Strong year at Dublin Port

Dublin Port has had a strong year to date, with imports and exports rising by over 7% and ferry passengers up by 5.5% in the first nine months.

Latest figures, published yesterday from the Dublin Port Company, showed total throughput (comprising both the import and export of goods) was up by 5.7%, to 7.8m tonnes, in the third quarter of the year and rose by 23.1m tonnes (up 7.3%) in the first nine months of the year.

That represents pre-recession levels of trade activity.