Irish Port and Shipping News
World’s Largest Container Operator Hopes for Better Times Amid Red Sea Houthi Airstrikes
12th January 2024 Ports & Shipping
Global container line, AP Moller-Maersk hopes the presence of naval forces in the Red Sea in addition to political action will allow vessels to resume transiting the Middle East waterway, a major international link between the Indian subcontinent, Asia and…
Europe’s Ports Welcome EU Agreement on TEN-T Regulation On Inclusion of Energy Ports
12th January 2024 Ports & Shipping
The EU Parliament and Council on 18 December reached a deal on the review of the TEN-T Regulation, setting the requirements for all transport nodes and modes being part of the TEN-T network. The new Regulation revises the original Regulation…
Marine Notice: International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments
31st December 2023 Ports & Shipping
The final Marine Notice of 2023 draws attention to and provides information regarding the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention). These 2023 regulations give effect to the Convention in Ireland and…
Container Giant Maersk to Send Almost all Ships via Suez Canal as Schedule Shows
28th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
Container shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has diverted 26 of its own vessels around the Cape of Good Hope in the last 10 days or so, while only 5 more were scheduled to start the same journey according to detailed breakdown…
MSO Seeks Applications for Authorisation to Act as Recognised Security Organisations (Ports)
26th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
The Marine Survey Office (MSO) of the Department of Transport is seeking applications from interested parties who wish to act as Recognised Security Organisations - RSO (Ports) for the period from January 2024 to 31 December 2028. The authorisation will…
€16m 'Mainport Edge' Survey Support Vessel Purchase as MML invests in Mainport Shipping Alongside Irish Mainport Holdings
20th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
Irish Mainport Holdings Limited (“IMH”) today announced that it has agreed a multi-million euro equity investment from MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland Limited (“MML”) into Mainport Shipping Limited. Mainport Shipping is an integrated marine services business that charters survey support…
New Design for Zero-Emission English Channel Operating Autonomous Container Vessel to Feature Wind Blades
15th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
A Belgian maritime innovator, Zulu Associates is revealing the latest concept design of its groundbreaking 200 TEU autonomous short sea container vessel, the Zulu Mass. The design for the Zulu Mass is to feature an auxiliary wind assistance system as…
Quarterly Report from ESRI As It Cuts Domestic Growth Forecast Again as Irish Households & Businesses Tighten Belts
14th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
In its latest quarterly outlook report, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) which provides evidence-based research to inform public policy debate and decision-making, has cut its domestic economic growth forecasts for a third time this year. As The Irish…
Port of Milford Haven, the Largest Port in Wales Celebrates 65 Years With Ministers Attending Gala Event
14th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
To mark the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Port of Milford Haven, The First Minister of Wales (Mark Drakeford), the Welsh Secretary and the Chair of the Welsh Select Committee and more than 200 guests came together at…
Full Steam Ahead at Port of Waterford’s Belview Terminal As Rail Engine Makes Swap-Over
11th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
At the south-east Irish port of Waterford, the main terminal at Belview is where two trains were at the facility that led to maximised efficiency as an engine swap-over took place, writes Jehan Ashmore. The swap-over was carried out last…
The 81st-anniversary memorial ceremony remembering the Cork Harbour Irish Shipping tragedy of December was held in Cobh, County Cork this morning. It commemorates the December 1942 tragedy when five members of the then Marine Service, William Duggan, Frank Lloyd, Frank…
Europe’s Ports Where Focus on Implementation is the Best Port Strategy Forward - ESPO Welcomes
8th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
The Transport Committee in the European Parliament has adopted the own-initiative report on building a comprehensive European Port Strategy. On foot of this the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has highly welcomed that the report embraces the comprehensive role of…
Lo-Lo Traffic Declines at All Irish Container Ports for Q3 2023 - IMDO Say Long Term is for Increased Volume
8th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) has released its Unitised Traffic Report for the third quarter of 2023. The volume of RoRo traffic at Republic of Ireland ports declined by 2% to 291,879 units in the third quarter of 2023…
Sail-Powered French Cargo-Operator to Launch English Channel Service Set for the New Year
6th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
A sail-powered French cargo shipping company, Grain de Sail is poised to launch an English Channel service early next year. The Brittany-based group, founded in Morlaix in 2010, has activities spanning in wine, chocolate and coffee processing, maritime transport, import…
Hydrogen and Wind-Assisted Propulsion the Focus of New European Maritime Safety Agency Reports
5th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
The potential of wind assisted propulsion systems as a power source in the shipping sector is analysed in a new report released by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). “Even though the total number of ships equipped with wind assisted…
Major Shipping CEO's at COP28 Join Forces to Accelerate Decarbonization of Global Maritime Transport
4th December 2023 Ports & Shipping
Leading global shipping lines headed by their Chief Executive Officers (CEO) have issued a joint declaration at COP 28 calling for an end date for fossil-only powered newbuilds. They are urging the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the global regulator, to…
