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#ShippingReview – Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene over the last fortnight where among the stories are outlined below. Dublin Port posts record year for cargo in 2015, where trade growth year-on-year was 6.4% and total throughput was 32.8 million gross…

#RatesTumble - The cost of transporting commodities, plunged to a record amid signs of slowing economic growth in China that’s also hurting the nation’s stock market, reported Bloomsberg.com earlier this month. • Measure falls to 468 points, lowest since it…

#dAmico(Ireland) - d’Amico International Shipping S.A. operating in the product tanker market, announced that its operating subsidiary d’Amico Tankers Limited (Ireland) sold the m/t Cielo di Salerno last month. The 36,032dwt handysize product tanker built in 2002 by STX South…

#PortScholarships - The Port of Milford Haven, south Wales have awarded to four students with scholarships which will see them receive a financial award, plus a four-week work placement. Bethan Rogers, Hannah Taylor, Isabel Harries and Guto Harries successfully applied…

#ShippingReview – Jehan Ashmore reviews the shipping scene over the last fortnight where among the stories are outlined below. The World's largest pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) vessel, Höegh Target, with a capacity for 8,500 car equivalent units departed…

#IMDOreview -The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) latest Weekly Market Review has among the following stories as outlined below. Irish Maritime News: HSA Publish New Code of Practice for Health and Safety in Dock Work. On Monday the 30th of…

#DundalkPort- Dundalk Port could soon be controlled by Louth County Council following the signing of a bill by President Michael D Higgins on Christmas Day, reports The Talk of the Town. The provision for the possible future transfer of the…

President Higgins signed the Harbours Bill into law on Christmas Day, the first time a President has signed legislation in to law on that day. The Harbours bill provides the necessary legal framework for the transfer of certain ports in…

#ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene as outlined below. Arklow View was launched without official ceremony at an inland Dutch yard, however the second cargoship out of 10 in a new series,…

#PortChristening - Arklow View a newbuild cargoship which was launched last week without official ceremony as previously explained on Afloat, will however be given the opportunity of a christening ceremony, writes Jehan Ashmore. Royal Bodewes, the Dutch shipyard in Hoogezand,…

#DriftingCargoship – A drifting cargoship on the way from Rotterdam to Ireland has been rescued off Plymouth by the RNLI, coastguard and a Dutch tug. The Plymouth Herald writes that the 130m ship suffered engine failure and began dragging anchor…

#NewPilotBoats – According to Milford Haven Port Authority, three of their new pilot boats will be named ‘St Brides’, ‘St Govans’ and ‘St Davids’. The names follow a public competition which attracted almost one hundred entries. Currently the vessels are being…

#SecondSplash - Arklow View was launched without official ceremony yesterday, despite this the second cargoship represents a significant order for Arklow Shipping as a further eight newbuilds are in the pipeline, writes Jehan Ashmore. The absence of a traditional ship…

#ShippingReview – Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene where among the stories are outlined below. A well-known name in the Irish shipping industry, Burke Shipping, the marine agency and logistical services company changed name…

#NoOfficial - Arklow View, second of 10 newbuilds ordered for Arklow Shipping’s Dutch division is due to be launched next week, albeit there will be no official christening ceremony, writes Jehan Ashmore. According to Royal Bodewes, the yard in the…

#NoTaxShipFuel – Throughout the world, no tax is paid on ship-fuel or aircraft despite those sectors’ huge emissions, reports Frank McDonald at the COP21 Paris conference for The Irish Times. International aviation and shipping have rightly been dubbed “the elephants in…