Irish Port and Shipping News

How Holyhead’s breakwater (the longest in the UK) could look after major works that are required to repair and secure the north Wales port for the safety of ships.

Port of Holyhead Gets £20m from UK Spring Budget Towards Breakwater Restoration

16th March 2023 Ports & Shipping

The Port of Holyhead is to benefit from the UK Government’s Spring Budget which has pledged to give the Welsh Government £20m to help secure the future of the breakwater at the ferryport on Anglesey. The historic breakwater which is…

Associated British Ports (ABP) has won the ‘Employer of the Year’ and ‘Maritime 2050’ categories at the MaritimeUK Awards held in Hull, the English north-east port on the North Sea. ABP is the UK's largest port operator including the Irish Sea, supporting 119,000 jobs and contributing £7.5 billion to the economy every year.

Ports Group ABP Wins ‘Employer of the Year’ and ‘Maritime 2050’ Categories at Maritime UK Awards

13th March 2023 Ports & Shipping

The UK’s largest ports group, Associated British Ports (ABP) has won in two categories at the prestigious Maritime UK Awards. The ceremony was recently held in Hull, the Yorkshire port on the North Sea, which also is fittingly home to…

The European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) conference is to be held this year in Bremen, Germany (between 1-2 June) and which represents the European port industry and community. The registration process is now open to book.

ESPO Annual Conference (Bremen,1-2 June): Europe’s Ports as Partners in Race towards Net-Zero Future

10th March 2023 Ports & Shipping

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and its members are gathering for the 19th edition of the ESPO annual Conference to be held in Bremen between 1 and 2 June. The conference is hosted by bremenports, one of the most…

On International Women’s Day, Ardmore Shipping highlight the invaluable role women play in their team of dedicated seafarers. Among them is Ardmore Shipping Cadet, Anwesha Das. To read more about her career in maritime (see link below) having joined her first tanker vessel in 2022.

International Women’s Day: Interview with Ardmore Shipping Bursary Cadet, Anwesha Das

8th March 2023 Ports & Shipping

On International Women’s Day (8 March) Ardmore Shipping which has chemical/product tankers trading globally and a principle operating office in Cork, highlights the maritime industry historically has lacked gender diversity, however this is changing as more women pursue careers in the…

ESPO and Federation of European Private Port Companies and Terminals (FEPORT) welcome the inclusion of maritime in the EU ETS as part of decarbonising shipping.

Europe’s Ports Welcome Commission Monitoring of Carbon & Business Leakage But Call for Early Robust Action against Evasion

8th March 2023 Ports & Shipping

The European Parliament is expected to vote on the 13 March, on the political agreement for the revised EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and Federation of European Private Port Companies and Terminals (FEPORT) welcome…

Monday, the beginning of the working week, however Arklow Villa was on duty overnight having sailed from the Port of Workington to arrive this morning in Dublin Port. It was at the Irish Sea port of Workington in Cumbria, England, where powdered cement was discharged following a voyage from Portugal. Above the 2018 built general-cargoship is seen on the occasion of its naming ceremony in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.

Working with Cement as V-Class Vessel Arklow Villa Imports Cargo on Portugal-UK Contract Service

6th March 2023 Arklow Shipping

Arklow Villa is among the short-sea trading vessels of Arklow Shipping that operate a contract for the Portuguese suppliers to import powdered cement from Lisbon to Workington in the UK, writes Jehan Ashmore. The contract involves monthly deliveries of the…

Sustainable sail-cargo shipping company, EcoClippers is to launch their first new sail liner ferry service from the Netherlands to Portugal, via ports in the UK and France. Fare-paying passengers (12 berths, each trip) can join the emission free sailing cargoship De Tukker, that is to trade in carrying almonds, olive oil, wine and more between a variety of scenic ports among them Torquay in Devon,UK, Noirmoutier (island) linked by causeway to France and Porto, in Portugal. An example is a trip from Saint Nazaire, France to Penzance, Cornwall between 31 May-8 June and costing €880 for eight days at/in port.

EcoClipper Launch Sailing Cargo-Passenger Ferry Linking Dutch Port of Amsterdam to UK, France and Portugal

4th March 2023 Ports & Shipping

A partnership of cargoship brokers and travel agents have announced their cooperation in EcoClippers first new sail liner ferry service from the Netherlands to Portugal, via ports in the UK and France. The start port for EcoClippers will be Amsterdam…

This CGI image of MV Delphine which occasionally operates ro-ro freight vehicle services between Dublin, Zeebrugge and Rotterdam, has since been fitted with a ‘rotor’ sail wind propulsion system. The 235m vessel which is among the largest ro-ro short-sea vessels of its type in the world, along sister MV Celine, was constructed in South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Shipyard.

