Irish Port and Shipping News

Bord Bia Says Food Supply Chains Very Exposed to Brexit Risks

8th August 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - State agency Bord Bia has published a a strategy guide to assist Irish food and drink manufacturers to identify operations partners and establish more efficient distribution channels. As the Irish Farmers Journal reports increased lead times, especially for…

Euroroute: New Shipping Route Will Cut-Out Britain

7th August 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - A post-Brexit new shipping route will see Ireland connected to Europe via the Netherlands and Belgium under EU contingency plans. The European Commission reports The Independent has adopted a proposal which will see Dublin and Cork ports connected…

More Business for UK Port of Hull As New Users Served by Irish Built Ship-to-Shore Cranes

4th August 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - Earlier this year, Afloat highlighted the arrival of Irish built ship-to-shore container cranes worth £10.5 million to the UK North Sea Port of Hull where further business has since taken root, writes Jehan Ashmore. The growing trade of…

Containership, Cardiff with a 6,656TEU capacity operated a new US-Europe service having arrived yesterday at Liverpool2, Peel Ports deep-water container terminal.

Liverpool2 Receives New Trans-Atlantic Container Services

23rd July 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - Liverpool2, Peel Ports’ flagship deep-water container terminal, welcomed its largest regular caller to date when 2M (Maersk and MSC alliance) introduce a new transatlantic container service to the port that began yesterday. 2M is switching its TA2 service…

A pilot cutter Afloat adds is underway having set off from Milford Haven, south Wales where the waterway will be at the centre of the 'Haven of Heritage' event next week.

Join In to Learn the History As ‘Haven of Heritage’ Opens On Welsh Waterway

21st July 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - Learn about the rich maritime heritage of the Milford Haven Waterway in south Wales in addition to surrounding towns that will be showcased during a unique event next week, on Thursday 26 July. To celebrate Visit Wales’ ‘Year…

The estuary of Milford Haven where the south Wales port holds its annual consultative meeting later this month. Afloat adds beyond the Cleddau Bridge and on the left is Irish Ferries Rosslare route cruiseferry Isle of Inishmore berthed in Pembroke Dock.

Invite to Public: Port of Milford Haven’s Annual Consultative Meeting

17th July 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - An invitation to members of the public and the business community has been made to attend the Port of Milford Haven’s Annual Consultative Meeting later this month. The event is taking place at the Bridge Innovation Centre in…

Dignitaries and guests attending the christening ceremony of Arklow Villa in Delfzijl, Netherlands. This is the final of 10 short-sea Royal Bodewes 5,170dwt Eco-Traders that were built since 2015.

Final Arklow 'V' Class Eco-Trader Christened Is Set to Make Maiden Irish Call

12th July 2018 Arklow Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - Another progressive chapter for Arklow Shipping was notably marked on Monday as the final of 10 newbuild short-sea traders was christened at a ceremony held in The Netherlands, writes Jehan Ashmore. Arklow Villa was christened in Delfzijl, where…

Port Reception Facilities: European ports believe however that the ‘polluter pays’ principle, which has been the cornerstone of the EU’s environmental policy, needs to be strengthened.

ESPO Welcomes Draft Report but Calls for Stricter Application of ‘Polluter Pays’ Principle

10th July 2018 Ports & Shipping

#PolluterPays- European Sea ports Organisation (ESPO) have welcomed proposals put forward by the European Parliament Rapporteur Ms Gesine Meissner in the draft report of the Transport Committee on the review of the Waste Reception Facilities Directive (Com (2018) 33). The…

A busy scene: ships docked in Dublin Port

Hard Brexit Will Cost Irish Hauliers An Extra €180m A Year

5th July 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - According to the Irish Examiner, a hard Brexit will cost the haulage industry €180m a year, or €40 per hour for every truck, in additional costs, warns the sector’s main representative body. Irish Road Haulage Association president Verona…

Approval has been given to revision of Milford Waterfront's development's outlining planning consent. The site forms part of the Port of Milford Haven in south-west Wales which as Afloat adds celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.

Unanimous Approval for Welsh Port of Milford Haven's Waterfront Development

27th June 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - The Welsh Port of Milford Haven has welcomed Pembrokeshire County Council’s decision to approve a revision to the Milford Waterfront development’s outline planning consent. The planning committee met yesterday (26th June) to discuss the application and voted unanimously…

President Michael D. Higgins, met with participants of UNCTAD's Train For Trade global port management programme, which he called "an example of internationalisation in the best sense, dedicated to the prosperity of all the peoples of the world".

President Higgins Lauds United Nations Port Managers Programme

26th June 2018 Ports & Shipping

#President&Ports - Senior port managers from developing countries who are passing on their expertise to colleagues met President Michael D. Higgins in Dublin, on 21 June during the week-long United Nations Conference on Trade & Development's Training of Trainers workshop. President…

Arklow Ruler (2006/2,999grt) became the first agri-bulk vessel for clients in Glasgow (Clydeport) which is operated by the Peel Ports Group. The 'R' class cargoship is seen been discharged in King George V Dock which Afloat adds is a stone's throw from the site of the former Govan Shipbuilders that during the 1970's built bulk-carriers for Irish Shipping Ltd which went into liquidation in 1984.

Irish Flagged Trader Becomes Peel Ports Glasgow First to Handle Animal Grain Imports

21st June 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - An Irish flagged cargoship became the first agri-bulk vessel for global animal feed trader ADM Arkady, a client of Peel Ports Glasgow (Clydeport) where a facility has undergone upgrading. According to the UK ports group, the Arklow Ruler…

The move will see the four-deck Seatruck Precision and Seatruck Performance (above) replace the current three-deck vessels

€100m Seatruck Investment Increases Capacity on Warrenpoint – Heysham Route by 30%

19th June 2018 Warrenpoint Port

A €100 million investment by Seatruck Ferries, the Irish Sea freight specialist, will increase capacity on Warrenpoint to Heysham route by 30%. Seatruck will deploy two larger freight ferries on the route later this summer, in direct response to growing…

A second newbuild to be named Scot Explorer is being built by the same Dutch yard to where Scot Carrier is to be launched from in July. The ship is also similar to the Scot Leader (pictured above)

ScotLine Orders Second Newbuild to Dutch Yard

19th June 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - Forest products operator Scotline Ltd whose vessels are regular callers to Irish east and south coast ports, have announced in partnership with a Dutch yard to exercise an option for a second newbuild of the 4785dwat Bodewes Trader…

Peel Ports, a UK ports group, is calling on cargo owners, hauliers and others to look at two potential solutions to inevitable congestion at Dover (above) learning lessons from a model commonly used for Irish Sea freight and using capacity at ports across the country.

UK Needs English Channel Trade Reality Check Looks to Irish Sea Solutions

14th June 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - UK trade with continental Europe is likely to be gridlocked when Britain leaves the customs union without a fundamental rethink of English Channel roll-on roll-off (RoRo) services. Peel Ports [a UK ports group incl. Liverpool] is calling on…

Isle of Inishmore operated by Irish Ferries Afloat adds is seen in Milford Haven along with a berthed tanker in the deepwater south-west Wales port which is Britain's biggest energy port.

South Wales Port of Milford Haven Seeks Views on Its Performance

13th June 2018 Ports & Shipping

#Ports&Shipping - The south Wales Port of Milford Haven, Britain’s biggest energy port, has launched a survey to gather views on its roles and operations as a leading regional business. The poll, which the Port says is critical to understanding…