Irish Port and Shipping News
Ardmore Shipping Take Delivery of Eco-Tankers and Newbuilds On Way
22nd January 2014 Ports & Shipping
#NewTankers - Ardmore Shipping with its financial headquarters based in Cork, has taken delivery this month of two tankers, raising the fleet total to 10 vessels and with a further 11 ships on order. ArdmoreSeavantage, a 49,999 dwt IMO 3…
IMDO Shipping Review: Tanker Earnings Surge, Top Box Lines Loose-Out, Piracy Lowest and more
22nd January 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below Tanker Market: Crude tanker earnings surge - All segments in the crude tanker market reported significant increases in daily earnings last week, according to Lloyd's…
IMDO Shipping Review: Positive Box Figures, Robotic Ship Debate, Panama Canal Dispute and more
13th January 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: Global statistics for November In line with market expectations - Container Trade Statistics' latest aggregated volume survey showed that November's global containerised exports…
#Tanker - RTÉ News reports that a tanker carrying 15,000 tonnes of caustic soda is adrift west of Loop Head after suffering engine failure. The ship, carrying 22 crew, is said to be stranded amid rough conditions with Force 8…
Ports & Shipping Review: Bulker Adrift, IOM Registry Success and Launch of Spanish Service
11th January 2014 Ports & Shipping
#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where the drifiting bulk carrier Abuk Lion raised the alarm due to engine failure. Following the dramatic rescue of Abuk Lion, the Port of Cork took…
#ManxShipping – Last year proved to be another very good year for the Isle of Man Ship Registry, securing more ships from new owners with a corresponding increase in gross registered tonnage of more than twice the growth rate of…
IMDO Shipping Review: Asia-Europe Rates Rise,Bulk Prospects Upbeat, Shipping Airs EU Concerns and more
8th January 2014 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The first IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review for 2014 includes the following stories as detailed below. Container Market: Asia-Europe rates increase as GRIs take effect. Freight rates on the front haul Asia-Europe container shipping route reached a 17-month high…
#AntarcticIce - The Guardian reports that a helicopter mission to rescue stranded passengers - including two of the paper's journalists - from a research vessel stranded by ice in Antarctica has been successful. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Akademik…
#AbukLion - Following the dramatic rescue of the stricken bulk carrier Abuk Lion, the Port of Cork took over the final leg of the rescue at port limits this morning, bringing the vessel inside the harbour today 31 December at…
Antarctic Vessel Remains Trapped In Ice As Latest Rescue Effort Stalls
30th December 2013 Ports & Shipping
#AntarcticIce - A research vessel carrying journalists from the UK's Guardian remains trapped in Antarctic ice after a failed attempt by an Australian icebreaker to reach the ship, the newspaper reports. The Akademik Shokalskiy has been trapped for more than…
Port of Cork Tug to Rendezvous with Drifting Bulk Carrier off Kinsale
29th December 2013 Ports & Shipping
#shipdrifting – A bulk carrier ship registered in Bermuda is drifting off the Old Head of Kinsale in Co Cork in strong winds and big seas.The 108-metre vessel, Abuk Lion, is en route from Aughinish in Co Clare to St Petersburg…
Ports & Shipping Review: Bantry Harbour Takeover, Enter ‘Epsilon’, Storms Disruption and New Shipping Bill
28th December 2013 Ports & Shipping
#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where the Cork Port Authority proposes to take-over the Bantry Harbour Board on 1 January 2014. Irish Ferries chartered ro-pax ferry Cartour Epsilon made her commercial…
IMDO Shipping Review: Shipping Turnaround 2014, P3 EU Support, First Methanol Fuelled-Tankers and more
17th December 2013 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping –The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review includes the following stories as detailed below. Industry Wide: Shipping Turnaround forecast for 2014 - Global shipping markets are set for Recovery in 2014 according to a bullish report by Morgan Stanley…
#BantryTakeover – The Cork Port Authority which is to propose a takeover of the Bantry Harbour Board on 1 January is a 'retrograde step' and is a 'huge opportunity missed for the greater Bantry area', according to Senator Denis O'Donovan.…
Ports & Shipping Review: Ramsey Sold in 100th Year, New France/Spain Routes, IMDO Seeks Director and more
14th December 2013 Ports & Shipping
#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight Jehan Ashmore has reported from the shipping scene where the Ramsey Steamship Co. in its 100th year came to an of an era with the sale of two coasters. Earlier this year, their Ben…
#PortPowerPlant- Work is due to begin at the site of a new multi-million pound power plant in Londonderry, creating 200 construction jobs. BBC Foyle & West reports that Evermore Renewable Energy had secured more than £80m in funding for the…