Shipping Review: New LoLo Service, Dublin DryDocking & Aoife Refits for Malta

8th August 2015

#Ports&ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene with the following stories below.

A new container shipping service from Scotland to The Netherlands via the new Liverpool2 deepwater port will open up new routes to market businesses in Glasgow. The service opening in December will include calls to Belfast and Dublin ports.

An Irish flagged cargoship that operates a UK-Channel Islands service, the Huelin Dispatch was at Dublin Graving Docks for an intermediate dry-dock survey.

The former Naval Service OPV LÉ Aoife went to Cork Dockyard to undergo a refit in advance of her new role in the Mediterranean for the Armed Forces of Malta's maritime squadron.

Published in Ports & Shipping

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Jehan Ashmore

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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.

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