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Elbetrader, one of ICG's containerships that operates for division EUCON on feeder services to and from Ireland to continental Europe
#FerryChiefProfits - Eamonn Rothwell, Irish Continental Group chief executive has made a €4.43 million profit on the exercise of share options in the company and their subsequent sale. The Irish Times reports that Mr Rothwell bought one million shares at…
#myportforTurku - In addition to Cruise Europe 2016 conference held in Dublin this week, another prestigious annual event is to be held in the capital when the European Sea Port Organisation (ESPO) conference convenes, writes Jehan Ashmore. The ESPO conference…
Bow of departing CMA CGM containership Nicolas Delmas in Dublin Port along with vessels berthed on the south bank including an Arklow Shipping 'B' class cargoship been unloaded
#ShippingReview - Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene over the last fortnight. The big ship craze in the short sea shipping industry serving the UK and Ireland has arrived after investment was frozen for the last few years, delegates heard…
First of a new class of 10 cargoships of over 5,000dwt cargo carrying capacity, Arklow Cadet at Ferus Smit's Dutch yard in Westerbroek
#NewCseries - The first in a new class of 10 cargoships for Arklow Shipping under construction near Groningen, Netherlands is to be launched next month and follows a series of a different design built by the same yard, writes Jehan…
Departing Dublin is Nicolas Delmas which since introduction last month has contributed to CMA-CGM's doubling of container capacity of its West Coast feeder service via Liverpool2
#ShippingQ12016 - Port and shipping activity in the Irish Republic rose 2% in the first quarter of 2016 when compared to the corresponding period of 2015. The figures released are the latest quarterly iShip Index* published by the Irish Maritime…
A first-time visitor to Dun Laoghaire Harbour last year, Mein Schiff 4, the $625m German cruiseship with a capacity for 2,506 passengers was completed for TUI Cruises at the Turku shipbuilder.
#EMD2016 – The annual European Maritime Day’s (starting today) is to highlight the importance of the seas and oceans and the challenges facing maritime regions and sectors. This is the ninth edition of EMD and takes place in Turku, Finland…
Big Ship Craze: UK-Ireland short-sea sector has seen in the last few months, both Stena Line and Belgian ro-ro operator CldN place orders for new tonnage
#BigShipCraze - The big ship craze appears to have spread to the short sea shipping industry serving the UK, after investment in the sector was frozen for the last few years. However, speakers at this week's Multimodal 2016 event in…
One of the largest ever containerships to dock in Dublin, the 2,207 (TEU) capacity Nicolas Delmas of CMA-CGM departs Peel Ports MTL Terminal from where Maersk Line also calls to on a new service
#ShippingReview - Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene from among the stories of the last fortnight. A pair of tugs were overhauled at Mooney Boats, in Killybegs, Co. Donegal, from where supertrawlers based in the premier fishing port will no longer…
Irish Master Mariners President Sinead Reen opening the European Shipmasters' Association meeting in Cork
The increased amount of paperwork demanded by shore managements from crews aboardships at sea is becoming recognised in the shipping industry as a problem which can impact on safety at sea because of the heavier workload imposed on ships' crews.…
Elbetrader a lo-lo vessel that operates for ICG's container division EUCON, is berthed at the DFT Terminal, Dublin Port
#Q1figures2016 - Irish Continental Group (ICG) parent company of Irish Ferries, today has issued their Interim Management Statement which covers carryings and financial information for the first quarter of 2016, i.e. 1 January to 30 April with comparisons against the…
Port Director at Peel Ports, David Huck receiving the award from John Sergeant and Robert Jervis
#MultimodalAward - UK based Peel Ports Group, owner and developer of the Liverpool2 container terminal, was recognised as logistics business of the year at the annual Multimodal event held in Birmingham.  The company that also operates the MTL Terminal in…
Arklow Valiant, the newest vessel of Arklow Shipping which this year marks the company's fifth decade of operation
#TheTyrrells – Fifty years ago Arklow Shipping was formed, following the amalgamation in 1966 of three independent shipowning families from the east coast port in Co. Wicklow, writes Jehan Ashmore. The families, Tyrrell, Kearon and the Hall’s all had origins…
Dublin To Host Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference This September
#AtlanticStrategy - Croke Park will host the third Atlantic Stakeholder Platform Conference on promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in the Atlantic Area on 27 September. The annual Atlantic Stakeholder Conference is the central hub for stakeholders of the Atlantic Strategy to…
Seafarers at Ireland's ports are asked to be on the lookout for fraudulent certificates
#MarineNotice - Marine Notice No 19 of 2016 advises that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) has become aware of a small number of possible fraudulent Irish seafarer certificates, and an associated fraudulent website, which purports to verify…
Giant cantilever rail-mounted gantry (CRMG) cranes loaded in China arrived by heavylift vessel, Zhenhua 25 to Peel Ports Liverpool2, a new £300m deep-water container terminal
#GiantCranes – Giant Chinese constructed cantilever rail-mounted gantry (CRMG) cranes arrived by heavylift vessel to Peel Ports Liverpool2 new £300m deep-water container terminal over the May Bank Holiday, writes Jehan Ashmore. The CRMG cranes, the first of six are to…
#BoatyardKillybegs – A pair of tugs in recent weeks have undergone overhaul work carried out at Mooney Boats, the boatbuilder, repairer and maintenance facility in Killybegs, Co. Donegal, writes Jehan Ashmore. Tugs SMS Cian and Nomad used the services of…