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#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.…

#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…