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#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Newbuilding: World's largest vessel floated - The hull of the world's largest vessel, the Prelude, was floated for the first time last week, as Royal…

#nmci – Conor Mowlds has been appointed Head of the National Maritime College of Ireland. Conor has been Head of the NMCI's commercial operations for the last five years. He previously held posts in the UK & Ireland in technical…

#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Europe: Modest recovery for EU Beef production-Beef output across Europe will experience a modest recovery next year according to Bord Bia. Output across the EU-15…

#GuinnessTanks - Loaded with fermentation tanks for Guinness, Thamesteel I (1989/1,984grt) picked up a pilot in Dublin Bay as she approached Dun Laoghaire Harbour this evening, writes Jehan Ashmore. It transpires that this extra shipment of the stainless steel fermentation…

#RamseySteamship – The historic Isle of Man shipping firm Ramsey Steamship Company has sold its two vessels Ben Maye (see 'Lockout' 1913 Voyage) and Ben Varrey to Angel Shipping Ltd. The short-seas coasters will be operated and managed by a…

#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where the EU Parliament agreed on the European budget for 2014-2020 of the Trans European Network (TEN-T) and for financial regulation. Irish Ferries are to launch…

#ports – The Competition Authority has today published a study of competition in the ports sector in Ireland which found competition in port services could be improved. The study was commissioned by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton,…

Irish shipping and port activity rose by 3% in the third quarter of 2013 when compared to the corresponding period of 2012, according to the latest quarterly iShip Index and quarterly traffic review published today by the Irish Maritime Development…

#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: Brussels launches anti-trust probe-The European Commission launched a formal investigation into concerns that the pricing practices of a number of major box lines…

#EUtransTEN - The EU Parliament gave its final agreement on the European budget envelope for 2014-2020, the Trans European Network (TEN-T) and for financial Regulation, the Connecting Europe Facility. EPSO, the European Seaports Organisation welcomed the Parliament's vote. This decision…

#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Businesses confident for year ahead - Findings from three separate business sentiment surveys last week showed an overwhelmingly high confidence rate amongst Irish-based…

#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where ESPO awarded  the Port of Antwerp for its project 'Heritage: the breadcrumbs trail between city and port'. Stena Line had to delay the launch of…

#Shipping - Shipping routes south of the Equator could be threatened by a giant iceberg the size of New York's Manhattan Island that's broken off a glacier in Antarctica. BBC News reports that a British research team has been tasked…

#newships – Arklow Marine Services, the shipbuilding yard owned and managed by the Tyrrell family, is celebrating the successful completion of a €2.3m order with the launch of a vessel for use in the development of UK offshore wind farms.…

#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: Increased Industrial Production - The Investec Irish Manufacturing PMI reached a 14-month high in September with a figure of 52.7. This figure was…

#HeritagePORT- Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas yesterday handed out the fifth edition of the ESPO Award on Societal Integration to the Port of Antwerp for its project 'Heritage: the breadcrumbs trail between city and port'. This year's edition of the ESPO…