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One of Ireland's largest shipping and warehouse companies, Doyle Shipping Group (DSG) is to hire more than 250 staff as the Brexit transition period end nears.

The company according to Independent.ie, has offices and warehouses in many major Irish ports, advertised for traffic management operatives and warehouse operatives.

Both adverts state that the positions have a start date of January 1, 2021, the day after the transition period ends.

Afloat adds the vacancies are for positions of operatives working in Traffic Management and Warehouses.

Published in Ports & Shipping

The second of two new cranes transported by sea to Irish ports, has been identified by Afloat to begin a career with a shipping agency located in Dublin Port, writes Jehan Ashmore.

The new cranes built by Liebherr in Germany where in recent weeks loaded onboard heavy-lift vessel, Enough Talk when berthed in Rostock. The port city located on the Baltic Sea is also where the cranes were manufactured.

As previously reported on Afloat, the first crane was delivered earlier this month to South East Port Services in the Port of Waterford. A close-up examination by Afloat (of the photo above) shows Enough Talk depart the south-east port with the second crane remaining on board and where clues were revealed to its destination.

Emblazoned on the crane is the initials DSG, standing for Doyle Shipping Group, a shipping agency and logistics company, originally founded in 1886 by Dennis Doyle in Cork. DSG provide a range of marine services including stevedoring with offices and warehouses in Irish ports and the operation of two private port facilities at Greenore Port in Co Louth and Cork Dockyard in Rushbrooke near Cobh.

The delivery voyage by Enough Talk to Dublin Port involved the Liebherr LHM 420 crane which according to DSG's Dublin office is an investment by the company of €4 million. The new port infrastructure is currently undergoing various attachment calibration and crane-driver inductions. 

DSG operations in Dublin Port is based in Alexandra Basin (East) where the new crane joins an existing suite of also yellow-painted crane infrastructure sited along Alexandra Quay. At this terminal, break-bulk cargoes and lo-lo traffic is handled while ro-ro operations also take place at the adjacent Ocean Pier. 

Published in Dublin Port

The Half Ton Class was created by the Offshore Racing Council for boats within the racing band not exceeding 22'-0". The ORC decided that the rule should "....permit the development of seaworthy offshore racing yachts...The Council will endeavour to protect the majority of the existing IOR fleet from rapid obsolescence caused by ....developments which produce increased performance without corresponding changes in ratings..."

When first introduced the IOR rule was perfectly adequate for rating boats in existence at that time. However yacht designers naturally examined the rule to seize upon any advantage they could find, the most noticeable of which has been a reduction in displacement and a return to fractional rigs.

After 1993, when the IOR Mk.III rule reached it termination due to lack of people building new boats, the rule was replaced by the CHS (Channel) Handicap system which in turn developed into the IRC system now used.

The IRC handicap system operates by a secret formula which tries to develop boats which are 'Cruising type' of relatively heavy boats with good internal accommodation. It tends to penalise boats with excessive stability or excessive sail area.

Competitions

The most significant events for the Half Ton Class has been the annual Half Ton Cup which was sailed under the IOR rules until 1993. More recently this has been replaced with the Half Ton Classics Cup. The venue of the event moved from continent to continent with over-representation on French or British ports. In later years the event is held biennially. Initially, it was proposed to hold events in Ireland, Britain and France by rotation. However, it was the Belgians who took the ball and ran with it. The Class is now managed from Belgium. 

At A Glance – Half Ton Classics Cup Winners

  • 2017 – Kinsale – Swuzzlebubble – Phil Plumtree – Farr 1977
  • 2016 – Falmouth – Swuzzlebubble – Greg Peck – Farr 1977
  • 2015 – Nieuwport – Checkmate XV – David Cullen – Humphreys 1985
  • 2014 – St Quay Portrieux – Swuzzlebubble – Peter Morton – Farr 1977
  • 2013 – Boulogne – Checkmate XV – Nigel Biggs – Humphreys 1985
  • 2011 – Cowes – Chimp – Michael Kershaw – Berret 1978
  • 2009 – Nieuwpoort – Général Tapioca – Philippe Pilate – Berret 1978
  • 2007 – Dun Laoghaire – Henri-Lloyd Harmony – Nigel Biggs – Humphreys 1980~
  • 2005 – Dinard – Gingko – Patrick Lobrichon – Mauric 1968
  • 2003 – Nieuwpoort – Général Tapioca – Philippe Pilate – Berret 1978

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