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10th April 2013

IMDO Shipping Review: Irish Industry Improves, Asia-Europe Traffic Disappointing, Environmental Shipping Law Intensifies and more…

#Ports&Shipping -The latest IMDO Weekly Shipping Market Review reports that the production of Irish Manufacturing Industries for February 2013 was 0.2% higher than the month before and increased marginally (0.1%) compared to same month last year, latest figures from CSO showed last week.

Container Market: Asia-Northern Europe traffic trade-lane for period December 2012 to January 2013 continued to disappoint, with any improvement being seasonal, as noted by Drewrys. This is unsurprising, given the faltering economic conditions throughout Europe. Westbound cargo from December 2012 to February 2013 increased by 8.7%, compare to the previous three months, September to November 2012.

Shipping Regulations: Environment - Although pollution prevention was one of the original aims of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), when established in 1948, the level of regulation has intensified in recent years. With even more environmental regulations soon to be implemented, it is coming at a bad time for the shipping world, which is currently facing a major slump, primarily due to oversupply of capacity.

To read more of each of the above stories and other news from the IMDO Shipping Markets Review for Week 14, click HERE to be viewed or downloaded as a PDF

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About the Star Sailors League Gold Cup

In 2022, Sailing finally got its own World Cup, according to the promoters of the SSL (STAR SAILORS LEAGUE) Gold Cup.

Like football in 1930 and rugby in 1987, the SSL Gold Cup is designed to crown the best sailing nation of all! The World's Top 56 countries, selected on their SSL Nation ranking, will battle their way through to raise the coveted and only Sailing World Cup trophy.

The SSL is the global inshore sailing circuit launched by Olympic athletes in 2012, by sailors for sailors. Its main philosophy considers the athletes (not the boats) as the “Stars” and it aims to showcase the annual global sailing championship with its over 15’000 regattas; it determines and celebrates the world leaders in sailing promoting the inshore regattas to the global audience.

The three main components of the SSL Circuit are the SSL Ranking published every Tuesday, updating the position of over 100,000 leading athletes, thus highlighting the world’s top inshore sailors. The SSL Finals taking place every year around November-December, it’s the annual final of the SSL Circuit among the 20/25 best athletes of the ranking, to crown the champion of the season. And the SSL Gold Cup, the ‘ultimate’ championship of the circuit with 56 nations among World Sailing members, to crown the best sailing nation.

In a mechanical sport where the race for technology sometimes gets in the way of the race for glory, the SSL aims for equal competition where the talent of the sailors is at the forefront and the champions become heroes that inspire new generations of sailors.

The SSL is a World Sailing Special Event since 2017.