Irish ports handled 46.7 million tonnes of goods in 2013, a fall of 927,000 tonnes (-1.9%) compared to 2012, according to Ireland’s Central Statistics Office.
Goods forwarded accounted for this decrease, falling by 6.9% to 15.3 million tonnes in 2013. Goods received increased marginally to 31.4 million tonnes over the same period.
Liquid bulk and lift-on/lift-off traffic fell by 14.0% and 7.6% respectively in 2013 while dry bulk traffic recorded the largest increase at 6.0%.
The annual analysis also shows that:
[mappress] Press Release, June 27, 2014