Dublin Port first half 2021 results
Dublin Port Traffic Figures for First Half of 2021 Dublin Port traffic figures for the first half of 2021. According to the press release: following a weak first quarter, (when volumes declined by -15.2% in the first three months after Brexit), there was a +13.1% increase to 9.0 million gross tonnes in Dublin Port’s volumes for the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. After six months, volumes are now only -2.1% behind last year.
Imports from April to June increased strongly by +20.3% to 5.4 million gross tonnes while exports grew by 3.7% to 3.5 million gross tonnes.
Unitised trade (Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo) accounted for 84% of all cargo volumes in the quarter and the number of trailers and containers combined increased by +16.5% to 374,000 units. Within this, Ro-Ro increased by +12.4% to 253,000 units while Lo-Lo grew by 26.2% to 121,000 units (equivalent to 220,000 TEU).
Although volumes recovered strongly during the second quarter of 2021, cargo throughput in the first half of the year is still behind where it was before Brexit and pre-pandemic.
Dublin Port also reported that it is continuing with long-term plans to provide additional port capacity in consultation with An Bord Pleanála for the 3FM Project, the third and final Masterplan project required to complete Dublin Port’s goals up to 2040. A planning application for this project is to be started in 2023.