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#Ports&Shipping – The latest Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) Weekly Market Review includes the following stories outlined below.

Irish Maritime News: Cork Maritime Development News -An Board Pleanála approved planning application for Ringaskiddy Port Redevelopment project that will see €100 million invested into the construction and redevelopment of the Port of Cork.

Global Maritime News: World's Fifth Largest Box Port Looks to Increase Sea-Rail - Traffic to 2m TEU by 2030. As reported by Lloyds List, as part of Beijing's "One Belt One Road" blueprint, the country's ports are now ramping up efforts to build up their railway traffic. And Ningbo, home to the world's fifth busiest container port in terms of 2014 throughput, has been the frontrunner.

Maritime Safety Committee set to Adapt New Gas Fuel Ship Code - IMO's Maritime Safety Committee, which meets at the Organization's London headquarters for its 95th session from 3 to 12 June 2015, is expected to adopt a new mandatory code for gas-fuelled ships.

For more of the above stories and much more click the IMDO Market Review (Week 23) here.

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