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20% Drop In Traffic Through Dublin Port, Post-Brexit.

Wednesday, 27 October 2021 09:18

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

Stock image: Pixabay

The data is for the first 9 months of this year.

Container and trailer traffic between the UK and Dublin Port has dropped by a fifth following Brexit.

The figures for the first nine months of the year also show the volume of traffic through the port is down 3.3 per cent on the same time last year.

But CEO of Dublin Port, Eamonn O’ Reilly, says he expects a bounce back

Dublin Port reports reduced cargo volumes from Holyhead, Liverpool and Heysham https://t.co/hg6CiOV56a via @IrishTimesBiz
— Irish Times Business (@IrishTimesBiz) October 27, 2021

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