Cork Port ripe for increased trade as 6m bananas arrive

It’s bananas. The largest container ship ever to dock in Ireland will arrive at the deepwater quay in Ringaskiddy today carrying a massive consignment of fruit.

The ship, MV Northern Dedication, will have 75 containers onboard, basically carrying what is being dubbed as ‘Ireland’s fruit intake for a week’.

At 230m long and weighing in at a whopping 42,121 tonnes (deadweight) it will be off-loading nearly 6m bananas, plus large amounts of pineapples and melons.