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With a sea area seven times the size of our land area, Ireland has immense potential for wind, wave and tidal energy that can aid in delivery of our long-term climate goals. The Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan II (OREDP II) is a significant step towards harnessing this potential for the benefit of all. Significant challenges must first be overcome, including the climactic and oceanographic conditions particularly off the west coast, the commercial readiness of renewable technologies, and our knowledge of the marine environment.
The Rosslare-Zeebrugge route was established last summer when Finnlines put its MS Finnwave ship to work for freight customers and the company has announced that it's adding a second roll on-roll off vessel to the service.
According to the port and the shipping company, the expansion is being put in place to meet the "increased capacity and frequency demand from customers".
The ESB and the Port of Cork Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), agreeing to work together to progress plans for Ireland’s offshore wind and green hydrogen development.
The Port of Cork's masterplan outlines proposals to develop the necessary infrastructure to facilitate and support the offshore renewable-energy and green-hydrogen sectors.
Global container shipping operator, the MSC Group, is to launch a new direct service connecting Dublin Port and the Port of Cork to mainland Europe.
The IMDO and the Department of Transport recently hosted a Port Director's Training.
Irish Lights is hosting ‘Navigating To 2050 – A safe and sustainable maritime future’.
The 19th edition of the Irish Maritime Transport Economist, a report produced by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) on Ireland’s maritime freight industry, has been published today.
EALING Mid-Term Event on 29th April 2022 at 10:00 a.m. CEST
In this framework, our overarching aim is the implementation of the INTERNATIONAL FAST AND SECURE TRADE LANE (IFSTL) approach, a trade facilitation initiative in the form of a set of harmonised and interoperable tools (business process modelling, software solutions, operational guidelines and governance models) on Motorways of the Sea routes connecting Ireland with France, the UK and other European countries.
Progress
The IFSTL project has five distinct phases that involve:
1. The articulation of the AS IS scenario
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, announced the commencement of the Maritime Area Consent (MAC) Regime. The new regime enables the Minister, on an interim basis, to issue Maritime Area Consents (MACs) to renewable energy developers who meet the relevant assessment criteria. Developers must have a Maritime Area Consent to make an application for permission, to include environmental assessments, to An Bord Pleanála.
This is the fastest rate of growth in the index since 2017, and represents a return to the volumes of freight handled in 2018 and 2019 after the suppressive effect of the COVID-19 on port traffic. Just over 54 million tonnes of freight were handled at Irish ports in 2021, a 2.8 million-ton increase compared to 2020.
In the Dry Bulk market, a 10% annual increase compared to 2020 was almost entirely driven by coal. As stated in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) annual report;
Background
The MaRITeC-X project is a seven-year Horizon 2020 Teaming project (project number 857586). Teaming projects create new or update existing centres of excellence in Widening countries through a coupling process with leading scientific institutions. The centre under development is the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI), a center of Excellence in Marine and Maritime Research, Technology Development and Innovation.
Maritime Expert Ireland have vacancies for cargo surveyors in liquid and dry bulk cargos.
From 14th January 2022, Unifeeder Shortsea will be launching a new service linking Rotterdam to/from the ports of Dublin, Cork and Belfast – with connections into the entire network of Unifeeder in Europe.
Mainport, as Agents for Unifeeder, are pleased toa nnounce an additional port call to their existing feeder service.
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The Port of Cork and Independent Container Line (ICL) jointly celebrated the shipping services first year in operation, in what can be described as a record first year. The direct deep-sea route which operates between Cork and US (East Coast) is the only direct route out of Ireland connecting to the USA.
The event is taking place online from 9.45am - 13.00 GMT on 8th July 2021
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