Irish Port and Shipping News
#Shipping - Britain’s potential loss of access to the EU single market has already seen two of the world’s top shipping insurers choose Ireland as a new base of operations, as The Irish Times reports. Standard Club and North P&I…
Export Awards Maritime Services Company of the Year to ICG's Container & Terminal Division
20th November 2017 Ports & Shipping
#IEAexportAwards – At this year’s IEA Export Industry Awards, the winner in the category of Maritime Services Company of the Year, sponsored by the Irish Maritime Development Office went to Irish Continental Group’s Container & Terminal Division. The division includes…
#MaritimeBall - From around the country over 160 people were treated to some top class hospitality as the Irish Institute of Master Mariners and the Irish Chamber of Shipping held the Marine Ball in the Arklow Bay Hotel, writes The…
#CounterPorts - It is the belief of management at the Ports of Waterford and Rosslare Europort that they can become ‘valuable counterpoints’ to reduce congestion in the Dublin area while also supporting a ‘robust and pragmatic’ response to Brexit. The…
National Commemoration for Irish Seafarers in Dublin - This Sunday, 19th November
16th November 2017 Ports & Shipping
#SeafarersMemorial – The annual National Commemoration Service for Irish Seafarers in Dublin is to held this Sunday, 19th November. The annual service hosted by the Maritime Institute of Ireland will involve a wreath-laying ceremony at 12.00 noon on City Quay…
Cargoship Arklow Clan Calls to Shipowners Homeport for First Time Albeit Offshore
13th November 2017 Arklow Shipping
#ArklowAnchorage - Along Leinster's eastern seaboard, Afloat tracked newbuild Arklow Clan that made a maiden call albeit offshore of the shipowners homeport of the Co. Wicklow harbour town, writes Jehan Ashmore. According to Arklow Shipping Ltd (ASL) with headquarters on the…
Arklow Bulker Almost Retraces Historic French Tallship's Brazilian Cocoa-Bean Trade Route to Paris
11th November 2017 Arklow Shipping
#Brazil-France - Arklow Spirit a bulk-carrier has almost retraced the historic French tallship Belém's cocoa bean trade route from Brazil to Paris, where downriver in Rouen, the Irish ship docked having sailed from south America via Ireland last month, writes…
Irish Short-Sea Trader And Former Sister Embark On New Welsh Career Together Depart Swansea
9th November 2017 Ports & Shipping
#SistersDryDock - A pair of sisters, one Irish flagged the other recently transferred to the UK departed before noon today and within half an hour of eachother having vacated the docks system in Swansea, south Wales, writes Jehan Ashmore. The…
Closed Dublin Dry Dock Leads to New Business At Recently Upgraded South Wales Facility
8th November 2017 Ports & Shipping
#DryDockYards - Following closure of Dublin Graving Docks last year, the main client Arklow Shipping, has been forced to send some short-sea traders elsewhere, which has involved use of the recently refurbished Swansea Drydocks Ltd in south Wales, writes Jehan Ashmore.…
Largest Irish Owned Flagged Ships Trading On Both Sides of the Atlantic
3rd November 2017 Ports & Shipping
#BulkerSisters - Arklow Spirit last night returned to anchor in Dublin Bay to await orders while another bulk-carrier occupies the same berth to where the Irish flagged ship is one of a pair of the largest registered in the State,…
One of the Largest Irish Flagged Ships Makes Maiden Calls to Dublin And Cork
1st November 2017 Ports & Shipping
#LargestIrish - One of two of the largest Irish flagged cargoships, Arklow Spirit of 33,905 deadweight tons (dwt) made a maiden call to Dublin Port over the October bank holiday, writes Jehan Ashmore. Arklow Spirit's arrival took place on Monday…
Launch Finally Takes Place As Arklow Newbuild Makes Contact On the Winschoterdiep
31st October 2017 Arklow Shipping
#ports&shipping - After a delay of a week, Arklow Venus which was constructed by Dutch yard Royal Bodewes was finally given the customary amidships launch yesterday, writes Jehan Ashmore. The morning launch took place at 10.00 with the newbuild slidding…
Irish Rail's Freight Increases Again in 2016 Including Sea-Connected Operations
31st October 2017 Ports & Shipping
#Railfreight - It was another year of increases to rail freight traffic on Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail (IÉ) during 2016 according to MultiModal, with the number of freight trains operated being up 6% and tonnes carried up by 8%…
Irish Flagged Ship from Brazil Bound For Cork Where NMCI Maritime Open Day Is to Launch
24th October 2017 Ports & Shipping
#BrazilCork - Appropriately one of the largest Irish flagged ships, Arklow Spirit is due to Cork (Ringaskiddy) where as previously reported the National College of Ireland annual Maritime Event Open Day is on this Thursday, writes Jehan Ashmore. Afloat has…
#Shipping - The captain of a cargo ship that ran aground on Rathlin Island last week has been fined £1,000 over his negligence at the helm, as the Belfast Telegraph reports. The MV Ruyter, which was en route from Russia…
Warrenpoint Cements Its Position as Second Largest Port in Northern Ireland
13th October 2017 Warrenpoint Port
Warrenpoint Harbour Authority (WHA) has published an Economic Impact Assessment which has highlighted the port’s value to the local economy and confirmed its position as the second-largest port in Northern Ireland. The report carried out by independent economist, Ryan Hogg,…
