Conference to discuss upward trajectory of harbour

There’s a crane right on the doorstep of the country’s Maritime College: it’s a sign of upward trajectories for Cork harbour, at the site of UCC’s new Beaufort Research Centre, as it prepares to host a conference Friday week on the harbour’s future.

The day-long session, titled Energising the Region, is hosted by Energy Cork and IMERC, at the National Maritime College of Ireland Campus, Ringaskiddy.

Under discussion will be the harbour’s role in national energy supply and, also appropriately on the local skyline, are the three large wind vanes erected in early 2014, on the site of three harbour-side pharma plants.