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Belfast Harbour

Jul 06
Love3

Belfast Harbour Reports Strong 2025 Results

By 2026 Newsletter week 27

Belfast Harbour reported turnover of £97.1 million in 2025, up 10.2 %, while underlying profit before tax increased by 21 % to £44.4 million.

Trade volumes remained stable at 24.3 million tonnes, and the port invested £39.4 million in infrastructure during the year. RoRo freight reached a record 625,000 freight units, up 1 % year-on-year and accounting for around 56 % of total port trade tonnage. Belfast Harbour also marked 30 years of partnership with Stena Line, whose new hybrid freight vessels STENA FUTURA and STENA CONNECTA are expected to increase capacity on the Belfast–Heysham route by 40 %.

The port also welcomed 147 cruise calls, bringing more than 320,000 visitors to the city and generating an estimated £25 million for the local economy.

Belfast Harbour noted that its operational emissions have been reduced by 70 % since 2015, keeping it on track to achieve net-zero operational emissions before 2030.

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Jun 30
Love0

Belfast Harbour posts robust Financial Results for 2022

By 2023 Newsletter week 26

Belfast Harbour reported robust financial results for 2022, with annual turnover and profits in line with expectations, despite a challenging global trading environment.

Belfast Harbour reported turnover of £77.2m for 2022, up 5% on its figures for 2021, and underlying pre-tax profits of £34.3m, up 1% on the previous year.

Despite the climate of global uncertainty and external challenges sparked by the war in Ukraine, port trade dropped only slightly on the record levels recorded in 2021. Total tonnage through Belfast Harbour was reported at 24.5m tonnes, representing the second highest levels in its history, and a slight easing back of 4.3% from the record levels of 2021.

RoRo freight on Stena Line performed strongly, recording 600,000 freight units during the year, and matching the record performance delivered in 2021.

The volume of ferry passengers travelling through the Port increased by 22% year on year to almost 1.8 million people, with routes benefitting from the full easing of Covid-19 travel restrictions.

The number of passenger cars reached a record high of 462,000, increasing by 12% from the year before, reflecting a continued interest in staycations and local holidays.

Feb 03
Love4

Record year for Belfast Harbour

By 2022 Newsletter week 5
  • Trade through Belfast Harbour has benefitted from an increase in global trade, the restart of domestic travel and cruise tourism and investment in new infrastructure projects during 2021.
  • +9% (25.6m tonnes handled)
  • +12% RoRo freight (almost 600k freight units), following significant investment in terminals and facilities and demonstrating the importance of Stena Line’s freight traffic routes to Scotland and England to the local economy.
  • +15% container traffic (highest level since 2008)
  • +69% ferry passengers (1.5 million people), with routes benefitting from the easing of travel restrictions and the growth in the ‘Staycation’ market.
  • Stena Line’s Belfast to Liverpool route proved particularly popular as over 400,000 passengers used the service in 2021, up over 150% on 2020 levels.

Source: Belfast Harbour