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UK shipyard and marine engineering services company Cammell Laird will open its doors to young women in a special event on Friday, June 28 to encourage female engineers. The world famous Birkenhead shipbuilder and neighbouring Engineering College have joined forces…
David Holmes, the new Chief Executive Officer at Warrenpoint Port
Warrenpoint Port has appointed David Holmes as its new Chief Executive Officer. David joins the harbour, the second largest in Northern Ireland, from Irwin’s Bakery where he has been Operations Director for the past six years. Previously, David has held…
Dutch shipping company BG Freight Line is to introduce an additional Waterford-Rotterdam service facilitating global trade.  The BG-Maersk partnership will consist of a new weekly service that will act as a deep-sea feeder for businesses in Ireland commencing on 6th July. AFLOAT adds above is the Ireland Max class containership BG Diamond which was built in China as part of a quartet of newbuilds introduced.
A shipping line based in the Netherlands, reports The Irish Times, will open up Waterford port to new international trade routes when it commences a weekly service on the Waterford to Rotterdam route which will act as a deep-sea feeder…
Port of Portland (north) in Dorset, UK where a new scrubber service is to be located. Scrubbers or Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) are one of the hottest topics in the global maritime industry as a result of tough new sulphur emission regulations coming into effect under the Marpol Treaty.
In the UK at a port in Dorset is based a ship repair and engineering services company Intermarine UK which has struck a new agreement with a Chinese manufacturer to make the Port of Portland one of the nation's centres…
Welcoming an £800,000 investment in new plant at Warrenpoint Port, from left, Tom Rodgers, Health and Safety Manager, Ian Taylor, Operations Manager, and, Eoin O’Mahony, Head of Engineering and Estates.
Warrenpoint Port has made an investment of £800,000 in new plant that will significantly improve efficiency at Northern Ireland’s second largest harbour. Authorities at the port have taken delivery of the first wave of the new fleet which will include…
Afloat tracked a trio of UK based workboats from the same company that carried out tasks on the Irish Sea and beyond and which involved an overhaul of harbour moorings to the towage of a brand new ro-ro freight ferry,…
The trade war between the US and China is prompting major shifts in goods flows, impacting all modes of transport, according to a number of new studies into the impact of trade tariffs. As Lloyd’s Loading List reports Europe has multiple…
A Fyffes container while in transit
One of the world’s largest and oldest tropical produce importers and distributors, Fyffes announced today its support for new global regulations that will limit the sulphur content in all marine fuels to 0.5 percent beginning January 1, 2020. Since the…
Newbuild RRS Sir David Attenborough a Polar research ship (in March) moves out of the UK shipbuilder Cammell Laird on Merseyside yard which is to announce today in Norway ambitious plans to disrupt the new-build ferry market with a new specially designed Ro-Pax ferry. AFLOAT adds also at the shipyard (wet basin) is berthed Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker RFA Tidespring, first of four 39,000 tonne Tide-class replenishment tankers completed in recent years for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Since completion in 2017 this was the vessel's inaugural docking period when the ship arrived at the Irish Sea yard in March.
UK shipyard Cammell Laird on Merseyside will today announce at the Nor Shipping trade fair in Oslo, Norway ambitious plans to disrupt the new-build ferry market with a new specially designed Ro-Pax ferry. Liverpool City Region based Cammell Laird is releasing…
At the Port of Barrow, Associated British Ports (ABP) Divisional Port Manager – North West, Carl Bevan (far left) and his team with the UK Shipping Minister Nusrat Ghani MP (second from the left) and John Woodcock MP (centre)
At the Irish Sea Port of Barrow the UK Shipping Minister was welcomed at the Cumbrian port for an informative tour to showcase its operations and facilities. The visit hosted by Associated British Ports (ABP) Divisional Port Manager - North…
The oil terminal jetty at Cloghan Point south of Whitehead, Co Antrim
Locals in Whitehead, Co Antrim have been vocal in their opposition to plans that would see the oil terminal at Cloghan Point upgraded to a large-scale distribution hub, as Belfast Live reports. LCC Group, the company behind the Go petrol…
Mark Whitworth, Chief Executive of Peel Ports Group which has acquired Quality Freight (UK) Ltd located in Ellesmore Port (connecting the River Mersey) in Cheshire
A UK ports operator, Peel Ports Group which includes the Port of Liverpool, has announced it has acquired Quality Freight (UK) Limited for an undisclosed amount. The company acquired provides chartering and a range of port services operating from a…
A modular stern section is about to be assembled to a hull AFLOAT adds which became the completed OPV90 (P60 class) L.E. George Bernard Shaw (the final ship to be built) by Babcock's Appledore Shipyard is seen in the covered building hall at Bidna. The north Devon shipyard near Bideford closed in March but now a campaign through crowdfunding is underway to reopen the UK shipyard.
A Plymouth businessman Connor Johnson reports North Devon Gazette has launched a critical campaign through crowdfunding to raise £400,000 by the end of May to seed the revitalisation of the Appledore shipyard which closed in March. Mr Johnson says he…
The coastguard sent lifeboats out to the MSC Matilde docked at Liverpool2 terminal in the early hours of Friday morning. The crew eventually returned to the ship at 8.30am once the vessel was righted.The containership reportedly carried millions of pounds worth of goods.
Dramatic footage shows the moment lifeboat crews arrived to the scene where a container ship was tipping over reports Liverpool Echo. The emergency services were called to assist at Liverpool2 in the early hours of Friday morning after the MSC…
Eamonn O’Reilly (CEO of Dublin Port) and chairman of the European Sea Ports Organisation (EPSO) which from today and tomorrow is holding its annual Conference this year in the Port of Livorno, Italy
In view of the European elections, which will lead to a new Commission, a new European Parliament and a new vision for Europe, European ports have prepared a memorandum emphasising the role port managing bodies can play as facilitators of…
A containership at sea which play a vital role in US-China Trade, however as Lloyd's Loading List report it is Import representatives who warn it is impossible for companies to switch sourcing to other countries in the short term, predicting further front-loading of inventories, as experienced ahead of tariff rises last year.
In the US importers and their logistics providers are preparing for further US-China tariffs and a possible fresh rush to front-load deliveries to beat the next tariff deadline, after the US confirmed its intention to impose 25% duties on further…