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#IOMregistry - Registry of vessels on the Isle of Man Ship Registry has increased following an announcement by the authority that it has registered 'Hanjin Blue Ocean' who are completing a series of nine 13,000 TEU container vessels to register…

#EnergyPort - Funding for a renewable energy  plant costing £81m is to be built at Londonderry Harbour Commissioners lands at Lisahally. Northern Ireland-based Evermore Renewable Energy will build the flagship biomass CHP plant, which is the first of its kind…

#ManxCargo - Ramsey Steamship Company's chairman has expressed his sadness that the historical business could face closure in its centenary year. The 100-year-old freight, engineering and agency company faces going into liquidation due to its share of a multibillion pound…

#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Economy: BRIC potential - Some 40% of Enterprise Ireland's overseas offices are now in the so-called BRIC nations of Brazil,Russia, India and China or…

#ShippingReview: Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where the former detained 19,354 tonnes bulk-carrier Clipper Faith which was sold last month for €4.5m has been renamed Island Mariner. A 4% drop in Irish exports…

#FlagshipIreland – Flagship Management, a US Maritime Consultancy and Recruitment firm has announced that it is locating its European, Middle East and African (EMEA) Headquarters to Kinvara, Co Galway, creating 15 new jobs over the next three years. The EMEA…

#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Freight Forwarders: Growth in global freight- forwarding market in 2012 was entirely down to the strong performance of seafreight as airfreight volumes continue to decline,…

#PortTraining – UNCTAD's TrainForTrade Port Training Programme have agreed to implement a third cycle of the course following a conference held in Belfast earlier this month. Forty-three representatives from UNCTAD, the Irish Government, and the Irish port partners - Dublin…

#SoldShipSails – Island Mariner, the recently renamed former detained bulk-carrier Clipper Faith, departed Dublin Port for the first time yesterday since her arrival more than four months ago,writes Jehan Ashmore. The 29,501dwt bulker had loaded a cargo of animal products…

#MarcoPolo- According to a new report, published yesterday by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), Marco Polo programmes have been ineffective and should be discontinued in their current design. The programmes are aimed at shifting freight away from the road…

#PortsConference - The 2013 The Irish Ports Association Conference is to be hosted by Dublin Port Company and is to take place on 27 September in the Gibson Hotel in Dublin. This year saw the launching of the new National…

#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Irish Ecomomy: Exports Decline -There was a 4% drop in exports last month according to preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office. Seasonally adjusted exports…

#dingle – A new harbour master has been appointed to Dingle Fishery Harbour Centre in County Kerry, the most westerly harbour in Europe. Captain Nigel Collins has taken up the position having previously been Assistant Inspector of Navigation with Waterways Ireland.…

#RenamedBULKER– The former detained 19,354 tonnes bulk-carrier Clipper Faith which was sold last month for €4.5m as previously reported on Afloat.ie has been renamed Island Mariner, writes Jehan Ashmore. Under the directions of the Admiralty Marshall of the High Court…

#ShippingReview: Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where container market rates are unlikely to drop any further following average global rates falling to a 17-month low last month. Port of Cork Company are to…

#BlueBelt - The European Commission launched recently the 'Blue Belt' communication, which contains two concrete proposals that will contribute to establishing an internal market for maritime transport. The first proposal contains an improvement to the already existing Regular Shipping Services…