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Irish Continental Group Release Interim Management Statement
#ICGinterimstatement – Irish Continental Group (ICG) has issued below this interim management statement which covers carryings up to 17 May 2014 (i.e. 20 weeks) and financial information for the first four months of the year, i.e. January to April. Volumes…
Transport Organisations Issue Common Statement on State-Aid Clearance of TEN-T Projects
#TEN-Tprojects - European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) together with several associations in the transport sector today, have sent a common statement to the European Commission on state-aid clearance in the context of TEN-T projects. The undersigning associations in the transport…
ESPO's Gothenburg Memorandum Outlines Priorities for New Commission and Parliament
#ESPOconference -The European Sea Ports Organisation (EPSO) Conference 2014 concluded last Friday in Gothenburg. A presentation of EPSO's memorandum for the European elections in which European port authorities identify six points of attention for the incoming Parliament and Commission: 1.…
IMDO Shipping Review: Container Reliability Improves, LNG Fleet Surpass 400, Airfreight Loses to Sea, IMO Close in on Container Weight
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: Reliability improves for first time this year - The reliability of container carrier lines improved for the first time this year in March,…
Port Snapshot: Dredging Underway in Wicklow Port as Waste Fuel is Exported
#WicklowPort – As a snapshot into the shipping activity of Wicklow Port, this morning saw the departure of Lehmann Baltic (1997/2,820grt) with a cargo of refuse derived fuel (RDF) bound for Bremen, writes Jehan Ashmore. RDF is mostly made of…
IMDO Shipping Review: Overcapacity Container Market, French Ban Foreign HGV, First Maritime Carbon Credit Scheme and More
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: Surplus to remain as slow steaming is here to stay - Overcapacity in the container market is expected to persist until 2017 at…
Ports & Shipping Review: French Route Cruiseferry Resumes Service, Cruise-Season Underway, Navy's 'Beckett' Delivery Voyage, Plans for Cork Container Terminal and more
#Ports & Shipping Review – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene, where French route cruiseferry Oscar Wilde had to cancel a round-trip to Rosslare Harbour due to a technical fault of a radar, which…
IMDO Shipping Review: G6 Plan 'Mega-Box' Ships,  Dry Bulk Newbuilds up 72%, Panama Canal Strike Action Again and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: G6 proposes mega-boxship orders -The G6 liner alliance is planning to outdo P3, its main rival, by ordering even larger container ships than…
IMDO Shipping Review: Worst Losses for World Maritime Lender, Irish Economy Trade Surplus Rise, WTO Raise Forecast Growth and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Shipping Finance: Worst annual losses for largest maritime lender - HSH Nordbank, the world's largest maritime lender, revealed losses recently of €814 million for 2013,…
Ports & Shipping Review: Drogheda's Longest Ship, Heysham Freight Increase, Galway Objection, ‘Rudder’ Containership Reaches Turkey and more
#ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene, where the longest cargoship ever to dock in Drogheda Port, Rusich-5 at over 420ft berthed under the shadow of the railway viaduct. The Isle of Man…
IMDO Shipping Review: Irish Food Exports Rise, IMF Growth Forecast for UK, Mega ‘Box’ Alliance Pressure On Ports and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Trade: Food exports to UK - The UK imports over 30% of its food consumption and remains the largest export market for Irish food…
Grounded Arklow Bank Containership Arrives in Turkish Waters
#ShipsRudder - As previously reported on Afloat.ie, containership Arslan II (1991/3,125grt) that grounded on Arklow Bank in January, and understood to have damaged her rudder, arrived off Turkey in recent days, writes Jehan Ashmore. Following the incident off Co. Wicklow,…
Ports & Shipping Review: Livestock Ship Released, Liverpool2 Cost Concerns, Stena Launch French Link, Arklow’s Biggest Bulk Carrier and more
#ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene, where an Ireland-Libyan serving livestock-carrier, Express 1 which has been in Fowey since February following detention has been released by UK authorities. Peel Ports Group operates…
Arklow’s Newest and Largest Bulk-Carrier Heads for Antwerp
#ArklowNewBULKER – Arklow Shipping Ltd's newest and largest bulk-carrier Arklow Spray is currently heading along the Western Scheldt leading to Antwerp, having departed Liverpool's Gladstone Dock lock mid-week, writes Jehan Ashmore. Arklow Spray which was berthed at Liverpool's Royal Seaforth…
Peel Ports Group Insists Liverpool 2 Is On Time and Budget
#Liverpool2 – The Peel Ports group which operates the Port of Liverpool has dismissed claims of delays and budget overrun of the £300m Liverpool2 container terminal project is over budget and behind schedule. The scheme is to expand the Royal…
IMDO Shipping Review: Container Alliance Predicted, Shipping Confidence, Ireland to Outperform Eurozone and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: Further consolidation predicted - Consolidation is set to continue in the container market, as low freight rates and persisting overcapacity will lead to…