Port of Cork – Monday 28 June 2021
The Port of Cork and Independent Container Line (ICL) jointly celebrated the shipping services first year in operation, in what can be described as a record first year. The direct deep-sea route which operates between Cork and US (East Coast – Penn Terminals in Chester, PA*) is the only direct route out of Ireland connecting to the USA.
ICL reported that trade exporting from Ireland has increased five-fold in its first year, and imports have doubled. General commodities handled on this service include refrigerated cargo (Pharma, Foodstuffs), Beverages, Healthcare Products, Building Materials, Chemicals, Auto Parts, Paper and Packaging Products.
The US Ireland Summit is being held virtually on the 1st of July. With an esteemed line-up discussing the strengthening of the economic relationship between Ireland and US. Register today.
Key speakers include: An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States- Daniel Mulhall, Member of the European Parliament and Vice President of the EPP Group – Frances Fitzgerald, Governor Martin O’Malley, Former Governor of Maryland. View the full speaker list.
Thank you to our members who continue to support the Chamber through their membership, you make our mission possible!
Renewing members in June:
Large Corporate Members
• ICON Clinical Research, Paul McCracken
• Volpe & Koenig, John O’Malley
Mid-Size Firm Members
• City Wide Facility Solutions, Joseph McGinn, Jr.
• Museum of the American Revolution, Adam Robinson
Individual Members
• Michael Daley, OrthogenRx, Inc.
• E. Kevin Scanlon, LivsMed
• Brian Bielawski, Dynamic Advertising Solutions, Inc.
• Jack Kelly, KG Associates
• James McCormick, Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.
• Bruce Mullen, Mullen Consulting Group, LLC
• Joseph J. O’Drain, CPA, CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
• Jeanne Frawley, Apogee
Top 1000 Companies tracks and accesses the latest in business and market trends and contains a definitive listing of the largest companies in the country, both north and south.
Compiled and verified by The Irish Times’ business team, it is published once a year, and is an invaluable resource for anyone doing business in Ireland. The Top1000 can also be found in an online database at www.top1000.ie
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To gain a sense of the quality and the types of themes and topics that are explored on the platform. Here is the link: https://vimeo.com/user/139903541/folder/4405732.