tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609190622520634931.post5780373920954406606..comments2023-10-30T15:59:13.387+00:00Comments on The Old Blog Cabin: Port of Cork faces a challenging yearUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609190622520634931.post-36491232399633110192009-01-26T10:15:00.000+00:002009-01-26T10:15:00.000+00:00Dear Young Blogger,You see I actually agree with y...Dear Young Blogger,<BR/><BR/>You see I actually agree with you regarding the move out of Tivoli - or at least the motivating reason behind it - a quick few million bucks for some property developer. These are the type of folks who have bankrupted our country. Just read my blog over the past 2 years and you can see that I'm no mouthpiece for the Port of Cork. However I do not agree with the flat-earth crowd that would rather that there was no commercial traffic in the port and that it would be the sole reserve for luxury yachts and millionaires. <BR/><BR/>By the way, the name of the blog is The Old Blog Cabin - that does not imply that I am an octogenarian. I started the blog as something else and it soon evolved into a maritime blog.Carrignafoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947033862958690488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609190622520634931.post-3423857215791611452009-01-25T20:00:00.000+00:002009-01-25T20:00:00.000+00:00Dear Old Blogger,please do not keep referring to P...Dear Old Blogger,<BR/>please do not keep referring to Port of Cork spin as if it was Gospel. Port documents are often just spin from a PR company.<BR/>For facts refer to www.cso.ie Port Statistics 2003-2006 Lo-Lo Containers TEUs'000s (twenty foot equivalent units) <BR/><BR/>2003 Cork 137k, Waterford 175k <BR/>2004 Cork 155k, Waterford 180k<BR/>2005 Cork 164k, Waterford 181k<BR/>2006 Cork 182k, Waterford 185k<BR/><BR/>Marino Point is reclaimed land circa 100+ acres actually owned by the Port of Cork but leased for 100yrs to IFI! The Port did not buy the site the last time it came up for sale. Let's be honest - the real reason for moving from Tivoli is to let the property developer buddies of the Port of Cork have free reign there.<BR/>Regards,<BR/>Younger bloggerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609190622520634931.post-33526232755965981242009-01-22T16:41:00.000+00:002009-01-22T16:41:00.000+00:00Dear Old Blogger,Check your facts with the CSO...F...Dear Old Blogger,<BR/>Check your facts with the CSO...<BR/>For containers Cork is ranked number four behind Dublin, Belfast & Waterford.<BR/>Also, Cork does not even have 0.5% of national RoRo Loaded Freight traffic. <BR/>The container terminal should be in Marino Point. However, Port of Cork has become a de factor arm of Howard Holdings in recent years and this has clouded all decicions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com