Revenue Up at Irish Ferries by Nearly 17% in Year to Date

13th May 2026

Jehan Ashmore

Isle of Innisfree operates the Rosslare-Pembroke Dock route, where the oldest ferry in the fleet was introduced in 2024, having initially served the company’s Dover-Calais link. Credit: Jehan Ashmore

Irish Continental Group (ICG), owner of Irish Ferries, has generated revenues of €138.6m for the year to date (up to May 2). That figure is nearly 17% up for the same period last year, according to the Dublin-listed group’s latest trading update.

The ferry operator across the Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, and Dover Strait has carried 135,200 cars during the period—down 2.9% year-on-year; however, as for freight figures, carryings were up by over 5%.

ICG, which, besides ferry and freight divisions, also owns shipping terminal businesses based in Dublin and Belfast, combined reported a near 14% year-on-year increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2026, to just under €216m.

ITTN has further coverage with a comment from ICG on the trading results.

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Jehan Ashmore

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Jehan Ashmore is a marine correspondent, researcher and photographer, specialising in Irish ports, shipping and the ferry sector serving the UK and directly to mainland Europe. Jehan also occasionally writes a column, 'Maritime' Dalkey for the (Dalkey Community Council Newsletter) in addition to contributing to UK marine periodicals.

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