Irish Port and Shipping News
#MasterMariners - The Irish Institute of Master Mariners, the professional body for shipmasters, has elected a woman to lead the organisation for the first time. Capt Sinead Reen was also the first woman to qualify as a deck officer, having…
#ShipRepairs – Atlantic Companion, a massive containership which had experienced engine problems according to The Irish Examiner, was understood to have undergone continued repairs last night in the shelter of Bantry Bay. The 57,000 tonnes vessel lost engine power and…
Cammell Laird’s Largest Single ‘Cluster’ Contract Completed for UK Navy Tanker
21st January 2015 Ports & Shipping
#RFArefits - Cammell Laird, the Merseyside shipyard completed a £49.5m major refit of Royal Fleet Auxiliary's Fort Victoria (A387), one of the largest vessels operated by the UK Ministry of Defence, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 10 month refit of the…
#EUTransport - European ports work, they make transport work, make the economy work, make their environment work. That was the main message given by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) during their meeting today with the new EU Commissioner for…
IMDO Market Review: Galway Port Plan Hearings, Antwerp’s Record Year, China’s 2020 Shipping Roadmap and Much More
19th January 2015 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Shipping News: Hearing into proposed Galway Harbour expansion taking place - A preliminary hearing into a proposed expansion of Galway Harbour has been taking place…
China Approves Coastal Trade for Three COSCO Foreign-Flagged Containerships
16th January 2015 Ports & Shipping
#ChinaCoastalTrade - Three foreign-flag boxships owned by Cosco Container Lines according to LloydsLoadingList.com, have recently won government approval to carry containers between Shanghai and other Chinese ports. The move signals an official launch of Beijing's pilot project to liberalise the…
Port & Shipping Review: State Papers Reveal Row over ISL Liquidation, Livestock Rise to UK, Car Carrier Aground, 200 Jobs to Expand Galway Port and More…
11th January 2015 Ports & Shipping
#Port&ShippingNews - Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene, where State papers from 1984 reveal a row in Government over the liquidation of Irish Shipping Ltd. In 2014, over 16,500 animals were exported to Britain,…
#LargestContainership - The world's largest container ship, CSCL Globe arrived in the UK for the first time at Felixstowe, reports BBC News. The Hong Kong-registered giant containership which measures more than 400m (1,313ft) in length, docked at the Suffolk port…
IMDO Market Review: Cork Harbour €1bn Makeover, US Port Congestion, China Deregulate Port Tariffs, European Banks Resume Lending
9th January 2015 Ports & Shipping
#Port&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Ports: Cork Harbour to Get €1bn Makeover into 'Sydney of Europe' - Over 100 years of under-investment and problematic industrial projects has left Cork with…
#Maritime - Is Ireland a model to follow when it comes to maritime strategy? It is according to Simon Mercieca of the University of Malta, who blogs on the Malta Independent website about the need for his country to take…
#NewbuildTanker- Ardmore Cherokee, a 25,000dwt products and chemical tanker became the newest addition to Ardmore Shipping Corporation, following delivery from a Japanese shipyard. The IMO II classed tanker was completed by Fukoaka Shipbuilding and she is the fifteenth vessel to…
IMDO Market Review: Over-Tonnage Low, UNCTAD Rank Nations Fleet, Obama Under Pressure, Dutch Dockers Unite over Automation and More
29th December 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Global Shipping & Ports: Over-tonnage and ECAs Drag Shipping Confidence to Two-Year Low Confidence among the shipping industry has dropped to its lowest point in two…
Irish Shipping Liquidation Sparked Row Within Cabinet, 1984 State Papers Show
28th December 2014 Ports & Shipping
#IrishShipping - The liquidation of Irish Shipping Ltd three decades ago was the source of a row between two ministers of the then cabinet, as revealed in the recently published 1984 State papers. The Irish Times has details of a…
Ports & Shipping Review: Brave Newbuild Launched, Ferry Trials Deep Down Irish Sea, Agreement on CO2 & Sister of Final H&W Built Ship Debuts in Dublin
27th December 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene, where Arklow Shipping's fifth out of six 'B' class 'green' newbuilds Arklow Brave was launched in the Netherlands. Another newbuild, German built Loch Seaforth carried out…
Sister of Final Harland & Wolff Built Ship Series, Dorset, Debuts in Dublin Port
23rd December 2014 Ports & Shipping
#DorsetsDublinDebut – A sister of Anvil Point, the last ship to be built in Belfast by Harland & Wolff in 2003, the Dorset docked in Dublin Port last Friday having entered service for Colbelfret's (CLnD Ro-Ro) service from Zeebrugge, writes…
IMDO Market Review: Dredging Difficulties, IMO Reduce Admin, Tanker Boom, Safeguarding the Arctic, Mega ‘Box’ Alliances and Much More
17th December 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish News: Sligo Harbour Dredging Difficulties - Earlier this year, the Department of the Environment granted a licence to Sligo council to allow them to undertake…
