Tag: Ireland

NatPower Marine and Peel Ports Group announced plans to establish the first “green shipping corridors” between Ireland and the UK.

Centrica plc and Mitsubishi Power Europe Limited “Mitsubishi Power Europe” have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development, construction, and operation of Europe's first-ever ammonia-fired power generation facility at Bord Gáis Energy's Whitegate Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station in Cork, Ireland.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Irish Coast Guard assisted the crew of a passenger vessel carrying 40 people after it ran aground on rocks on Lough Derg the past weekend.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Ireland’s first green hydrogen company, EIH2, the Port of Cork and the Port of Amsterdam.

Ports from Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recommitted on 7 April their support to UNCTAD’s programme helping ports in developing countries boost productivity and efficiency.

The government of Ireland has refused a request by a longshore union to deny entry to a tanker carrying Russian petroleum. 

ESB and dCarbonX have launched a large-scale green hydrogen storage project off the coast of Cork, Ireland.

Ireland's Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) issued an investigation report on the grounding of the general cargo ship MV Alta at Ballyandreen Bay, Ballycotton, Co. Cork, on 16 February 2020. The ship suffered a mechanical breakdown and was abandoned and set adrift by its owners and crew in October 2018.

Artemis Technologies, which is leading a programme to develop a new class of zero-emission high speed vessels, has unveiled its mechanical hardware in the loop (mHIL) simulator and digital twin capability in Northern Ireland.

A fire at a grain storage facility in Port of Cork has been brought under control, while firefighters are continuing to monitor the situation.