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#Ports&Shipping – The latest IMDO Weekly Market Review includes the following stories outlined below. Irish Maritime News: National Ports Bill Enactment - Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Paschal Donohoe will publish a new Bill as reported on Afloat.ie to…

#ESPOconference2015 - Gathering in the Greek capital, Athens for the 12th edition of its Annual Conference, ESPO yesterday to present its views on the Mid-Term review of the 2011 White Paper on transport. This position paper must feed the review…

#VolumesUp - An increase in volumes of 6% for Irish ports and shipping was recorded in the first quarter of 2015 when compared to the corresponding period of 2014. The data is according to the latest quarterly iShip Index* published…

#Ports&ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene. Among the stories covered was that Port volumes in 2014 increased more than 2% as measured by iShip Index*, the IMDO's volume index for all freight…

#ChamberOnboardCIT - The Irish Chamber of Shipping are pleased to announce that they have been successfully represented on the Cork Institute of Technology's Governing Body. CIT's Governing Body chairman, Mr. Bob Savage on behalf of the Minister for Education and…

#MarineJobsRise - 10,000 new jobs could be generated in the marine and maritime sectors of the economy by 2020 according to the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs. In a EGFSN report "A Study of the Current and Future Skills…

#PortVolumesGrowth – Port volumes increases in 2014 were more than 2% as measured by the iShip Index*, the IMDO's volume index for all freight traffic moved to and from the Republic of Ireland. Results of the reseach carried out for…

#MOSconference – A conference on the European Commission's Motorways of the Sea (MoS) initiative to streamline and promote intermodal maritime-based logistics chains is to be held in Liverpool. The free-to-attend conference is being held at No. 1 Mann Island on…

#Ports&Shipping - The latest IMDO Weekly Market Review includes the following stories as outlined below. Irish Maritime News: Bantry Harbour €8.5m Plan Gets the Green Light - Bantry harbour is set for a major €8.5m redevelopment which will see a…

#LondonGateway - The Logistics Park's first warehouse at the London Gateway, the UK's newest deep-sea hub port is to begin operating this week. The Common User Facility is set to be 60% allocated within the next few months according to…

#Ports&ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene where among the stories covered was that of Finnlines acquisition of ro-ro freighter Dorset from Cobelfret, which spent a brief spell late last year on their…

#OceanSüdMembership - Hamburg Süd would be interested in joining the Ocean Three alliance according to Lloyds Loading List .com, if its first steps into the east-west trades prove successful. That would also mean becoming a tonnage provider and eventually contributing…

#ESPOplea- The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) is joining a group of transport stakeholder associations in a plea to further exploit the full potential of the short-sea shipping sector. The group of stakeholders include European association for forwarding, transport, logistics…

#ports – Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD will shortly publish a new Bill to provide for the transfer to local authority control of the five Ports of Regional Significance – Drogheda, Dún Laoghaire, Galway, New Ross and…

#LondonGatewayUASC – The London Gateway, the UK's newest deep-sea hub port as previously reported on Afloat.ie, has this month seen the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) start services on the South America 2 service (SAM2). The UASC offering is part…

#imdo – Ireland's ports and shipping services play an important role as enablers of economic growth. In 2014, port volume increases of more than 2%, as measured by the iShip Index*, tracking Ireland's economic recovery. Commenting on the 2014 traffic…