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Time-Lapse Of Tanker Entering Galway Port Shows Shipping Skipper's Skills
#GalwayPort - Courtesy of Galway Tourism's Twitter feed, here's an incredible overhead time-lapse video of the oil tanker Galway Fisher arriving in port at Galway Harbour recently. Compressing the ship's meticulous series of manoeuvres down to under a minute – compare with the real-time video here – the video shows the…
Irish Shipping Volumes Up 3% During Q2 2015
#portsshipping – Shipping and port activity in the Republic of Ireland rose by 3% in the second quarter of 2015 when compared to the corresponding period of 2014, according to the latest quarterly iShip Index* published today by the Irish…
IMDO Review: Change In Global Routes, Chinese Merger, Expanded Suez & More
#Ports&Shipping – The latest Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) Weekly Market Review includes the following stories outlined below. Global Maritime News: Melting Arctic Ice Caps Leads to Change In Global Shipping Routes - The disappearing Arctic ice cap will boost…
Shipping Review: Hull Completed, Seawolf Joins Pack, Windfarm Cats Added
#Ports&ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene as outlined in the following stories below. Further progress on newbuild Arklow Vale involved the aftship section joined with the foreship outside of a Dutch shipyard…
Windfarm Support Vessels Added to Waterford Operator
#WindfarmSupport - A pair of 18m long windfarm support, passenger transfer and survey support catamarans are the latest additions to Waterford based Fastnet Shipping, writes Jehan Ashmore. The windfarm support vessels named Fastnet Pelican and Fastnet Petrel are of 60…
Seawolf Joins Pack of Ardmore Shipping Fleet
#NewSeaWolf - Ardmore Seawolf is the third newbuild in a series of tankers delivered to Ardmore Shipping Corporation. The 49,999dwt IMO 3 product and chemical tanker was completed by SPP Shipbuilding from the Sacheon shipyard in South Korea and was…
Sections Joined to Form Hull of Arklow's First ‘V’ Class Newbuild
#CompletedHull – Further progress on the newbuild Arklow Vale took place on Monday with the aftship section transported outside of a Dutch shipyard's building hall, writes Jehan Ashmore. The section mounted on road-trailers was towed by truck to an adjoining…
IMDO Review: Fishing Safety Report , Rotterdam Fuel Rise, Nigeria Tanker Ban & More
#Ports&Shipping – The latest Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) Weekly Market Review includes the following stories outlined below. Report on Safety and Maritime Practises in the Irish Fishing Industry is Released - According to afloat.ie, chief executive of Irish Water…
Shipping Review: New LoLo Service, Dublin DryDocking & Aoife Refits for Malta
#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…
Irish Owned Channel Islands Serving Cargoship Dry Docked in Dublin
#DryDocking - An Irish flagged cargoship that operates a UK-Channel Islands service has completed an intermediate dry-dock survey in Dublin Port from where she departed yesterday, writes Jehan Ashmore. The work was carried out by Dublin Graving Docks Ltd on…
New Scottish-Dutch Service Via Liverpool2 Deepwater Port
#NewLoLoService - A new shipping service from Scotland to The Netherlands via Irish Sea deepwater ports will open up new routes to market businesses in Glasgow. The new Greenock-Rotterdam service via Liverpool and Belfast will also open up new opportunities…
IMDO Review: Dublin Up 5%, Shipping Sentiment Dips, Greeks Top Scrapping & More
#Ports&Shipping – The latest Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) Weekly Market Review includes the following stories outlined below. Irish Maritime News: Dublin Cargo Volumes Grows by 5% with Aims to Break Passenger Records by the End of This Year. The…
Shipping Review: Report on ISSC, Arklow & Ardmore Add Ships, Meeting at Irish Europort
#Ports&ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene with the following stories below. An independent report by SEMRU of NUI Galway claims that a planned International Shipping Services Centre (ISSC) could put the Irish…
Rosslare Europort Hosts First Meeting of Stakeholder Advisory Group
#rosslare – Iarnród Éireann, Port Authority for Rosslare Europort, has held the first meeting of a new Stakeholder Advisory Group for the Europort, with representatives of port customers (shipping companies), the local authority, business and tourism locally, hauliers, fishing, employees…
Third Tanker Sister of Quartet Added to Ardmore Fleet
#ThirdSister- A Japanese shipyard has delivered Ardmore Chinook, the third newbuild out of series of four tankers for Ardmore Shipping Corporation. The 25,000dwt tonnes IMO2 product and chemical tanker Ardmore Chinook was delivered by Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co. Ltd from their…
Arklow’s First of 10 Newbuilds Towed ‘On Land’ at Shipyard
#10newShips – Footage above of Arklow Shipping's newest newbuild Arklow Vale shows the foreship section been transported outside from a Dutch shipbuilder's hall, writes Jehan Ashmore. Arklow Vale represents the first of 10 in a next generation of 5,150dwt newbuild…