Dublin and Cork ports likely to avoid worst of Christmas supply chaos

Dublin Port said it will open its new €48m Dublin Inland Port facility – increasing capacity at the port – early next month

Cormac Kennedy, Head of Property at Dublin Port Company with Declan Freeman, Managing Director of ICG’s Container at the new €48m Dublin Inland. FIle Picture

Irish ports may avoid the worst effects of the lingering global supply chain squeeze in the run-up to Christmas through a lessening reliance on chaos-stricken UK ports and having no container capacity constraints.

That said, Dublin Port has not ruled out Ireland being impacted by the crisis and suffering some goods shortages through a temporary drop in freight volume. But, overall, it said it is still targeting rising freight volumes and has no capacity concerns.