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Following the Windsor Framework deal, new checks in Northern Ireland’s ports involving green and red lanes, may lead lorry freight traffic to be redirected back to ports within the Republic, has said the manager of Rosslare Europort. The director of…

The official completion of the first vessel to be constructed at Harland & Wolff Group's Belfast shipyard in 20 years took place on Monday, as the famous firm unveiled a barge that is to serve in the UK capital. The…

The Marine Survey Office (MSO) of the Irish Maritime Administration has completed a review of security risk assessments for vessels and ports engaged in domestic shipping operation on the Irish coast. This review was conducted as part of the obligations…

The ESB and Rosslare’s port authority, Iarnród Éireann, have signed a joint agreement to co-operate on offshore wind development in the Celtic and Irish Seas. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) draws on ESB’s plans to develop a “portfolio” of offshore…

A Wexford Fine Gael Councillor took the Minister for Transport to task over the Government’s failure to create a single port authority for three ports located in the south-east. The port authority, writes Wexford People, would be to manage and…

Harland & Wolff has successfully completed the first hull for the Cory Barges fabrication contract at its iconic Belfast shipyard. Marking the first major milestone for this contract, Cory has approved the hull, and this will now pass into the…

A public consultation is to take place at the Port of Waterford in regards to developing an Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) capable berth located downriver of the city at Belview Port terminal. As part of the Port of Waterford Ports’…

Rosslare Europort says it recorded further growth last year, with over 200,000 freight units passing through the port for the first time in its history. Overall freight in the past two years has grown cumulatively by 53% with a 398%…

Shipyard group Harland & Wolff has formally signed a sub-contract with Navantia, the Spanish state-owned shipbuilder which is to deliver three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) naval ships to the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD). Harland & Wolff said the FSS…

The managing director of the Isle of Man Steam Packet has discussed a problem found during sea trials of the Manx operator's new ferry built in a shipyard in Asia.  The Island will have to wait longer to see the newbuild…

In the third quarter of last year, Irish Ports handled tonnes of goods which increased by 4% compared with the same period the year before, according to Central Statistics Office (CSO) data. Of the seven main ports, some 3,202 vessels arrived, however…

A Swedish shipping group which operates to Irish ports, has returned to a shipyard in The Netherlands to build more tankers and also dry-cargoships, writes Jehan Ashmore Erik Thun AB which has a fleet of almost 50 vessels using four…

Approximately 900 shipyard jobs at Harland & Wolff are to be created in what has been described as an "historic moment for shipbuilding in Belfast". The shipyard located in Queen's Island was awarded the contract from the UK MoD as…

The Harland and Wolff Group which among its shipyards includes the famous Belfast yard, recently announced that it has slashed expected revenues for 2022. The shipyard group which has four yards on both sides of the Irish Sea, said supply…

Two ferries to be built for west coast of Scotland routes linking Skye with North Uist and Harris will be officially awarded to a shipyard in Turkey it has been announced. The firm which owns much of Scotland’s ferry infrastructure,…

Irish Mainport Holdings has seen the launch in a shipyard in Turkey of its new 50-ton bollard pull (tbp) harbour tugboat built to serve on the Shannon Estuary.   Cork based Mainport which has towage support services at Shannon-Foynes ports, has…