Dublin Port announces record half year results
Dublin Port Company has published trade statistics for the first six months of the year. The figures show a notable spread in growth across both import and export trade at Ireland’s premier port with overall cargo volumes rising 5.0% on the same period last year. Dublin Port is now firmly on track for a record trading year in 2015, the company said in its press release.
Total throughput (imports and exports) for the year to date was 16 million gross tonnes, an increase of 5.0% on the 15.3 million tonnes handled in the first six months last year. Imports performed strongly at 9.5 million gross tonnes while exports strengthened, reaching 6.5 million gross tonnes, up 5.6% and 4.2% respectively on the same six month trading period in 2014.
Unitised trade grew strongly across both Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo modes. When compared to the same period last year, Ro-Ro trailers moved ahead by 6.4% to 425,153. Of particular note is the port’s Lo-Lo container business, which increased by almost 10% (9.6%) to 299,680 TEU. This had been the worst affected cargo mode during the recession but is now recovering solidly.
