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Oct 25
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Green Corridor between Port Of Holyhead and Dublin Port Moves One Step Closer Following Funding Boost

By | 2024 Newsletter week 43 | No Comments

The Green Corridor initiative, a collaboration between the ports of Holyhead and Dublin with ferry operators, Stena Line and Irish Ferries, and supported by the environmental consultancy Ricardo, Maynooth University and EDF, has received £122,303 in grant funding from the International Green Corridor Fund, towards the total project investment.

Source: Stena Line UK

Nov 11
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Barry O’Connell appointed new CEO at Dublin Port Company

By | 2022 Newsletter week 45 | No Comments

Barry O’Connell will be Dublin Port Company’s new CEO from 14 November 2022, following an open and competitive recruitment process.

Barry joins Dublin Port Company from the Coca-Cola System, where he has held multiple senior executive roles in bottling operations around the world since 1992.

Barry replaces Eamonn O’Reilly, who stepped down from the role on 31st August after twelve highly successful years.

Feb 03
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Dublin Port sees full year impact of Brexit on unitised volumes

By | 2022 Newsletter week 5 | No Comments

83% of Dublin Port’s volumes are in the RoRo and LoLo modes and there were contrasting outcomes in these two modes:

  • The number of RoRo units fell by -9.3% or 99,000 trailers
  • This was significantly offset by an increase in LoLo units of +10.2% or 43,000 containers
  • Overall unitised volumes (RoRo and LoLo combined) were down by -3.8% or 56,000 units

The full year impacts of Brexit on Dublin Port’s unitised volumes (RoRo and LoLo) are now clear:

  • The overall decline in the number of containers and trailers was small (-3.8%).
  • Fewer goods are now moving in trailers in the RoRo mode and more are moving in containers in the LoLo mode.  LoLo’s share of unitised volumes increased from 29% to 33%.
  • Fewer RoRo trailers are moving driver-accompanied.  During 2021, their number declined by 90,000, contributing substantially to the overall decline in RoRo volumes of 99,000.
  • The decline in RoRo volumes was concentrated on routes to the GB ports of Holyhead, Liverpool and Heysham where volumes declined by 187,000 (-21%) to 703,000.
  • However, RoRo volumes on direct routes to Continental Europe increased by 88,000 to 259,000.
  • As a result, where GB routes accounted for 64% of all of the 1.5 million unit loads (RoRo and LoLo combined) in 2020, they only accounted for 52% of the 1.4 million unit loads in 2021.
Aug 16
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IN THE MEDIA

By | 2019 Newsletter week 33 | No Comments

DUBLIN Port has secured planning approval for the development of the next phase of its inland port near Dublin Airport.

Dublin Port Company believes that developments at Dublin Inland Port and at other locations close to the M50 can better meet the requirements for port-related but non-core activities including logistics services.

Source: Independent
Apr 18
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FERRY PORTS

By | 2019 Newsletter week 16 | No Comments

Dublin Port Announces New Dwell Time Initiative To Increase Port Capacity Post-Brexit

Problem: Containers and freight trailers must move through Dublin Port lands at faster pace as growth continues with volumes up 7.0% in Q1 2019

Solution: Dublin Port Company has announced an initiative to decrease the dwell time(*) of containers and trailers at Dublin Port so as to increase the Port’s throughput capacity for future growth.

(*) Dwell time: time spent in the same position, waiting to be picked up.

Phase 1:

  • Reduce the free time period allowed for containers and trailers (from 7 to 4 days)
  • Double the daily quay charges applied after this free period.

Phase 2 etc.:

  • Objective of achieving an average dwell time of 2.0 days in container terminals in Dublin within three years.
  • Target is to achieve an average dwell times of 16 hours, before end 2021. This will require many trailers to be removed from the port to inland locations, particularly during off peak hours.
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