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Ardmore Shipping Orders Two 37,000 dwt Chemical Tankers
#ArdmoreNewbuilds – Ardmore Shipping, the Cork based tanker group announced yesterday an order for two 37,000 Dwt IMO 2 eco-design chemical tankers to be built at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) Co. Ltd in South Korea. As previously reported, this…
IMDO Shipping Review: Exports Could Fall 2.8bn, Container Volumes Uplift, Dry-Cargo Demolition Drops and more…
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Exports could fall 2.8bn - The value of exports from the Republic could fall by €2.8 billion this year as earnings from pharmaceutical…
Ardmore Shipping: A Review of An Expanding Tanker Fleet
#ArdmoreGroup – As previously reported, Ardmore Shipping Group has purchased two 50,300 dwt IMO 3 class eco-product tankers worth $68m / €50m from South Korean shipbuilders, SSP, writes Jehan Ashmore. Ardmore Shipping eventually intend to control a 24-strong fleet and…
Ports & Shipping Review: Manx Operator Could Face Closure, O’Brien Plans ISSC, Profits at SFPC, Ports Exempt from FOI and much more
#ShippingReview: Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where the Isle of Man based Ramsey Steamship Company could face closure in its centenary year. Funding for a £81m renewable energy plant is to be built…
Island Shipping Becomes MCA Accredited Training Provider
#IslandShipping- Wicklow based Island Shipping has become a Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) accredited course provider. Island Shipping is to deliver the highest levels of service, safety and efficiency in response to the needs of the evolving work-boat and crew-boat…
Ardmore Shipping Exercise Option for Pair of Eco-Tanker Newbuilds
#ArdmoreExpansion – Cork based Ardmore Shipping say they have begun the execution of their product and chemical tankship fleet explansion plan, according to MarineLink.com The company has put the plan into effect by exercising options on a further two 50,300-dwt…
New Bill Exempts Port Companies From FOI
#Ports - Ireland's port companies will be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act under amendments contained in a new bill put forward by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Last week the minister announced the publication of the FOI…
IMDO Weekly Review: Irish Manufacturing Surge, Weak N.Europe Shipping Trade, Container Season Wanes
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Surge in Manufacturing - New export orders for Irish manufacturing companies grew in July for the first time in five months. The Investec…
Manx Shipping Registry Increases
#IOMregistry - Registry of vessels on the Isle of Man Ship Registry has increased following an announcement by the authority that it has registered 'Hanjin Blue Ocean' who are completing a series of nine 13,000 TEU container vessels to register…
£81m Biomass Plant to be Built on Port Estate
#EnergyPort - Funding for a renewable energy  plant costing £81m is to be built at Londonderry Harbour Commissioners lands at Lisahally. Northern Ireland-based Evermore Renewable Energy will build the flagship biomass CHP plant, which is the first of its kind…
Manx Cargoship Company Could Face Closure
#ManxCargo - Ramsey Steamship Company's chairman has expressed his sadness that the historical business could face closure in its centenary year. The 100-year-old freight, engineering and agency company faces going into liquidation due to its share of a multibillion pound…
IMDO Weekly Review:  Ireland’s BRIC Potential, Container Over Capacity and Artic Shipping Growth
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: BRIC potential - Some 40% of Enterprise Ireland's overseas offices are now in the so-called BRIC nations of Brazil,Russia, India and China or…
Ports & Shipping Review: Detained Bulk-Carrier Renamed, Dublin Port Annual Report, Flagship Firm Chooses Kinvara and more...
#ShippingReview: Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where the former detained 19,354 tonnes bulk-carrier Clipper Faith which was sold last month for €4.5m has been renamed Island Mariner. A 4% drop in Irish exports…
US Maritime Consultancy Firm Chooses Kinvara for EMEA HQ
#FlagshipIreland – Flagship Management, a US Maritime Consultancy and Recruitment firm has announced that it is locating its European, Middle East and African (EMEA) Headquarters to Kinvara, Co Galway, creating 15 new jobs over the next three years. The EMEA…
IMDO Weekly Review: Growth in 2012 Global Freight,  VLCC Surplus Supply and Chinese Ore Bulk Boost
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Freight Forwarders: Growth in global freight- forwarding market in 2012 was entirely down to the strong performance of seafreight as airfreight volumes continue to decline,…
New Cycle of UNCTAD Port Training Programme Approved
#PortTraining – UNCTAD's TrainForTrade Port Training Programme have agreed to implement a third cycle of the course following a conference held in Belfast earlier this month. Forty-three representatives from UNCTAD, the Irish Government, and the Irish port partners - Dublin…