News & Events

The Irish Maritime Development Office in conjunction with the Department of Transport, Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation and Department of Agriculture Food and Rural Development is encouraging the logistics and maritime transport sectors to ACT now (Assess, Communicate, Trial) and Prepare to Switch to direct routes to the Continent.

Applications are invited for the position of Harbour Master at Rosslare Europort.

Irish Mainport Holdings buys Mainport Geo survey and research vessel and takes a share in Alpha Marine.

SSE Renewables hosted a virtual round table discussion with key stakeholders in the wind energy industry examining their role in delivering on the Government’s ambition for offshore wind energy.

The Enterprise Europe Network in partnership with Enterprise Ireland, Invest NI and Northern Ireland National Contract Points (NCPs) invites you to participate in an international partnering event on the Green Deal Call

Containerships, an affiliate of CMA CGM, is adding a call to the Irish Port of Cork.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a 4 year full-time, fixed-term contract as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) at the National University of Ireland, Galway. This position is funded by the Marine Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme.

A new ferry route from Rosslare to Cherbourg will start sailing next spring, with additional sailings being added on the Cork to Roscoff route.

International energy logistics provider Peterson has been awarded a major logistics contract from Sellafield Limited to support operations in West Cumbria, England.

DocksTheFuture announces the launch of The Network of Excellence, gathering the most innovative ports willing to team up and take actions to support the maritime community achieving the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

A Belfast-based maritime consortium led by Artemis Technologies has won a £33 million UK Government innovation grant to develop zero emissions ferries, said to have potential to revolutionise the future of maritime transport.

Irish Ferries have new guidelines for a safer way to get away and look forward to welcoming you onboard once travel restrictions have been lifted.

BG Freight Line has taken a positive step by adding an additional weekly service call to meet the growing demands of container traffic between Liverpool and the Irish Sea hub.

SSE Renewables has selected Arklow Harbour as the preferred location for the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the second phase of the Arklow Bank offshore wind farm.

MoS Webinar "Shaping the Policy of a European Maritime Space – The Future of Motorways of the Sea" will take place on 1st July 2020.

Each year, up to £75,000 is made available by ITOPF to fund R&D projects to improve our knowledge and understanding of issues related to accidental marine pollution from ships.

In early 2020, XELLZ secured approximately 200,000 sqm of land at the port of Rosslare in the Republic of Ireland. XELLZ has now divided the land into zones and the entire area will be known as Rosslare Europort Business Park (EBP).

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross announced the designation, on a temporary basis only, of five strategic maritime routes into and out of Ireland as Public Service Obligation (PSO) routes during COVID-19 for a period of up to three months.

The IMDO remains open for business, albeit remotely for now

In light of the rapidly evolving situation and public health measures due to the Coronavirus, a decision has been taken to postpone European Maritime until later this year.