Cookie Policy (EU)
Last updated: November 2026 | Version 1.0
About this policy
This Cookie Policy applies to visitors to www.ardmoreshipping.com and our investor pages from the European Union and European Economic Area. It explains how we use cookies in accordance with the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 336/2011) and the GDPR.
It covers both our main website and our investor pages, and should be read together with our Privacy Notice, which explain how we use personal data more generally.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies include pixels, local storage and scripts. In this policy, "cookies" covers all of these.
Your choices
When you first visit our website, a banner asks whether you accept performance and functional cookies. You can accept or reject them, and rejecting is as easy as accepting. We do not place these cookies on your device until you have given consent.
We remember your choice for 12 months, after which we will ask you again. You can change your choice at any time by clicking "Cookie settings" at the bottom of any page. You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings, although blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the website from working.
The types of cookies we use
Category
What they do
Can you turn them off?
Strictly necessary
Essential for the website to work and be secure, for example remembering your cookie choices, managing traffic and protecting against attacks
No, as the website cannot work without them
Performance
Help us understand how visitors use the website, such as how many people visit, which pages they view, where they came from and, at company level, which organisations visit
Yes
Functional
Set by third-party services embedded on our pages, such as document viewers and video interviews, so that this content works
Yes. If you reject them, some embedded content may not display
We do not advertise on our website and do not use advertising cookies. We use Issuu only to display our reports. The Issuu viewer also sets a cookie on behalf of Quantcast, which Quantcast uses for its own audience measurement. This cookie is set by Issuu, not by Ardmore, and only if you accept functional cookies.
Cookies on our main website
Strictly necessary cookies
OptanonConsent
OneTrust (first party)
Stores which categories of cookies you have accepted or rejected, so that your choices are respected. It does not identify you
365 days
OptanonAlertBoxClosed
OneTrust (first party)
Records that you have seen and closed the cookie banner, so it is not shown again. It contains no personal information
365 days
Performance cookies
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Google Analytics (first party)
Distinguishes unique visitors by assigning a randomly generated ID, used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for our analytics reports
399 days
ga<ID>
Google Analytics (first party)
Stores session information for our analytics reports
399 days
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Leadfeeder (first party)
Tracks which pages are viewed and identifies, at company level, which organisations visit our website
364 days
lfatest_cookie_stored
Leadfeeder (first party)
Checks whether your browser accepts cookies
A few seconds
Functional cookies
ASPSESSIONID*
Executive Interviews (third party)
Keeps your session working when you view embedded Executive Interviews video content
364 days
CookieConsent
Issuu (third party)
Stores your cookie preferences for the Issuu viewer we use to display our reports
13,020 days
_dlt
Issuu (third party)
Supports the embedded Issuu document viewer
A few seconds
iutk
Issuu (third party)
Supports the embedded Issuu document viewer
179 days
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Quantcast, via Issuu (third party)
Audience measurement by Quantcast, set through embedded Issuu documents
391 days
Cookies on our investor pages
Our investor pages are provided by Cision and use the following cookies.
Strictly necessary cookies
OptanonConsent
OneTrust
Stores which categories of cookies you have accepted or rejected, so that your choices are respected. It does not identify you
365 days
OptanonAlertBoxClosed
OneTrust
Records that you have seen and closed the cookie banner, so it is not shown again. It contains no personal information
365 days
PHPSESSID
Cision
Manages your session and keeps basic website functions working
Session
cision
Cision
Manages caching of password-protected content. Only used if the pages are password-protected
Session
__cfruid
Cloudflare
Manages incoming traffic and identifies where requests come from, to prevent the website being overloaded
Session
_cfuvid
Cloudflare
Distinguishes between users who share the same IP address, to prevent the website being overloaded
Session
cf_clearance
Cloudflare
Records that you have passed a security check, so you are not asked again
30 minutes
__cflb
Cloudflare
Balances traffic across servers to keep the pages performing consistently
Up to 24 hours
__cf_bm
Cloudflare
Identifies and blocks automated bot traffic
30 minutes
__cf_ob_info
Cloudflare
Keeps the pages available if the server is temporarily unavailable
30 seconds
__cf_use_ob
Cloudflare
Keeps the pages available if the server is temporarily unavailable
30 seconds
GCLB
Google Cloud Platform
Routes your visit to the same server each time. It contains only a random identifier and does not record your browsing history, location or identity
Session
Performance cookies
Cision provides analytics for our investor pages using Matomo, which does not identify you by name and is not used to track you on other websites.
pkid*
Matomo (Cision)
Assigns a random visitor ID so that we can count unique visitors
13 months
pkses*
Matomo (Cision)
Links the pages you view during a single visit
30 minutes
pkref*
Matomo (Cision)
Records which website referred you to us, and your approximate location by country and city
6 months
Third-party providers
Our main website is hosted by Squarespace and our investor pages are provided by Cision. Cookies are also set by the other providers named above. Several of these providers, including Squarespace, Cision, OneTrust, Google, Cloudflare, Issuu and Quantcast, are based in the United States.
Where information collected through cookies is transferred to the United States, it is protected by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, where the provider is certified, or by the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, as described in section 11 of our Privacy Notice.
Cookies set by embedded third-party services are also governed by those providers' own privacy and cookie policies.
Changes to this policy
We review this policy regularly and will update it if the cookies on our website change. The date at the top shows when it was last updated.
Contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact privacy@ardmoreshipping.com.
If you have a concern about our use of cookies, please contact us first. You can also complain to the Data Protection Commission at www.dataprotection.ie.