#ShippingReview - Over the last fortnight, Jehan Ashmore has reported on the shipping scene where dredging related works carried out last year in Arklow Harbour were completed this week.

This saw the capping of a pit spoil site in Arklow Bay by the trailing-suction dredger UKD Orca.

On the dredger's return to Merseyside she passed offshore of Wicklow Port where Leine was exporting recycled metals, while Ceg Cosmos had logged timber felled from the foothills of Ben Nevis, Scotland.

Returning to the Irish Sea where sea-links between Ireland and Wales are not exclusively the preserve of ferries. As the only other shipping route between these two Celtic nations is that of a container route connecting the capitals of Dublin and Cardiff. The service is operated by the 195 TEU capacity Coronel. 

Irish Ambassador to Germany, Michael Collins launched an Irish Maritime Development Office event in Hamburg.  Among the speakers was Rebecca Wardell, Business Development Manager (IMDO) who spoke about the Irish Tonnage Tax to the German shipping industry.

Lysblink Seaways which ran aground off the Scottish coast last month is undergoing repairs on the Clyde at a dry-dock in Greenock.