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IMDO Shipping Review: Anti-Trust Probe of Box Lines, EU Trailer Growth, Short Sea Seasonal Demand and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: Brussels launches anti-trust probe-The European Commission launched a formal investigation into concerns that the pricing practices of a number of major box lines…
EU Parliament's Vote on Transport Infrastructure Plan and Budget Agreed
#EUtransTEN - The EU Parliament gave its final agreement on the European budget envelope for 2014-2020, the Trans European Network (TEN-T) and for financial Regulation, the Connecting Europe Facility. EPSO, the European Seaports Organisation welcomed the Parliament's vote. This decision…
IMDO Shipping Review: Irish Economy Confidence, Asia-Europe Increase, New Marine Fuel and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Businesses confident for year ahead - Findings from three separate business sentiment surveys last week showed an overwhelmingly high confidence rate amongst Irish-based…
Ports & Shipping Review: Award to Antwerp, Freight Ferry Delay, Arklow's €2.3m Newbuild, Ferry Charter Boost
#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where ESPO awarded  the Port of Antwerp for its project 'Heritage: the breadcrumbs trail between city and port'. Stena Line had to delay the launch of…
Giant Antarctic Iceberg Poses Threat To Shipping
#Shipping - Shipping routes south of the Equator could be threatened by a giant iceberg the size of New York's Manhattan Island that's broken off a glacier in Antarctica. BBC News reports that a British research team has been tasked…
Irish Shipyard Wins Big in UK Offshore Wind Sector
#newships – Arklow Marine Services, the shipbuilding yard owned and managed by the Tyrrell family, is celebrating the successful completion of a €2.3m order with the launch of a vessel for use in the development of UK offshore wind farms.…
IMDO Shipping Review: Irish Economy Increased Production, London Gateway Opens, Container Rates Rise and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Increased Industrial Production - The Investec Irish Manufacturing PMI reached a 14-month high in September with a figure of 52.7. This figure was…
2013 ESPO Award Winner Goes to Port of Antwerp
#HeritagePORT- Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas yesterday handed out the fifth edition of the ESPO Award on Societal Integration to the Port of Antwerp for its project 'Heritage: the breadcrumbs trail between city and port'. This year's edition of the ESPO…
IMDO Shipping Review: Irish Exports Down, Diversifying Cargo Shift, Container Rates Increase and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Exports down in Q3 - The Irish Exporters Association's latest quarterly review has indicated that merchandise exports fell in quarter 3 by 8.6%…
Ports & Shipping Review: Ghost Ship, EU Ship Recycling, Tourism Increase and more
#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where the saga of the 'Ghost Ship' MV Lyubov Orlova may finally have come to an end in the Atlantic. The European Parliament has finally adopted…
Fyffes Container Technology Broadens Market Reach
#BananaBoxBoats –  Fyffes, Europe’s biggest banana importer headquartered in Dublin is through its Costa Rica base exporting fruit to growing markets in Russia and the Middle East. New shipping containers will now allow Fyffes to export fruit from Central America…
Ardmore Shipping Announce Acquisition of ‘Seafarer’ Sister
#NewTanker – Ardmore Shipping Corporation have acquired a 45,726 Dwt MR product tanker built in 2006 at Minami Nippon Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Japan, for a purchase price of approximately $20.5 million. According to EON News, the medium-range vessel is expected…
IMDO Shipping Review – Irish Tourism Up, P3 Capacity Long-Haul Changes,  EU Passes Ship Recycling and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Boost to Irish tourist numbers - The Irish economy has received a welcome boost as the number of trips by overseas residents increased…
IMDO Shipping Review:  Irish Trade Surplus Increase, Piracy 7-Year Low, Container P3 Price Rise and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Trade surplus increases - Preliminary figures released by the Central Statistics Office last week show that Ireland's seasonally adjusted trade surplus rose 1%…
IMDO Shipping Review: ESPO Launch PORTOPIA, Container Cascading, VLCC Demolitions and more
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Ports: Europe to benchmark ports - The European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) last week confirmed the launch of the PORTOPIA (Ports Observatory for Performance Indicators…
ESPO Welcomes EU Parliament Vote on Ship-Recycling
#ShipRECYCLING - The European Parliament has adopted the new Ship Recycling Regulation by a large majority at a meeting in Strasbourg. The final text is the result of a compromise reached last June between the Council under the Irish Presidency,…