Menu

Ireland's sailing, boating & maritime magazine

Displaying items by tag: Main Ports

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released new figures that show Irish ports handled a total of 13.1 million tonnes of goods in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 1% compared with the same time last year.

Of the seven main Irish ports - Dublin Port, Bantry, Cork, Drogheda, Rosslare, Shannon and Waterford - 3,085 vessels in total arrived during the three months from April to June.

This marked an increase of 2% on the same time last year.

Also according to the CSO was that Dublin port had accounted for 63% of all vessel arrivals in Irish ports in the three month period.

For more RTE News reports on statistics from trade between Northern Ireland and Britain. 

Published in Irish Ports

Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures show a marginal decrease in the volume of goods handled in six of the seven Irish ports in the third quarter of 2020.

Six of the main Irish ports - Bantry, Dublin, Drogheda, Cork, Shannon and Waterford - handled 12.3 million tonnes of goods in the third quarter of 2020, down 0.1% compared with the same time in 2019.

Goods forwarded from these ports amounted to 4.2 million tonnes during the three months from July to September, while a total of 8.1 million tonnes of goods were received.

The CSO noted that the data for Rosslare is not included in these new figures.

More from RTE News here.

Published in Irish Ports

As an island economy, a healthy maritime sector is key to our national competitiveness. Virtually all our imports and exports pass through Irish ports.

Ireland is dependent on ports and shipping services to transport goods and 90% of our trade is moved though Irish ports. Shipping and maritime transport services make a significant contribution to Ireland’s ocean economy, with the sector generating €2.3 billion in turnover and employing over 5,000 people in 2018.

Ireland’s maritime industry continues to grow and progress each year with Irish ports and shipping companies making significant investments. The ports sector in Ireland is currently undergoing a number of expansions and developments with Dublin Port’s Alexandra Basin development, the development of Ringaskiddy in Cork by Port of Cork and the development of Shannon Foynes Port. Along with these major investments, shipping companies are also investing heavily in new tonnage, with Irish Ferries, CLdN and Stena leading new build programmes.

These pages cover the following sectoral areas: shipowners, harbour authorities, shipbrokers, freight forwarders and contractors, cruise liner operators, port users, seamen, merchants, academic institutions, shipyards and repair facilities, naval architects, navy and defence personnel.

Our pages are covering some of the most notable arrivals around our coast and reporting too on port development and shipping news.

This section of the site deals with Port and Shipping News on our largest ports Dublin Port, Port of Cork, the Shannon Estuary, Galway Harbour and Belfast Lough.

A recent study carried out for the Irish Ports Association (IPA) totalled 75.7 billion during 2004 and their net economic impact was some 5.5 billion supporting around 57, 500 full time employees.

Liam Lacey, Director of the Marine Institute’s Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) said, “The Irish maritime industry can look to the future with confidence. It has shown itself to be resilient and agile in responding to challenges. Over the past decade, it has had to respond to the challenges of the financial crisis of 2008, the uncertainty surrounding Brexit and recent challenges. Ireland’s maritime sector has continued to underpin our economy by maintaining vital shipping links for both trade and tourism.”