Cork port to look at building 6,000-space car storage facility amid surge in imports

Port is expecting the arrival of an estimated 8,000 new vehicles this month

The Grimaldi car transport vessel, Grande Anversa, which docked at the Port of Cork in Ringaskiddy over the weekend with the first of an estimated 8,000 new cars which are due to be delivered to the port this month alone.

The Port of Cork Company is exploring the possibility of building a vast 6,000-space multi-storey storage compound for new cars after it had to open a new facility to cope with a 60% surge in car imports.

The port, which usually takes delivery of some 5,000 trade cars at its Ringaskiddy facility in January, is gearing up for the arrival of an estimated 8,000 new vehicles this month.