The Irish Maritime Development Office published its quarterly report: In Q2 2021, RoRo volumes through ports in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) were consistent with those in Q2 2019. Between April and June, 291,437 RoRo units were handled at Dublin, Cork and Rosslare Europort, just 0.2% less than the...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/republic-of-ireland-71-of-roro-traffic-is-now-unaccompanied/
Media Statement by StenaLine – 20th December, 2020 23:00
Important update for passengers intending to travel with Stena Line’s ferry services to the Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands.
Due to new measures imposed by the Irish Government and the Government of the Netherlands, there are restrictions on passenger travel into both countries from the UK.
Republic of Ireland
For at least the next 48 hours from midnight tonight, passenger travel is not permitted on our services from...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/12/20/media-statement-by-stenaline-20th-december-2020-2300/
Irish exporters looking to reduce reliance on the post-Brexit UK landbridge for shipments to continental Europe were given a fillip this week by plans for more direct ro-ro services.
Belgian ro-ro operator CLdN is set to double the frequency of its Cork-Zeebrugge con-ro service to offer Irish exporters two sailings a week.
“We will deploy larger vessels or add more frequency to match demand to and from Ireland and will react immediately …
Being a hostage to fortune is never a good place to be, and unfortunately that looks like the short-term future for Ireland’s exporters to Europe, dependent on the British landbridge, who can expect to pay a particularly heavy price for the UK’s botched Brexit preparations. Some 150,000 Irish trucks transit the UK a year to Europe, carrying around €18bn in exports. Expectations of huge queues of trucks leading to Dover …
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