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Trout Anglers Welcome New Bye-Law For Western Lakes - But Pike Angling Group Takes Aim At Minister
30th October 2018 Angling
#Angling - The Connacht Angling Council has welcomed the new bye-law providing special protection for wild brown trout in the great western lakes. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Designated Salmonid Waters Bye-law was signed last Thursday 25 October by…
The final races of the Combined Clubs October Series being hosted by the Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland were tough and demanding of crews with a strong northerly wind which reduced temperatures to single figures. The Race Officer Peter…
#FerryNews - While Irish Ferries flagship Ulysses is currently out of service, Afloat also reports on the much delayed €150m cruiseferry W.B. Yeats which is finally to begin sea-trials in the Baltic Sea, writes Jehan Ashmore. W.B. Yeats last night…
#FerryNews - Ulysses, flagship of Irish Ferries which was forced out of service for over a month during the peak season is once again not operating on the Holyhead route having docked in Dublin Port last night, writes Jehan Ashmore.…
National Yacht Club Gets Its Own Seabin Thanks To Local Campaigner Flossie
30th October 2018 Dublin Bay
#Seabin - Five months after local coastal litter campaigner Flossie Donnelly saw the installation of Dun Laoghaire Harbour’s first Seabin, the enterprising youth has presented the National Yacht Club with its own water-cleaning device. According to the Dun Laoghaire waterfront…
Eddie English of SailCork has shared video of an unusual arrival in Cork Harbour this morning in the shape of cargo ship BBC Pearl. The 150-metre Antiguan-flagged vessel is a heavy-lifting specialist and comes equipped with two massive cranes for the…
Last week the ICOMIA World Marinas Conference 2018 was held in Athens, hosted by the Greek Marinas Association who provided a programme of topics, speakers and events under the theme: “Cross Sea Challenge for Marinas – Setting the Scene for…
Representatives of the RORC and ORC met at the Royal Malta Yacht Club before the start of the Rolex Middle Sea Race to discuss the continued cooperation between IRC and ORC on a technical level, and the future of a…
Carrybridge RNLI Assist Boat with one person on board Which Had Run Aground
29th October 2018 RNLI Lifeboats
At 5.27pm on Sunday 28 October, Carrybridge RNLI’s inshore lifeboat, Douglas Euan & Kay Richards and Rescue Water Craft (RWC) launched following a request by Belfast Coastguard to assist a vessel with one person on board which had run aground…
Not Tipped Alex Thomson Has 'Best Optimised IMOCA' for Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe
29th October 2018 La Route du Rhum Race
Alex Thomson will start the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic race on Sunday 4th November armed with what, in Hugo Boss, he considers to be the fastest, best-optimised IMOCA 60 in the race's record-sized fleet of 20 boats. He…
Harbour Innovation Campus Plans For Dun Laoghaire Scrapped Due To Lack Of Foreshore Licence
29th October 2018 Dun Laoghaire Harbour News
Ambitious plans for a digital technology hub at the former Dun Laoghaire ferry terminal have been scrapped by its developer in the absence of the necessary foreshore licence. As recently as August, the Harbour Innovation Campus project was moving forward after…
Australian Sailor to Report on Gregor McGuckin's Abandoned Yacht in the Indian Ocean
29th October 2018 Solo Sailing
As Afloat.ie reported five days ago, Gregor McGuckin's Round the World Yacht is still drifting a month after evacuation in the Golden Globe Race. The Dubliner's yacht is not the only Golden Globe boat left adrift, and here's an update on…
Subaru Ireland are delighted to announce they have come on board and and are ready to set sail as the main sponsor and vehicle partner of the Flying Fifteen World Championships 2019. Subaru also becomes a sponsor and corporate vehicle…
Liverpool2 Port Ready to Ease Retailer Concerns As Supply Chain Blockage Continues in UK
29th October 2018 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shippping - A UK ports operator, Peel Ports has said its Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal is ready to help clear the growing backlog of imported goods into the country caused by IT implementation problems in the south-east port of Felixstowe,…
Dingle Maritime Weekend to Feature Ted Creedon on 3rd & 4th November
29th October 2018 Maritime Festivals
Dingle Maritime Weekend, an annual event jointly organised by Kevin Flannery of the town’s renowned Oceanworld, and former Harbour Master Captain Brian Farrell (he played a key role in the establishment of the biennial Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race in…
Minister Creed today attended the international Our Ocean Conference in Nusa Dua, Bali. This is the fifth of these conferences, started by former US Secretary of State, John Kerry, which brings together global community representatives and urges them to commit…
#Rowing: Sanita Puspure, the O’Donovan brothers and Ireland lightweight coach Dominic Casey have all been chosen as finalists for the World Rowing Awards 2018. Puspure won gold in the women’s single sculls and Paul and Gary O’Donovan won the lightweight…
#FerryNews - A Scandinavian ferry operating between Sweden and Denmark, the Stena Jutlandica has now completed its first month of operation as a battery hybrid vessel and the positive experiences from the first weeks of service have exceeded expectations. “It's…
Clune-Draft Report Welcomed By ESPO On European Maritime Single Window Environment
29th October 2018 Ports & Shipping
#Ports&Shipping - The European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism on 15th October published the draft report on the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment, which came out on 17 May. The rapporteur, MEP…
In the first of a series of engagements in Indonesia and Malaysia during the coming week, Marine Minister Michael Creed will address the Our Ocean Conference being held in Nusa Dua, Bali today and tomorrow (Monday 29 and Tuesday 30…
