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The 7th Green Shipping Summit which aims to bring the maritime community towards an innovative future has begun in the Netherlands. The event which continues today and held in Rotterdam (Europe’s largest port) is to focus on rebuilding and reinvesting…

Shipping company Finnlines is expanding its Ireland-Belgium freight service between Rosslare and Zeebrugge. A second ro-ro vessel has been added to the route, Iarnród Éireann, port authority for Rosslare Europort, has said. MS Finnpulp will join MS Finnwave on the…

Maersk shipping group has filed a claim for compensation against the owners and operators of the container ship Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal for six days in 2021. The Danish shipping group, regarded as the largest in the…

EcoClipper, a Dutch sail cargo company are developing a new breed of cargo carrying sailing ship, the first of which will be a 59m square-rigger with a capacity of 500 tonnes. While development is ongoing, EcoClipper has renovated the 1912…

The British Ports Association (BPA) has welcomed the UK Government’s new £77m Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition, which was launched yesterday. BPA research has found that no shore power project anywhere in the world has gone ahead without…

A second 6,000dwt LNG dual-fuel tanker for James Fisher and Sons plc based in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria on the Irish Sea has been delivered. The newbuild Lady Maria Fisher will be traded by James Fisher Everard (JFE) alongside its existing fleet…

Major global container shipping operator the MSC Group is to launch a new direct 'feeder' service connecting Dublin Port and the Port of Cork to mainland Europe, writes Jehan Ashmore. The new weekly service to Dublin and Cork is to link…

Seatruck Ferries which last year was acquired by Compagnie Luxembourgouise de Navigation (CLdN) has recently announced in ceasing bookings for car based passengers and motorhome customers on their Irish Sea freight routes, writes Jehan Ashmore. Over the years, Seatruck Ferries…

In four months time the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) is gathering in Bremen,Germany for the 19th edition of its annual Conference during 1-2 June. The conference is the annual highlight of the European port industry and community as ESPO…

The granting of a freeport status to two ports in Wales would generate billions of pounds say campaign backers. Among the three bidders is Celtic Freeport which hopes to see the south Wales ports of Milford Haven and Port Talbot…

Two container giants, Maersk A/S, an entity under A.P. Moller - Maersk and the MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have mutually agreed to terminate, effective in January 2025, the present 2M alliance. In a joint statement, CEO Vincent Clerc of…

Value Maritime is to have ship emissions-reducing Filtree Systems, including the Clean Loop 30% carbon capture systems, installed on a quartet of BG Freight Line newbuild container vessels. Purus Marine and Nordic Hamburg have placed the order with Value Maritime.…

Norwegian ro-ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen and project partners have secured a Horizon Europe funding totalling EUR 9m to support building a RoRo sailing vessel.  Over the next five years, all aspects of planning, building, and operating the wind-powered Orcelle Wind…

In the UK the Port of Liverpool has been ranked as the nation's top port for port-centric logistics potential according to a new industry study. Property adviser Knight Frank analysed and ranked 41 UK ports based on 13 criteria, assessing…

In the first 11 months of last year, exports from Ireland had reached €193bn, which was an increase of 27% compared to the same period in 2021, as the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures show. During the same period,…

Legislation is to be brought forward by the British Government this week, RTÉ News understands which could see work resume in Northern Ireland ports with the construction of border control posts. The delay to works in the ports follows months…