CLdN Announce Installation of 'Rotor-Sails' On World's Largest Short-Sea Ro-Ro Freight Vessel

2nd March 2023 Ports & Shipping

CLdN Ro-Ro, the Luxembourg based logistics specialist for sea, rail, and road, announced that the MV Delphine as Afloat reported a year ago has since been successfully fitted with a rotor-sail wind propulsion system. Delphine (along with Celine), is one…

Southeast is set to benefit from the arrival of 21 cruise vessels to the Port of Waterford this season – pictured is the Celebrity Apex Cruise Ship visiting Waterford with the Port's pilot vessel in the foreground

Waterford Port Set to Welcome 21 Cruise Vessels this Season

2nd March 2023 Ports & Shipping

The Southeast of Ireland is set to benefit from the arrival of 21 cruise vessels to the Port of Waterford this season. The cruise tourism season, which operates from April to October, will, says the Port of Waterford, offer the…

Irish Sea trade: The volume of roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) freight traffic from Dublin Port to the UK was down by 17.8pc last year, compared to pre-Brexit levels. Above the port along with ferries linking Britain and direct to mainland Europe and a containership in the foreground.

Fear of Irish Truckers Losing Out in New Northern Ireland Trade Deal between UK and EU

2nd March 2023 Ports & Shipping

Trade in products be it ranging from alcohol to steel and more could be displaced directly to Northern Ireland as a result of this week’s Windsor Framework deal reached between the UK and EU, hauliers say. The Irish Road Haulage…

WEC expand UK-Iberia-Africa services: Roger Megann (left), MD at WEC Lines, and Simon Dixon (right), Head of Commercial at the Port of Liverpool where berthed alongside, Afloat adds is the containership Wec Jan Steen built in 2007.

WEC Lines to Further Expand Port of Liverpool Services

1st March 2023 Ports & Shipping

Shipping company WEC Lines has expanded its existing service into the Port of Liverpool with a new series of weekly calls to the UK port from northern Spain, Portugal, north Africa and the Canary Islands. The Dutch (Rotterdam based) company…

Windsor Framework Deal: The UK and the EU have agreed to separate goods crossing the Irish Sea that are just going to Northern Ireland, whereas those which continue into the Republic will require using the

Windsor Framework: So What has Been Agreed in the New Brexit Trade Deal?

28th February 2023 Ports & Shipping

The United Kingdom and the European Union yesterday announced a much long-awaited new deal for post-Brexit trading arrangements for goods travelling from the GB entering Northern Ireland. The historic deal reached was in a bid to conclude a row that…

Arklow Racer the newest cargoship on the Irish Registry of Shipping, above when between the shipyard and the open sea for sea trials, has recently entered service having yesterday called to Pasajas in northern Spain, close to the border with France. This evening the 6,800 dwt vessel departed to round the Iberian Peninsula with a port a call close to Valencia in the Mediterranean.

New Irish Flagged Arklow Cargoship In Service Trading to Spain, Next the Mediterranean Sea

27th February 2023 Ports & Shipping

A brand new Irish flagged cargoship having completed sea trials in the North Sea, has been delivered to shipowner Arklow Shipping, with the vessel having called to northern Spain yesterday is this evening bound for the Mediterranean, writes Jehan Ashmore.…

IMDO has released its Unitised Traffic Report for Q4 2022 which details the performance of RoRo and LoLo trade traffic on the island of Ireland and (as above) a containership berthed in Dublin Port.

Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) Publish Unitised Traffic Report for Q4 2022

27th February 2023 Ports & Shipping

The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) has released it Unitised Traffic Report for Q4 2022 (see attachment) and an Executive Summary as outlined below. The fourth quarter of 2022 was defined by a slowdown in unitised traffic on the island…

Cargo vessel laden with shipping containers and docked at an Irish port

New Maritime Security Measures for Domestic Shipping Services in Ireland Commence 1 March

25th February 2023 Ports & Shipping

The Marine Survey Office (MSO) of the Irish Maritime Administration has completed a review of security risk assessments for vessels and ports engaged in domestic shipping operation on the Irish coast. This review was conducted as part of the obligations…

This year the Maritime UK Awards heads to Hull, in the north east of England and is to be held on 9th March. UK Maritime is the collective voice for Britain’s maritime industries and which champion and work to enable a thriving maritime sector.

UK Maritime Awards to Take Place in North Sea City Port of Hull

20th February 2023 Ports & Shipping

Next month the 2023 Maritime UK Awards are to be held in Hull, East Yorkshire in the north east of England on Thursday 9th March. Held for the first time since September 2019, will see the Maritime UK Awards be…