Port to resubmit bid for multi-purpose berth

The Port of Cork intends to submit a new application for planning by September to develop a multi-purpose berth in Ringaskiddy.

Commercial manager Captain Michael McCarthy told business people at a Sales Institute of Ireland breakfast seminar in the Clarion Hotel yesterday that Cork could not accommodate the shipping sector’s latest generation of larger ships without this development.

“It is vital for the region and for the port that we do get permission,” said Capt McCarthy.