Irish Port and Shipping News
IMDO Shipping Review: US Approve Top 3 'Box' Ship Sharing, Irish Exports Values Rise, UK ShortSea Breaks 15m Units and more
26th March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: FMC approve P3 Alliance –The US Federal Maritime Commission has granted regulatory approval for the P3 vessel-sharing agreement between the world's top three…
#Cattleships – The detention of the Ireland-Libyan serving livestock-carrier which has been in Fowey since February has been lifted by UK authorities, writes Jehan Ashmore. Commenting to Afloat.ie, a spokesman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: "We inspected the…
Cargo Ship Captain Fined For Failing To Inform Coastguard Over Incident
23rd March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Shipping - A cargo ship captain has been fined by Cork District Cork over failing to immediately inform the Irish Coast Guard of engine difficulties suffered by his vessel late last month. As the Irish Examiner reports, the Department of Transport,…
Ports & Shipping Review: Arklow's 'Green' Newbuild, Livestock Ship 'Post-Repair' Trails, Rail-Freight-Sea Success and much more
22nd March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where Arklow Bay, second of six 'green' newbuilds was launched in the Netherlands for Arklow Shipping Ltd. Containership Arslan II that is understood to have got…
European Sea Ports Organisation Welcomes First Reading Agreement on Clean Fuel Strategy
21st March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#CleanFuels - Negotiators for the European Parliament and the Council reached an informal first reading agreement yesterday on the Clean Fuel Strategy. If confirmed by EP's Transport Committee and Plenary, the Directive could still be adopted before the EU elections…
DFDS Logistics and Iarnród Éireann First Year of Intermodel Results
19th March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#SeaRailFreight- A year has passed since Afloat.ie reported on the revival of container rail-freight services between Waterford Port and Ballina, to link in with DFDS Logistics sailing schedules to Europe. According to multimodal.org.uk which has more on this, since the…
Sister of to be Released UK Detained Ireland-Libya Livestock-Ship Sets Sail from Waterford
19th March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Cattleships – The Ireland-Libya serving livestock-carrier Atlantic M departed Belview, Waterford today and is understood to be bound for the North African state's port of Misrata, writes Jehan Ashmore. As reported today, a sistership, Express 1 which in February encountered…
#Cattleships – The livestock vessel Express 1, which was detained in Fowey for five weeks to undergo urgent maintenance is likely to leave the port this week, writes This Is Cornwall. The vessel has remained in Fowey since early February…
Ireland-Libyan Livestock-Carrier Remains Detained following ‘Post-Repair’ Sea Trails
14th March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Cattleships- Express 1, an Ireland-Libya serving livestock-carrier which was detained in February by the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has this week been on 'post-repair trails' in the English Channel, writes Jehan Ashmore. Having anchored overnight off the Cornish…
Port Regulations: Joint Decision Not to Vote before European Elections
13th March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#PortRegulations - This week, MEP and Rapporteur, Knut Fleckenstein and the shadow Rapporteurs on the Ports Regulation Proposal have jointly decided not to vote on the Regulation before the EU elections. The EP key players on this proposal are stressing…
Rudder Problem of Containership Dry-Docked, Due to Depart Dublin Port
12th March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#ShipsRudder- A containership Arslan II (1991/3,125grt) that is understood to have got into difficulties involving her rudder off Arklow Bank in January, and has since remained in a Dublin Port for almost two months, is scheduled to depart today, writes…
High-Profile Leader of UK union, Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) Dies
12th March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#UnionRMT – The BBC reports that the union leader of the Rail and National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), Bob Crow has died at the age of 52 of a suspected heart attack. Leading the RMT from…
#ShortSea14 – This year's ShortSea European conference will take place in the Portugese capital of Lisbon (12-13 May), and follows previous conferences held in Paris 2013 and Dublin the proceeding year. It will be supported by the Shortsea Promotion Centres…
IMDO Shipping Review: Box Carrier Reliability Declines, Battery-Powered Ships, New Sulpher Rules and much more
11th March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: Carrier reliability declines once again - Global containership schedule reliability, the proportion of ships that arrive into port on time, decreased 3.5% in…
#GreenNewbuild - Arklow Bay was launched by a Dutch shipyard on Friday, she is the second newbuild of six 'B'class 4,800dwt multi-purpose cargoships on order to Arklow Shipping Ltd, writes Jehan Ashmore. The amidships or sideways launch of the vessel…
Ports & Shipping Review: UK Detain Cattleship, New Oil Tanker, Banana Boats a Year On, Ferry Profits and Purchase
8th March 2014 Ports & Shipping
#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where Express I, the first Ireland-Libyan serving livestock-carrier for nearly two decades was detained by the UK's Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA), leading to calls by the…