Irish Port and Shipping News
In the UK at the Appledore shipyard in Devon, the facility is close to reopening, 12 months after its 164-year shipbuilding history appeared to have come to an end. The shipyard could reopen as soon as December if a deal…
Experts from both sea and inland ports over the last year, have been assessing the European railway legislation from a port perspective. This has resulted in a position paper adopted by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and the European…
Signing of Scottish Government Sees Fergusan Marine Enter Public Ownership Deal
3rd November 2019 Ports & Shipping
A contract has been signed by the Scottish Government to take the troubled Ferguson Marine shipyard into public ownership, reports The National. It follows an agreement reached last month for the Government to take over the yard after the firm…
A decommissioned oil refinery have been successfully exported from Pembroke Dock, south Wales to Pakistan. The final parts of the former Murco Refinery plant in Pembrokeshire that closed in 2014 were recently removed in an operation that took six-weeks to…
Need of Container Carriers to Develop Greener Supply Chains to Meet IMO 2020 Cost
29th October 2019 Ports & Shipping
According to a new report, sharing the cost of the International Maritime Organization’s new sulphur rules (see: Irish Sea ferry operator) across the containerised supply chain could mark a new era of greener shipping transportation. As LloydsLoadingList writes the report by…
Ports Group ABP ‘Calling On All UK Technology Companies’ to Drive Innovation
21st October 2019 Ports & Shipping
The UK's largest port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP) is calling on all UK technology companies to help overcome specific operational challenges in the maritime industry. ABP is partnering with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), to run the EnSiX Challenge Competition,…
On the concluding day of the British Ports Association conference in Belfast as previously reported on Afloat, the BHA and UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) have responded to the latest EU withdrawal agreement currently awaiting parliamentary approval. Under the latest…
Congratulations from ESPO As Ports of Barcelona, Vigo and Baku Achieve EcoPorts’ Environmental Standard (PERS)
17th October 2019 Ports & Shipping
It was congratulations from the European Sea Ports Organisation as the Port of Barcelona (Spain), Port of Vigo (Spain) and Port of Baku (Azerbaijan) achieved an EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). Isabelle Ryckbost, ESPO’s Secretary General, handed over the PERS…
GreenPorts: ESPO Publishes European Port Sector’s Environmental Report 2019
17th October 2019 Ports & Shipping
The European Sea Ports Organisation today presented its annual Environmental Report for 2019 at the GreenPort Congress in Oslo, Norway. The ESPO Environmental Report includes more than 60 different environmental performance benchmarks including figures on the green services to shipping…
Second of Three Ship Order Launched for UK Forest Products Operator Which Serves Irish Ports
12th October 2019 Ports & Shipping
Scot Explorer became the latest launch for a UK shipping forests products operator, following a christening ceremony that was held at a Dutch shipyard yesterday, writes Jehan Ashmore. The launch (footage) of newbuild (NB 747) at the Royal Bodewes yard…
The Irish Sea ports of Liverpool and Heysham in addition Sheerness (London Medway) all part of the Peel Ports Group, have received funding to enhance measures they have already taken to improve resilience ahead of the UK’s expected departure from…
Workforce At Scottish Shipyard Ferguson Marine Boosted As it Battles to Complete Ferries
8th October 2019 Ports & Shipping
An increase in employment is a pledge at the nationalised Ferguson Marine shipyard which has resulted in 17 new jobs, with a further ten to be recruited, the Scottish Government announced today. The yard, reports The Scotsman, is in the…
British Ports Association Responds to UK Government's New Brexit Border Plan
5th October 2019 Ports & Shipping
The British Ports Association has responded to the UK Government’s “two borders for four years” Brexit proposals which was announced by the Conservative Party this week. Richard Ballantyne, Chief Executive of BPA said “The majority of Northern Ireland’s trade is with…
Scottish Shipyard on Clydeside to be Nationalised after Lack of Viable Bids
3rd October 2019 Ports & Shipping
In Scotland, the last civilian shipyard on the Clyde, The Herald reports, is to be nationalised by the country's Government within a month after a search for a commercial saviour failed. Workers at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow, which was…
Boxboat Giants: MSC and Hapag-Lloyd Consider Joining Maersk in Zero-Emissions Coalition
30th September 2019 Ports & Shipping
In the shipping industry some major companies are considering joining a cross-industry coalition to develop zero-emission vessels by 2030. As Lloyds Loading List reports, box carriers MSC and Hapag-Lloyd, along with classification society DNV GL, have indicated they will assess…
Seafarers’ Charity Welcomes Release Of UK Tanker From Iranian Waters But Remains Concerned About Other Ships
30th September 2019 Ports & Shipping
Stena Impero, the British tanker detained by Iran for 10 weeks amid a tense standoff between the two countries, was allowed to sail from Iranian waters last Friday (27 October) and docked in Dubai the following day. But concerns remain…
