The team from Kinsale Spirit Company were in the Port of Cork Container Terminal today to watch as a shipment of Kinsale Gin and Red Earl Irish Whiskey was loaded for export to China.

Outgoing Port of Cork chair John Mullins, talks to John Bohane about the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit, as well as his hopes of leaving a legacy behind after eight years at the helm

The Port of Cork has reported that total traffic through the Port was down 2% to 9. 2 million tonnes in 2020.

Brittany Ferries has announced that it is introducing three new weekly freight-only sailings between Ireland and France, two of which are from Cork. The sailings will begin this Thursday with a sailing between Rosslare and St Malo.

Plans to import fracked gas through the Port of Cork have been scrapped.

CORK County Council will be asked today to seek a list of the materials in the R&H Hall building which went on fire on Saturday.

Fire crews remain at the R and H Hall site in Ringaskiddy this afternoon, more than 24 hours after a fire was reported at the facility. Emergency services were called to a fire at the grain storage facility yesterday morning.

LATEST: Residents in the Ringaskiddy area have been warned to remain indoors and to keep windows and doors shut, with large amounts of smoke from a fire at the Port of Cork expected to affect the area this afternoon.

Latest: A massive fire at the R&H Hall grain store at the Port of Cork has reportedly been brought under control, although emergency services are expected to be at the scene for some time yet.

Music-lovers can enjoy a real Cork production this weekend with a live-streamed performance from the Port of Cork.

A second weekly call from Cork to Zeebrugge, Belgium has been welcomed by the Port of Cork. The additional CLdN voyage has been added to meet increased demand.

Investigations are ongoing after Revenue officers seized 26,000 cigarettes in separate operations in Cork and Dublin last Friday. As a result of a targeted operation, Revenue officers seized 10,000 cigarettes at Horgan’s Quay.

MAINTENANCE dredging will be taking place in Cork Harbour on all main shipping channels and berths next week, the Port of Cork has announced.  The dredging, a multi-million-euro operation, is set to commence on Wednesday, August 19.

Brittany Ferries has announced plans to increase services out of both Cork and Rosslare in 2021, despite ongoing uncertainty amid Covid-19.

Ireland should not put a ban on liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals, such as the one proposed for Cork, the chairman of Port of Cork has said.

A new weekly cargo service from Cork to the US has commenced operations. ICL’s Independent Vision arrived into Ringaskiddy on Saturday to begin the service, which is the first direct container service to the US in many years.

The first direct container service in many years from Ireland to the USA has been announced by the Port of Cork and Independent Container Line (ICL).

A new weekly freight service which begins operating between the Port of Cork and Belgium this week will help keep supply chains moving during the current crisis.

The Port of Cork are playing their part to ensure that supermarket shelves are stocked, and that frontline workers’ vehicles have fuel during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A Cork teenager has been welcomed home to a very different world by his parents after almost a month at sea. Conor Walsh set sail on the tall ship SV Tenacious as part of a volunteer crew, back in early March.

The Port of Cork has agreed a temporary suspension of operations with cruise lines as a result of the escalating global COVID-19 outbreak. Cruise liners that were due to berth between now and April 20 have been cancelled.

A CORK TD has called for cruise ship passengers not to be allowed to disembark in Ireland.

The Port of Cork has confirmed that Cork will still welcome cruise lines and their passengers into Cork, despite concerns expressed by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which highlight the risk of infection to cruise ship ...

The Port of Cork has commenced the assembly of two ship-to-shore cranes for the Cork Container Terminal (CCT). Two Liebherr post-panamax size STS container gantry cranes have been delivered.

Cork should stand against imports of fracked US gas through the Port of Cork, according to the Green Party.

Environmental campaigners Extinction Rebellion have targeted the Port of Cork in their latest protest. Signs emblazoned with slogans such as "Port of CO2" and "Business as Usual??" were attached to the Port of Cork sign at Custom House Quay.

PORT of Cork CEO Brendan Keating has warned that investment in shipping infrastructure is key to offsetting the effects of Brexit in the southern region of the country.

An early start for the Cork City Fire Brigade this morning after a busy weekend in Douglas, this time called to the Tivoli Docks where a crane was on fire.

YET another Cork built 'super boat' is making waves on international seas with Safehaven Marine delivering a €650,000 pilot vessel to the Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland.

PROTESTORS picketing Port of Cork sites in Cobh due to a dispute over public rights of way have been asked to stop, due to concerns that it is giving a bad impression to cruise liner tourists.

A CORK institution will close its doors for a final time tomorrow night. As revealed in the Echo last week, The Sextant on Albert Quay is saying a final goodbye this weekend, after more than a century in existence.

More than 10 million tonnes of traffic passed through the Port of Cork and Bantry Bay ports last year, a 3% increase on last year. The Port of Cork said total imports increased by 8% while exports increased by 5%.

A DISPUTE between locals and the Port of Cork over the right of way on a long-established walkway on Cobh harbour could have national consequences, according to a local councillor.

PORT of Cork chairman, John Mullins, hopes that activity can return to the long-idle Marino Point within two years, bringing valuable jobs to the area.

If the Port of Cork is a bellwether for economic activity in the county and wider southern region then all boats are most definitely lifting. Gráinne McGuinness reports.

ONE of the world’s most sophisticated non-nuclear submarines docked in Cork last night, as part of a courtesy visit to Leeside. The Dutch vessel, the HNLMS Walrus docked at Horgan’s Quay at around 6pm and will remain in the city docks until Monday.

TRADE through Cork ports jumped by almost 10% last year with significant increases in imports and exports.Combined total traffic through the Port of Cork and Bantry Bay Port Company reached 10.3 million tonnes in 2017, an increase of 8.6% compared ...

EXPECT a stink from the River Lee in the coming days as the Port of Cork dredges the riverbed. Every three years the Port of Cork carries out dredging work in the harbour and the quaysides to maintain the shipping channel.

The Cobh Cruise Terminal has become an increasingly popular destination for cruise companies. The 2017 cruise season will come to an end shortly with two cruise liners left to call.

THE new Bantry Harbour Marina has been officially opened giving boat owners easy access to the town.

PROPOSALS to build a 40-storey skyscraper in Cork’s docklands will face major planning challenges as the site is not currently zoned for a tall building.

The cruise liner season will open in Cork on Monday with the arrival of the first vessel of 2017, a 539ft, 600-capacity passenger ship.