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NEW INTERACTIVE SHIPPING ROUTE PLANNER FOR IRISH EXPORTERS
Mr. John Browne T.D., Minister for State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, has announced the launch of a new interactive shipping route planner for Irish industry. The planner, which was designed and is hosted by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) on its information portal www.imdo.ie, is the first single platform to provide this information for Irish industry on-line. The portal will provide a full free database of shipping services, ports, routes, operators and freqency of services available from all Irish ports. ‘The new shipping planner will assist all Irish companies involved in international trade find details of scheduled unitised services connecting Irish ports to our trading partners,’ the Minister stated. Short Sea Shipping is a successful and growing mode of transport in Europe and is the only mode that has been able to keep pace with the growth of road transport. www.dcmnr.gov.ie