The Irish Continental Group (ICG), the parent company of Irish Ferries, has reported revenues of €177 million for the first quarter of this year; this reflects an increase of 8.3% when compared with the same time last year.

In a trading update for the Dublin-headquartered ICG for the four months to the end of April, the maritime transport operator said that total revenues at its division, Irish Ferries, had rose by 12% to €119.7 million from €106.9m million at the same time last year.

In the period for the year, up to 4 May, Irish Ferries, which operates on routes to the UK and France and UK-France, said it carried a total of 153,200 cars, an increase of 21.2% on the 126,400 cars carried during the same time last year.

As for freight volumes, they rose by 16.5% to 262,500 roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) units from 225,400 units for the year 2023.

For more on ICG’s trading update on Thursday, RTE News reports, which include load-on/load-off (LoLo) figures for revenues at ICG's Container and Terminal Divisions, DFT and BFT.