficult' start in a day of drama at the women's world Laser Radial championships in China, the Irish sailing star lies 29th after the first two races in Rizhao. 

"Difficult first day at worlds! After not having a penalty in nearly a year I managed two different ones today! Lots of positives to take away! the Dun Laoghaire girl lamented last night after the opening day.

The London 2012 star counted a 15th and a 20th in light to medium conditions,

She's not the only top flight champion to be faring badly after the initial rounds. Host Chinese girl Lijia Xu, (Olympic champion in 2012) finished her first race with a black flag penalty, however the local got first place in the second race. She is ranked thirty-sixth at present.

Also down was Evi Van Acker, the Belgian girl who pressed Annalise at the Dublin Bay Euros last month, is 22nd in the 77–boat fleet.

The event is led by American Paige Railey.

The first warning signal time 12:00 was delayed 2 hours but fortunately the race committee successfully completed 2 races as planned.

The host Chinese sailor, Zhang Dongshuang is ranked second with 7 points.

Top ten after 2 races

1. Paige Railey, USA, 5 points
2. Dongshuang Zhang, CHN, 7
3. Josefin Olsson, SWE, 9
4. Tina Mihelic, CRO, 10
5. Sarah Gunni, DEN, 11
6. Isabella Bertold, CAN, 12
7. Min Gu, CHN, 13
8. Daiqing Zhou, CHN, 14
9. Marit Bouwmeester, NED, 15
10= Alicia Cebrian, ESP, 18
10= Alison Young, GBR, 18

More results here 

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About Dublin Port 

Dublin Port is Ireland’s largest and busiest port with approximately 17,000 vessel movements per year. As well as being the country’s largest port, Dublin Port has the highest rate of growth and, in the seven years to 2019, total cargo volumes grew by 36.1%.

The vision of Dublin Port Company is to have the required capacity to service the needs of its customers and the wider economy safely, efficiently and sustainably. Dublin Port will integrate with the City by enhancing the natural and built environments. The Port is being developed in line with Masterplan 2040.

Dublin Port Company is currently investing about €277 million on its Alexandra Basin Redevelopment (ABR), which is due to be complete by 2021. The redevelopment will improve the port's capacity for large ships by deepening and lengthening 3km of its 7km of berths. The ABR is part of a €1bn capital programme up to 2028, which will also include initial work on the Dublin Port’s MP2 Project - a major capital development project proposal for works within the existing port lands in the northeastern part of the port.

Dublin Port has also recently secured planning approval for the development of the next phase of its inland port near Dublin Airport. The latest stage of the inland port will include a site with the capacity to store more than 2,000 shipping containers and infrastructures such as an ESB substation, an office building and gantry crane.

Dublin Port Company recently submitted a planning application for a €320 million project that aims to provide significant additional capacity at the facility within the port in order to cope with increases in trade up to 2040. The scheme will see a new roll-on/roll-off jetty built to handle ferries of up to 240 metres in length, as well as the redevelopment of an oil berth into a deep-water container berth.

Dublin Port FAQ

Dublin was little more than a monastic settlement until the Norse invasion in the 8th and 9th centuries when they selected the Liffey Estuary as their point of entry to the country as it provided relatively easy access to the central plains of Ireland. Trading with England and Europe followed which required port facilities, so the development of Dublin Port is inextricably linked to the development of Dublin City, so it is fair to say the origins of the Port go back over one thousand years. As a result, the modern organisation Dublin Port has a long and remarkable history, dating back over 300 years from 1707.

The original Port of Dublin was situated upriver, a few miles from its current location near the modern Civic Offices at Wood Quay and close to Christchurch Cathedral. The Port remained close to that area until the new Custom House opened in the 1790s. In medieval times Dublin shipped cattle hides to Britain and the continent, and the returning ships carried wine, pottery and other goods.

