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Major European short-sea ro-ro freight operator Compagnie Luxembourgouise de Navigation (CLdN), which in recent months launched a new Cork-Rotterdam lo-lo route, has announced that it has joined the Maritime Battery Forum. The MBF was founded with the aim of promoting new…

The first of two new ship-to-shore container cranes, costing £25 million and built by Liebherr in Ireland, arrived in Scotland aboard a vessel from Cork Harbour, will be a major boost for productivity at the Port of Greenock. At 932-tons,…

In south Wales, the Port of Milford Haven, which is the UK’s top energy port, has announced that it has completed the purchase of the St. Brides Spa Hotel in Saundersfoot, one of Pembrokeshire’s most prestige hotels. The investment by…

An increase in cases of affected seafarers abandoned by shipowners, leaving them without money, support, or the means to get home, has reached alarming levels around the world, according to maritime charity Stella Maris. Stella Maris is the world's largest…

The UK’s second-largest port owner, Peel Ports Group, and renewable energy and maritime specialists, NatPower Marine, have announced plans to establish the first “green shipping corridors” between Britain and Ireland. The ground-breaking collaboration could provide a blueprint to drastically cut…

A prominent maritime charity organisation, Liverpool Seafarers Centre, supporting 50,000 seafarers each year at the port in north-west England, has recently been featured by the BBC with thought-provoking podcasts. The two podcasts, titled “The Food Chain, Hungry at Sea” and…

The International Maritime Organisation, the United Nations agency for the sea, has called for more involvement by women in the world’s maritime operations, marking today’s International Day for Women in the Maritime sphere. Its Secretary-General, Arsenio Dominguez, says that, currently,…

The final remaining span of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge — collapsed by a cargo ship crash in late March — has been brought down in a controlled explosion. As Marine Industry News reports, US Army explosives experts oversaw the…

In South Wales, Pembroke Port, which is owned and operated by the Port of Milford Haven, has welcomed the first customer to its new workboat pontoons. The infrastructure was installed as part of the Pembroke Dock Marine project to modernise…

CILT Mobility & Supply Chain Skillnet and the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) at Munster Technological University are hosting a launch for their newest Master’s programme supporting development in the offshore renewable energy, ports, transport and logistics, and maritime…

Short-sea container feeder operator BG Freight Line has unveiled its greenest ships yet with four new lo-lo vessels that will help its customers significantly reduce their carbon emissions. The new ships will use a state-of-the-art scrubber to catch CO2 and…

Atlantic Container Line AB (ACL) is teaming up with BG Freight Line (BGFL) and Peel Ports in Liverpool and Dublin Port to provide a new service that will significantly improve transit times and reliability in both directions between Ireland and…

In the framework of its annual conference held in Paris last week, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) launched the results of the ESPO Port Investment Study 2024 (find here). This study offers an extensive analysis of the investment pipeline…

The European Sea Ports Organisation congratulates 11 ports with their Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certificates during the annual ESPO Conference in Paris.  The Port of Algeciras (Spain), the Port of Barcelona (Spain), the Port of Klaipeda (Lithuania), the Ports…

Despite grey clouds, the sun was out too during the launch of Arklow Rose this morning, which was a spectacle that the locals of a Dutch shipyard clearly enjoyed watching, writes Jehan Ashmore. A blast from the Royal Bodewes shipyard…

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has set out its priorities for the next five years in view of the forthcoming EU elections to be held in May. EPSO represents the port authorities, port associations and port administrations of the seaports of 21…