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#PortYachtClub - Pembrokeshire Yacht Club members have strengthened their commitment to safety on the Waterway after securing sponsorship from the Port of Milford Haven. The club applied to the Port’s Community Fund in order to purchase new navigation lights for…

#FirstSeaTrials – Newest addition to Arklow Shipping’s Dutch division, Arklow View with her distinctive green hull took to open waters this morning to carry out her first sea trials, writes Jehan Ashmore. Arklow View with a yard no. of 722…

#ShippingReview – Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene over the last fortnight and where among the stories are outlined below. At a Sino-Irish business seminar, director of the IMDO Liam Lacey spoke of the 'challenges and opportunities in the aviation…

#Shipping - The Irish Times reports that an Irish-owned ship transporting humanitarian supplies has been detained by Arab coalition forces on suspicion of smuggling arms to Yemen. The MV Mainport Cedar (see Afloat's coverage in 2014), a seismic survey support…

#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport details new SOLAS requirements for the verification of the gross mass of shipping containers. Following concerns raised internationally by the shipping industry in relation to the…

#IMDOreview -The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) latest Weekly Market Review has among the following stories as outlined below. Irish Maritime News: As reported on Afloat, BAM Civil Ltd has been appointed to the undertake the Bantry Inner Harbour Development. BAM's appointment…

#Grounding - APL Vanda, a 14,000TEU capacity containership was being checked for damage on Sunday after a loss of propulsion that left the ship grounded for two hours just outside the port of Southampton. The NOL-owned vessel was freed from…

#RecordSurplus - A hike of 20% in exports to just over €111bn in 2015 boosted by the pharma and medical sectors, drove the trade surplus to a record level, writes The Irish Independent. Preliminary figures from the Central Statistics Office…

#LeasingSeminar - Irish Maritime Development Office Director Liam Lacey, speaking at the 2016 Sino-Irish business seminar focused on the the 'challenges and opportunities in the aviation and maritime leasing sectors and the implications for Ireland and China’.  The seminar hosted by…

#WelshPorts – A network of five Associated British Ports (ABP) in South Wales including the Port of Swansea (see report on former ferry operator) had handled more than 12.5 million tonnes of cargo from the region in 2015. In addition, the…

Irish Ferries ship Epsilon sustained extensive damage to her cargo – estimated by an Afloat source at thousands of Euro – having sailed from Cherbourg Sunday at 17:30 into the teeth of Storm Imogen. The 2011 Italian–built ship hit winds of a…

#ShippingReview – Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene over the last fortnight where among the stories are outlined below. The Port of Waterford reported increases in 2015 across all categories shipped in to and out of the port at Belview.…

#NewDirector - Wales’ biggest port, the Port of Milford Haven, has appointed a new head of operations for Pembroke and Milford Docks, tasked, among other roles, with bringing new business into the port. Natalie Britton is the new Director of Operations…

#PlaceOfRefuge - European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) together with all maritime industry stakeholders, the European Commission and EMSA co-signed a joint declaration to express their support for the recently adopted EU Operational Guidelines on Places of Refuge. The declaration took…

#RoughRide - Uncertainty about China’s economic performance and slowing trade growth will make 2016 a difficult year for shipping executives, according to one leading analyst, although he highlighted India as one possible bright spot if the Modi administration can deliver…

#Waterford - The Port of Waterford Company has announced increases across all categories shipped in to and out of the port at Belview in 2015. There was a 10% increase in tonnage of bulk cargoes in 2015 compared to 2014.…