Figures released by the port show that, in the first year since Brexit, more Irish importers and exporters trading with mainlandchose direct ferries over the once-favoured “landbridge” route through Britain to avoid the new checks between the EU and the UK.
Freight volumes on 56 ferry services a week with British ports fell by 34 per cent or 32,926 units, to 64,964 during the year, as fewer businesses sent goods across the landbridge.Overall, combined freight at the port – operated by the semi-state rail company Iarnród Éireann – grew by 50 per cent to 184,891 units, making it the highest yearly growth in the port’s history.
While UK freight volumes fell, passenger numbers on British ferry routes rose 67 per cent during the year to 192,031. Passenger numbers on European ferry services rose 72 per cent to 51,272. This led to a 68 per cent increase overall in passenger numbers to 243,303 during the year.
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