Irish port traffic increases above pre-pandemic levels

Cork handled 2.4m tonnes in the second quarter of this year, the largest for the port over the past five years

The total number of vessels arriving in the seven main Irish ports, Bantry, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Rosslare, Shannon Foynes, and Waterford, increased by 347. Picture: Larry Cummins

The amount of goods handled by Irish ports in the second quarter of this year increased above pre-pandemic levels.

Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show nearly 13m tonnes of goods were handled between April and June. This is an increase of 17.4% compared with the same period last year and an increase of 5.1% compared with the second quarter of 2019.