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#ShippingReview- In the same week of Cruise Europe 2016 conference held in Dublin, the European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) conference was also in town to include #myportinturku photo exhibition. Irish Continental Group's chief executive made a €4.43 million profit on…

#NewBuilds - A newbuild for an Irish shipping company was launched today from the same Dutch yard that delivered another vessel recently to Norwegian interests, writes Jehan Ashmore. M.V. Arklow Cadet is not only the first of 10 in a…

#PortGovernance - Independent management, masterplanning and digitalisation are among some of the trends in EU port governance highlighted by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) in its 2016 Fact-Finding Report. Port Strategy writes that the report states most port authorities…

#FarewellRMSstHelena - One of the world’s most remote inhabited islands, St. Helena, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean is to lose its unique historic shipping service with South Africa, the only sea connection with the outside world, writes…

#FerryChiefProfits - Eamonn Rothwell, Irish Continental Group chief executive has made a €4.43 million profit on the exercise of share options in the company and their subsequent sale. The Irish Times reports that Mr Rothwell bought one million shares at…

#myportforTurku - In addition to Cruise Europe 2016 conference held in Dublin this week, another prestigious annual event is to be held in the capital when the European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) conference convenes, writes Jehan Ashmore. The ESPO conference…

#ShippingReview - Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene over the last fortnight. The big ship craze in the short sea shipping industry serving the UK and Ireland has arrived after investment was frozen for the last few years, delegates heard…

#NewCseries - The first in a new class of 10 cargoships for Arklow Shipping under construction near Groningen, Netherlands is to be launched next month and follows a series of a different design built by the same yard, writes Jehan…

#ShippingQ12016 - Port and shipping activity in the Irish Republic rose 2% in the first quarter of 2016 when compared to the corresponding period of 2015. The figures released are the latest quarterly iShip Index* published by the Irish Maritime…

#EMD2016 – The annual European Maritime Day’s (starting today) is to highlight the importance of the seas and oceans and the challenges facing maritime regions and sectors. This is the ninth edition of EMD and takes place in Turku, Finland…

#BigShipCraze - The big ship craze appears to have spread to the short sea shipping industry serving the UK, after investment in the sector was frozen for the last few years. However, speakers at this week's Multimodal 2016 event in…

#ShippingReview - Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene from among the stories of the last fortnight. A pair of tugs were overhauled at Mooney Boats, in Killybegs, Co. Donegal, from where supertrawlers based in the premier fishing port will no longer…

The increased amount of paperwork demanded by shore managements from crews aboardships at sea is becoming recognised in the shipping industry as a problem which can impact on safety at sea because of the heavier workload imposed on ships' crews.…

#Q1figures2016 - Irish Continental Group (ICG) parent company of Irish Ferries, today has issued their Interim Management Statement which covers carryings and financial information for the first quarter of 2016, i.e. 1 January to 30 April with comparisons against the…

#MultimodalAward - UK based Peel Ports Group, owner and developer of the Liverpool2 container terminal, was recognised as logistics business of the year at the annual Multimodal event held in Birmingham.  The company that also operates the MTL Terminal in…

#TheTyrrells – Fifty years ago Arklow Shipping was formed, following the amalgamation in 1966 of three independent shipowning families from the east coast port in Co. Wicklow, writes Jehan Ashmore. The families, Tyrrell, Kearon and the Hall’s all had origins…