Ireland's sailing, boating & maritime magazine

#Ports&ShippingReview: Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene, where the EU adopts a plan to improve customs risk management. A Port of Cork proposal for a €100m upgrade at Ringaskiddy for a container terminal is…

#ArklowGreens- Arklow Shipping's fourth of six 4,800dwt newbuilds, Arklow Beacon featuring a 'green' credential designed hull is to be launched later this month in the Netherlands, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 119m multi-purpose bulk orientated general cargoship like her sisters are…

#ManxShipping – Ramsey based Mezeron Freight Services coaster-general cargoship, Silver River (1968/277grt) returned to her Irish Sea 'liner' services in late August, following an extensive survey in a Polish shipyard, writes Jehan Ashmore. As previously reported during a visit to…

#PortAward2014 - The ports of Huelva, Koper, Lisbon, Marseille and Rotterdam have been shortlisted for the sixth European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) Award on Societal Integration of Ports. The jury yesterday selected these five applications from a total of twenty…

#ICGresults – Irish Continental Group (ICG) parent company of Irish Ferries, have released financial report results for the half-year ended 30 June 2014. Results The Board of Irish Continental Group plc (ICG) reports that, in the seasonally less profitable first…

#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Maritime Industry - Analysis released – As previously reported on Afloat.ie, Irish shipping and port activity rose by 2% in the second quarter of…

#TankerNewbuild- Newbuild oil products tanker, Kestral Fisher docked in Dublin Port today, she is the second of a pair of 7,072dwt vessels operated by James Fisher Everard of Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, writes Jehan Ashmore. In June she entered service and her…

#EUCustomsPlan - The European Commission has adopted a new strategy detailing an action plan to improve customs risk management. The new strategy launched last week is intended to supervise and identify supply chain risks, and key priorities where action is…

#Ports&ShippingReview: Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene, where Dublin Port Company and investment company One51 are to sale Greenore Port. It further transpired that the strategic port on the shores of Carlingford Lough drew…

#Shipping - BusinessETC.ie brings our attention to this amazing video of the Maersk cargo vessel that's set a world record for the most containers carried on a single ship. Brand new cranes were required at the Spanish port of Algeciras…

#ForumGalaDinner - The Irish Institute of Master Mariners (IIMM) has posted details on their website of their members Annual Marine Ball which will be replaced this year instead by a Gala Dinner to be held at Cork City Hall on…

#shipping – Irish shipping and port activity rose by 2% in the second quarter of 2014 when compared to the corresponding period of 2013, according to the latest quarterly iShip Index* published today by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO).The…

#GreenorePort – The Irish Times reports that the Burke Shipping Group, has emerged as a bidder in the final stages of the race for Greenore port in Co Louth. It is one of three remaining bidders for the port, which…

#GreenorePort – Today's Irish Times reports that State-owned Dublin Port Company and investment company One51 are on the brink of selling Greenore Port in Co. Louth to a new owner for a figure in the low single-digit millions. The sale…

#Ports&ShippingReview: Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene, where the Port of Cork's turnover increased by over 6% in 2013. The Inishowen Peninsula in Co. Donegal is set to cash in on the lucrative cruise…

#ArklowGreens - Arklow Bank, leadship of six 'B' class newbuild general cargoships (4,800dwt) of the Arklow Shipping fleet is berthed at the Boliden Jetty mineral terminal in Dublin Port, writes Jehan Ashmore. The newbuild has 'greener' hull design credentials and…