Stena Line Irish makeover
NewsStena Line is giving its Irish Sea fleet a makeover, to the tune of almost £14M and introducing more competitive freight schedules...
New LD Lines service between Le Havre and Rosslare
NewsLD Lines (Louis Dreyfus Armateurs) is launching a new ro-pax service between Rosslare Europort and Le Havre...
Cork’s terminal hopes go pop
NewsIreland’s planning authority, An Bord Pleanála, has turned down the Port of Cork’s application to build a new €140M container termina...
Running in order to stand still
NewsRecord volumes, growing landside congestion and the high share of empty “export” moves have brought problems for British Isles’ main p...
Bremore project approved
NewsThe Irish Government has finally approved the establishment of a 51:49 joint venture company between Drogheda Port Company (DPC) and Castle ...
New Cork terminal
NewsThe Irish Port of Cork is finalising a planning application for a new container terminal at Ringaskiddy....
UK ports policy: broke but how to fix it?
NewsOfficially, the UK’s container ports policy is “marketled.” But in reality there seems to be a policy void that lacks direction and po...
Hutchison to get order of the Bath?
NewsThe Bathside Bay decision plumbs the depths of the UK’s ports policy void...
Tapping into the global reach of lift trucks
NewsThe increasing popularity of the reach stacker has encouraged more lift truck manufacturers to enter the market....
Drogheda plans for the long haul
NewsFollowing the completion of a major study to assess future potential for the port of Drogheda in the light of an increase in cargo movements...
Rubb halls for NI ports
NewsTwo Northern Ireland ports, Londonderry Port Authority and Belfast Harbour Commission, have independently specified Rubb buildings to satisf...
Shannon looks to boxes
NewsIreland’s Shannon Foynes Port Co (SFPC) has approved a plan to invest €53.5 mill over the next five years to create new shipping, indust...
New linkspan
NewsIreland's largest ro-ro linkspan is to be installed in Dublin to cater for large ferries including P&O Ferries' new EUROPEAN AMBASSADOR, whi...
Major upgrade for Dublin
NewsJust a year after it was acquired by Mersey Docks & Harbour Company (MD&HC), Dublin container terminal operator Marine Terminals Ltd (MTL) h...