Directly from Ireland Official figures show that as exporters try to avoid land travel across the UK, new Brexit ferry routes to the EU have surged by 50% in the past six months.
According to data released by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO), a large amount of traffic has shifted from the traditional route between Dublin and the United Kingdom directly to the 32 ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg and Dunkirk in France and Zeebrugge in Belgium. Some of the new ferry services.
The IMDO report shows that in the first three quarters of 2021, the freight volume from Dublin Port to Liverpool and Anglesey Holyhead dropped by 19% compared to 2020. The freight volume of the route has dropped by 30%. Pembroke and Fish Guard.
“It is clear that the new trade arrangement between Ireland and the United Kingdom has had a major negative impact on ro-ro ships. [roll-on roll-off lorry haulage] Freight traffic between the two countries,” the IMDO report said. It added: “Underpinning all these trends are the new customs and trade arrangements between Ireland and the UK that came into effect on January 1, 2021. “
“One-third of all ro-ro ships in the Republic of Ireland now operate direct routes to Irish ports European Union, Higher than the 16% in 2019,” IMDO said.
It added that the traffic in the second and third quarters of this year showed that traffic from the Republic of Ireland to the EU had increased by 52% compared to the entire year of 2019.
Declining demand for ferry services to Wales and Liverpool has also caused the ports of Northern Ireland to receive Brexit Dividends, freight volume has reached an “unprecedented high in 2021”.
Historically, transporters in Northern Ireland prefer the Dublin-Holyhead route as the fastest way to enter the southern and southeastern markets of England, but now some people have avoided this route, “avoid Irish and British ports.” The new customs requirements between China,” the report said.
This means that traffic in the three ports of Northern Ireland has increased, with Belfast increasing by 15%, Larne by 18%, and Warren Point by 20%.
The number of direct ferry services to France has increased from 12 before Brexit to 44 in 2021, coupled with concerns about possible delays in customs inspections in Dover and Calais, prompting a direct transfer of trade from the Republic to the European continent.
Rosslare Europort has benefited the most. It now accounts for 49% of EU traffic, another 49% of traffic passes through Dublin, and 2% of traffic passes through Cork.
On Saturday, Rosslare Europort said it was the busiest day in its history. Its general manager, Glenn Carr, attributed the increase in demand to a desire to avoid the UK, but also reduced trade with the UK due to the red tape and cost of Brexit.
“In certain industries, we will definitely see that many products traditionally come from the UK or are exported to the UK, but now they have turned to Europe,” he told journal.ie. “As far as the existing product mix is concerned, we will definitely see it at the port-ingredients, food, dairy products, medicines. “