510 acres. The modern Dublin Port is located either side of the River Liffey, out to its mouth. On the north side of the river, the central part (205 hectares or 510 acres) of the Port lies at the end of East Wall and North Wall, from Alexandra Quay.

Dublin Port Company is a State-owned commercial company responsible for operating and developing Dublin Port.

Dublin Port Company is a self-financing, and profitable private limited company wholly-owned by the State, whose business is to manage Dublin Port, Ireland's premier Port. Established as a corporate entity in 1997, Dublin Port Company is responsible for the management, control, operation and development of the Port.

Captain William Bligh (of Mutiny of the Bounty fame) was a visitor to Dublin in 1800, and his visit to the capital had a lasting effect on the Port. Bligh's study of the currents in Dublin Bay provided the basis for the construction of the North Wall. This undertaking led to the growth of Bull Island to its present size.

Yes. Dublin Port is the largest freight and passenger port in Ireland. It handles almost 50% of all trade in the Republic of Ireland.

All cargo handling activities being carried out by private sector companies operating in intensely competitive markets within the Port. Dublin Port Company provides world-class facilities, services, accommodation and lands in the harbour for ships, goods and passengers.

Eamonn O'Reilly is the Dublin Port Chief Executive.

Capt. Michael McKenna is the Dublin Port Harbour Master

In 2019, 1,949,229 people came through the Port.

In 2019, there were 158 cruise liner visits.

In 2019, 9.4 million gross tonnes of exports were handled by Dublin Port.

In 2019, there were 7,898 ship arrivals.

In 2019, there was a gross tonnage of 38.1 million.

In 2019, there were 559,506 tourist vehicles.

There were 98,897 lorries in 2019

Boats can navigate the River Liffey into Dublin by using the navigational guidelines. Find the guidelines on this page here.

VHF channel 12. Commercial vessels using Dublin Port or Dun Laoghaire Port typically have a qualified pilot or certified master with proven local knowledge on board. They "listen out" on VHF channel 12 when in Dublin Port's jurisdiction.

A Dublin Bay webcam showing the south of the Bay at Dun Laoghaire and a distant view of Dublin Port Shipping is here
Dublin Port is creating a distributed museum on its lands in Dublin City.
 A Liffey Tolka Project cycle and pedestrian way is the key to link the elements of this distributed museum together.  The distributed museum starts at the Diving Bell and, over the course of 6.3km, will give Dubliners a real sense of the City, the Port and the Bay.  For visitors, it will be a unique eye-opening stroll and vista through and alongside one of Europe’s busiest ports:  Diving Bell along Sir John Rogerson’s Quay over the Samuel Beckett Bridge, past the Scherzer Bridge and down the North Wall Quay campshire to Berth 18 - 1.2 km.   Liffey Tolka Project - Tree-lined pedestrian and cycle route between the River Liffey and the Tolka Estuary - 1.4 km with a 300-metre spur along Alexandra Road to The Pumphouse (to be completed by Q1 2021) and another 200 metres to The Flour Mill.   Tolka Estuary Greenway - Construction of Phase 1 (1.9 km) starts in December 2020 and will be completed by Spring 2022.  Phase 2 (1.3 km) will be delivered within the following five years.  The Pumphouse is a heritage zone being created as part of the Alexandra Basin Redevelopment Project.  The first phase of 1.6 acres will be completed in early 2021 and will include historical port equipment and buildings and a large open space for exhibitions and performances.  It will be expanded in a subsequent phase to incorporate the Victorian Graving Dock No. 1 which will be excavated and revealed. 
 The largest component of the distributed museum will be The Flour Mill.  This involves the redevelopment of the former Odlums Flour Mill on Alexandra Road based on a masterplan completed by Grafton Architects to provide a mix of port operational uses, a National Maritime Archive, two 300 seat performance venues, working and studio spaces for artists and exhibition spaces.   The Flour Mill will be developed in stages over the remaining twenty years of Masterplan 2040 alongside major port infrastructure projects.

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