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Milford Waterfront in Pembrokeshire, south Wales is a key part of the Port of Milford Haven diversification strategy
#Ports&Shipping - The Port of Milford Haven in south Wales has published its 2017 Annual Report and Accounts. The report highlights how strategic long term investments have supported the growth of alternate business streams. It also demonstrates the role of…
The Masterplan document, which covers 2018-2043, aims to build on the port’s position as the second largest port in Northern Ireland and as a major economic driver for the region.
Warrenpoint Port has unveiled a major 25-year growth plan as it forecasts a continued growth in trade following Brexit. The Masterplan document, which covers 2018-2043, aims to build on the port’s position as the second largest port in Northern Ireland…
Newbuild sisters Arklow Villa the final of 10 ships for ASN sits high and dry at a Dutch yard's fit-out quay where berthed alongside is Arklow Viking which began sea trails yesterday.
#Ports&Shipping - Arklow Viking began sea trials yesterday, the brand new short-sea trader having been towed from an inland Dutch yard to the North Sea, writes Jehan Ashmore. The 2,999grt Arklow Viking marks the 9th of ten multipurpose cargoships that…
#Ports&Shipping - UNCTAD Deputy-Secretery at the TrainForTrade port management programme said ports in developing countries must be managed efficiently using modern methods to support international trade and boost local economies. The Deputy-Secretary General Isabelle Durand was at a coordination meeting…
Irish Shipping Eyes Brexit Bypass With Direct Routes To Continent
#Brexit - Irish shipping firms are making plans to bypass ports in Britain for direct routes to the continent to avoid any potential Brexit complications, as the Irish Independent reports. While freight traffic between Ireland and the UK will continue,…
ESPO supports EU position on IMO CO2 negotiations
#Ports&Shipping - Next week the International Maritime Organization (MEPC 72)1 is expected to adopt its Initial GHG Strategy for shipping. The discussions aim to include in the Initial Strategy a CO2 emissions reduction target for the sector as well as…
#Ports&Shipping - UK ports operator, Associated British Ports (ABP) celebrated a milestone as the Port of Hull’s two £10.5 million cranes built in Ireland, served their first container shipment. The fully assembled 600 tonne cranes arrived on the Humber estuary…
Bulkers berthed Belview, the main terminal at the Port of Waterford located downriver from the south-eastern city on the Co. Kilkenny side of the River Suir
#Ports&Shipping - The Port of Waterford announced details today of its trading results for 2017 and reported operating profits for the financial year of €1.7m The figure is a significant improvement on the operating performance when compared to €250,000 recorded…
#Ports&Shipping - Following the European Commission's drafting on the proposal for the revision of the Reporting Formalities Directive, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) wants to outline once more its priorities and concerns through a position paper on this upcoming…
Port of Cork chief executive Brendan Keating discussed Irish ports in a post-Brexit Europe to the Cork Chamber of Commerce yesterday and also to confirm the €80m redevelopment at Ringaskiddy will be completed by mid 2020
#Ports&Shipping - At significant risk of isolation will be Ireland following Brexit and this will need EU funding to shore up the lack of connectivity to major European routes says the Port of Cork chief executive. As the Irish Examiner…
#Ports&Shipping - It was busy in Wicklow Port following the St. Patrick's Holiday Monday as a trio of timber traders arrived yesterday to dicharge cargoes and then depart within the same day, writes Jehan Ashmore. Round timber (i.e. logs) which…
rish Exporters Association CEO Simon McKeever with Glenn Carr, general manager freight rail/road & Rosslare Europort, Iarnród Éireann; Eddie Cullen, managing director, commercial banking division, Ulster Bank; Jarlath Sweeney, group editor/director, Fleet Transport; and Declan Sinnott, managing director, Rhenus Logistics Ireland, at a recent Brexit event.
#Ports&Shipping - Exporters from Ireland writes the Independent.ie are pumping more of their products into the UK despite Brexit, a survey shows. Around the time of UK's EU referendum in June 2016, just under a third of exporters said they…
#Ports&Shipping - A public consultation process launched by Drogheda Port Company wants to hear from the local community before drafting a Master Plan that will secure the future of the Co. Louth port for decades to come. The master planning…
Guidelines On Maritime Cyber Risk Management
#Ports&Shipping - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) has issued an advisory to the maritime sector to make cybersecurity an integral part of their risk assessment exercises and continuity plans. At the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the…
Scot Carrier is being built by the same Dutch yard and will be similar to the Scot Leader (above) which is a caller to Wicklow Port where timber products are imported from Sweden.
#Ports&Shipping - Scotline which chiefly operates in Scandinavian forest products imports among those to Ireland, have announced the signing of a contract with a Dutch shipyard to build a 4,785dwt Bodewes trader. The description of the newbuild refers to the…
Strategic investments in ports through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF II) for the financial period 2021-2028
#Ports&Shipping- A submission by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) of its contribution to the public consultation in preparation of the new Connecting Europe Facility (CEF II) for the financial period 2021-2028 was presented last week.  To prepare its submission,…