A survey needed to certify a ship before it can be moved from Drogheda Port, where it has been docked for several years, has yet to be completed.
The Hebble Sand dredger has been a fixture along the quays in the centre of the County Louth town for the best part of a decade.
In September of last year, the vessel partially sank and had to be refloated.
The incident led to renewed calls for the vessel's removal from the port. However 14 months later, it is still there.
The Drogheda Port Company said it is in ongoing contact with the owners of the vessel.
It confirmed that a Load Line Survey has yet to be completed and said that owners indicated an application for the survey to be carried out would be submitted.
In a statement, the Drogheda Port Company said that the owners "advise a number of options are being explored and we at DPC will assist them in any way possible".
Load Line Surveys are carried out to ensure that vessels meet the required standards for buoyancy and stability.
The Merchant Shipping Load Lines Regulations require that a vessel is issued with a certificate or exemption before proceeding to sea.
The Marine Survey Office said it has received an application in respect of the Hebble Sand vessel.
However, there is no date for when the survey can be completed.
The Marine Survey Office said that the owners or operators of a vessel are required to make arrangements to provide things like safe access to the vessel and services on board, that may be needed for the survey.
"It is up to the applicant to make the necessary arrangements and to inform the MSO when the vessel is ready for the survey to commence".
"On satisfactory completion of a survey, a certificate or exemption may issue as appropriate", the MSO said.
Deputy Mayor of Drogheda Kevin Callan was among those calling for the vessel's removal last September.
This week, Mr Callan said the people of Drogheda want to see it removed from the town.
"The fact that we're over 12 months on from that, and it's still not gone, is really something that needs to be resolved", he said.
"It doesn't operate, it doesn't do anything. It simply is tied up and is rusting away into the river".
Mr Callan said he was not satisfied enough has been done to expedite the ship's removal.
"If it was a truck parked on the side of the road and it was there for a week, the authorities would have moved it. The fact this on the river in a natural habitat, it really and truly needs to be acted on now", he said.
"I don't think there is any excuse that this vessel, which is non operational, is still sitting where it is".
President of Drogheda Chamber Hubert Murphy said that the Hebble Sand has been a "long running story" in Drogheda.
After being refloated last September, he said the vessel was "back in a shape where people would feel it could move on from here".
However, Mr Murphy said it was a "complex" process and the Chamber was aware that the Drogheda Port Company "have been doing excellent work to resolve the situation".
"We as a Chamber, are here to assist in helping where we can. It is a very complex issue. If it can be resolved, brilliant, we'd love to see it gone, but these things take time", he said.
The Drogheda Port Company said it will continue to work with the owners to the end goal of the removal of the Hebble Sand.
