News & Events Archive 2024

P&O Maritime are hiring an Instrumentation and IT Technician

The National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) and SeaBot Maritime (Ireland) have signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on integrating complex systems with specialised skills for the maritime workforce.

CILT Mobility & Supply Chain Skillnet and The National Maritime College at Munster Technological University are hosting a launch for their newest program supporting development in the ORE, Ports, Transport & Logistics and Maritime sectors.

Rosslare Europort and Souce Galileo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of achieving the common goal of developing Rosslare Europort as a key facilitator in the delivery of large-scale offshore wind farm projects in Irish coastal waters.

The Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO), part of the Marine Institute, and Innovate UK hosted a networking reception in Dublin on Monday 15th April to advance their joint plans to create green shipping corridors between Ireland and the UK.

Dublin Port will run a series of Technical Tours during the Transport Research Arena conference in Dublin next week.

The Irish Maritime Development Office, as part of the Marine Institute, is delighted to announce a joint UK-IE call for Feasibility Studies on Green Shipping Corridors with a deadline for submissions on 30th May 2024. The Department for Transport UK and the Marine Institute are joint funders with total joint funding of 1 million euro approximately. Innovate UK will oversee the application process for both funders and act as full delivery partner for the Department for Transport UK.

The Port of Cork Company (PoCC) have announced the official start of the 2024 cruise season with the arrival of the first cruise ship, the Ambition, operated by Ambassador Cruise Line, today, Thursday, April 4th 2024. As the Ambition docks on its maiden voyage to Cork Harbour, as part of its 12 day ‘Easter British Isles Discovery’ round-trip, it signals the beginning of what promises to be a bumper year for the cruise industry in Cork.

The Connecting Europe Days 2024 will take place in Brussels from 2nd - 5th April and the IMDO will be at Stand 49 at the event.

Eucon have announced the addition of a sixth ship to their fleet keeping Europe and Ireland well connected.

Powering Prosperity – Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy, the first strategy of its kind for Ireland, aims to build a successful, vibrant and impactful offshore wind energy industry in Ireland, ensuring that the sector creates as much value as possible throughout Ireland and maximises the economic benefits associated with government ambitions to deliver its 2030, 2040 and 2050 offshore wind targets.

Shipping firm CLdN is to introduce a new route into Cork this month. The Luxembourg firm will operate a new LoLo (Lift-On/Lift-Off) service into Cork from Rotterdam, catering specifically to short-sea cargoes.

We had a great day in Brussels yesterday at the SMARTDEC Project Kick-Off Meeting. This project will focus on Smart Clusters for Maritime Decarbonisation.

The first Marine Ireland Industry Network event of 2024 will take place on Thursday the 28th of March for Skilling Up: Meeting the Future Needs of the Marine Industry.

Organised for the first time in 2024, European Ocean Days will be a week of events related to European maritime topics.

Cargo of a record-breaking scale was handled by the Port of Waterford over the weekend. A vessel load of 80 metre-long wide-turbine blades, the largest ever in size to be imported to Ireland were shipped to the Port of Waterford due to the Port’s expansive riverside space, ability to handle cargo of exceptional size and proximity to the motorway network.

Commissioners of Irish Lights are hiring an Assistant Deck Supervisor on board the ILV Granuaile

DP Energy are currently recruiting for two new graduate roles: • Renewable Energy Graduate Engineer • Power to X/Innovation Graduate Engineer

Leading Swedish ferry operator, Stena Line has officially commenced its new Dublin – Liverpool (Birkenhead) freight service. The addition of the new route is expected to further boost the company’s freight volumes following a record year on its Irish Sea services in 2023.