Irish Port and Shipping News
![Tanker Newbuilds for Cork-Based Global Operator](/media/k2/items/cache/697c41544526b30554ca88993096db1c_L.jpg)
An order for two 51,000 dwt chemical products tankers from Ardmore Shipping, to a South Korean shipyard, are to be delivered next year and in 2013, writes Jehan Ashmore. The contract for the double-hulled newbuilds, classified to IMO 3 specifications, was…
![‘Follow The Fleet’ Schools Essay Competition](/media/k2/items/cache/9c4d7ac68accad64364fa34cd756e84f_L.jpg)
The 2010/2011 'Follow The Fleet' Schools Essay Competition is open to all schools that are registered to take part in the Follow the Fleet project. Schools can register details by logging onto www.followthefleet.ie where a username and password will be provided.…
![Foot-Passengers to Lose Liverpool Link](/media/k2/items/cache/5fb7cc2aa04a615cf173c36932a4946a_L.jpg)
Foot-passengers will soon no longer have the choice in taking the ferry over to Merseyside, writes Jehan Ashmore. The Dublin-Liverpool (Birkenhead) route, operated by DFDS Seaways which is due to close on 31 January, is the only ferry operator that…
![Volumes Increase at Drogheda Port](/media/k2/items/cache/6fff3789fb7aad5effe0c7d47a7e5548_L.jpg)
Cargo volumes through the port of Drogheda have increased by 4% in 2010 compared to 2009 levels, notably due to the importation of agri-products. The rise in traffic figures recorded by the Drogheda Port Company, provides some positive economic news.…
![Car-Sales Boost Brings Busy Day to Dublin](/media/k2/items/cache/72e9f060bb320cade3be128b2a78edaa_L.jpg)
Three large vessels from one company arrived into Dublin Port on Sunday, to include an inaugural call of the 49,166 tonnes M.V. Pauline from Zeebrugge, writes Jehan Ashmore. At 203-metres the Pauline built in 2006, made a special once-off sailing…
![Ferry-Fallout as DFDS Exit Irish Sea](/media/k2/items/cache/731880e8a61958d53142d40a489171b6_L.jpg)
DFDS Seaways recent announcement to close its operations on the Irish Sea this month is a major blow considering the Danish company entered the Irish-UK ferry market only six-months ago, writes Jehan Ashmore. The Dublin-Birkenhead (Liverpool) and freight-only Dublin-Heysham service…
![New Passenger-Only Ferry for Northern Ireland-Scotland Route](/media/k2/items/cache/7f99bc1814f8aaf578f8c75ec453a2f9_L.jpg)
Plans to operate the first passenger-only ferry service between Northern Ireland and Scotland are scheduled to start in late May, writes Jehan Ashmore. Kintyre Express is to operate a Ballycastle-Campbeltown service on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between 27 May and…
![Ferry-Go-Round on the Irish Sea](/media/k2/items/cache/a78d6dd60e4495490feef57927bffb79_L.jpg)
At this quiet time of the year, vessels from Irish Sea ferry operators are taken off routes to undergo annual dry-docking, writes Jehan Ashmore. In the case of Irish Ferries, their Rosslare-Pembroke Dock route vessel, Isle of Inishmore arrived on…
![Fastnet Line Cancel Tonight's Sailing](/media/k2/items/cache/5148f1a86d5beaa050959cc0d88e6ffb_L.jpg)
Operators of the Cork-Swansea route, Fastnet Line regret to announce that tonight's (13 January) sailing from Cork to Swansea is cancelled. The company has cited technical reasons for the cancellation of the sailing. The 10-hour route linking Munster with South…
![International Maritime Regulators Qualify Irish Registered Ships as 'Low Risk' for First Time](/media/k2/items/cache/1fa530a7c179773fd59e67df23e5e2ae_L.jpg)
International Maritime Regulators Qualify Irish Registered Ships as 'Low Risk' for First Time
5th January 2011 Ports & Shipping
The Minister for Transport Mr Noel Dempsey T.D today welcomed the confirmation from the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (PMoU), on port state control that Irish flagged ships can qualify for the first time as "low risk ships" under a new…
![New Inspection Regime for Ships and Yachts in Europe, Russia, Canada](/media/k2/items/cache/df433bb79314ab0d378827b940a29a82_L.jpg)
New Inspection Regime for Ships and Yachts in Europe, Russia, Canada
4th January 2011 Ports & Shipping
Yachts in Europe, Russia or Canada will face new marine safety inspections from 2011 following the implementation of the Paris MOU's New Inspection Regime (NIR), Sail World reports. http://www.sail-world.com/UK/Yachts-in-Europe:-new-marine-safety-inspections-from-Jan-2011/78723 Previously only 25% of ships and very few yachts were inspected…
![Cape Clear Ferry Service Awarded](/media/k2/items/cache/7e6f50ed20c115416e3b700699d2d073_L.jpg)
The ferry service contract for Cape Clear in Co. Cork has been awarded to the company, Thar Tonn Teo. The 'Island Princess' will be used as the main vessel for the service from the middle of March 2011 onwards. The…
![Stena Route To Close This Week](/media/k2/items/cache/772c735a835cb3afd6c1807bac707357_L.jpg)
Only several days remain before Stena Line close the Larne-Fleetwood route. The 8-hour route was operated by a trio of sister-ships, until the Stena Leader was withdrawn last week in advance of the service which is due to end on 23 December.…
The Cork-Swansea route service has smashed 2010 targets with over 80,000 passengers using the service, which reopened in March according to a report on NewsWales.co.uk. The passenger figure represents four-times the capacity of the Liberty Stadium, Swansea which is to…
The annual 'Follow The Fleet' Schools Eassy Competition is open to all schools that are registered to take part in the Follow the Fleet project. The 2010/2011 competition is running an essay competition centred around three key themes: Maritime History,…
![Donegal Ferry Services Under Review](/media/k2/items/cache/506d90eeb52be45d5470f443e48c24bf_L.jpg)
Members of Donegal County Council are to discuss today, the future of two subsidised ferry routes operating from the Inishowen Peninsula, writes Jehan Ashmore. The Lough Foyle ferry between Greencastle and Magilligan Point, Co. Derry could be curtailed as traffic…