Contents
Local Info:
Weather
Summary
Max. Size:
Breakbulk:
LOA 200 m., beam 32.2 m., draft 10.5 m.
Bulk:
LOA 300 m., beam 43.0 m., draft 20.0 m.
Products:
40,000 d.w.t., LOA 250 m., draft 14.0 m.
Chemicals:
40,000 d.w.t., LOA 183 m., draft 11.0 m.
Airport:
Shannon Int'l, 45 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:
Repairs possible.
Medical:
Hospitals available.
Shannon Foynes Port
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Also see
Limerick
OVERVIEW:
There are six main facilities located within the Shannon Estuary. Shannon Foynes Port
Company (SFPC) facilities are located at Foynes, Limerick City (Ted Russell Dock)
and Shannon Airport Aviation Jetty; the port of Limerick is included elsewhere in
this publication. SFPC is also responsible for navigation to privately owned facilities
located at Moneypoint, Aughinish and Tarbert. Cargoes handled include bauxite, alumina,
chemicals, petroleum products, coal, project and breakbulk.
The port of Shannon Foynes Port is a
Core port in the European Union's Trans-European Transport Network.
LOCATION:
On the Shannon Estuary on the west coast of Ireland.
CHARTS:
BA Charts No. 1125, 1540, 1547, 1548, 1549 and 1819.
Publications:
BA Irish Coast Pilot, NP 40.
PORT LIMITS:
The Shannon Estuary comprises 500 sq.km. of navigable water extending from Loop Head
in County Clare, and Kerry Head, in County Kerry, eastwards to the city of Limerick,
a distance…
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