Volumes of the Port of Dublin recover in the first half with growth of 10.1%

By Editorial PortalPortuario.cl

@PortalPortuario

The dublin port reported trade figures for the first half of 2022, where overall port volumes for the first six months of the year grew 10.1% to 18.6 million gross tons and the number of ship arrivals increased 150% to 3,694 in comparison with the same period last year.

The increase is the result of two quarters with an increase in volumes of 13.7% in the first quarter and 7.0% in the second quarter. Four-fifths of Dublin Port cargo volumes are in Ro-Ro and Lo-Lo modes and the number of trailers and containers passing through the port in the first half of 2022 increased by 7.6% year-on-year to 742,000.

Compared to the first half of 2019, trailer and container volumes are only 5,700 or -0.8% lower than before the pandemic and before Brexit. For context, the following figures were compared to the first six months of 2019 to provide a clearer picture of emerging post-Brexit and post-pandemic trends, with 2019 being the busiest year on record for trade at the Port of Dublin.

Bulk commodity volumes increased +20.0% to 3.5 million tons and, within this, oil imports grew +25.6% to 2.3 million tons. At this level, oil imports are +4.3% higher than in the first half of 2019.

Similarly, Solid Bulk volumes (mainly feed) grew +10.7% to 1.1 million tonnes and are +6.5% above 2019 levels.

Commercial vehicle imports decreased -3.6% to 47,000 in the first half of 2022 and are -23.7% below 2019 levels due to the impact of the loss of land given to state services for installations of border control after Brexit.

Ferry traffic volumes rebounded strongly during the first half of 2022 with passenger numbers doubling to 671,000 and the number of tour vehicles tripling to 196,000.

However, compared to 2019, the number of passengers is -18.7% behind and the number of tourist vehicles is -15.9% lower than three years ago.

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