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#ferry - Ports of Rosslare Europort and Waterford could take spillover freight traffic from Dublin Port should the State’s main seaport suffer delays from new customs after Brexit under no-deal contingency plans being considered.
As The Irish Times writes, more than 80% of freight transport crossing the UK “landbridge” between the Republic and continental Europe passes through Dublin Port due to the frequency and speed of sailings to Holyhead, Liverpool and Heysham.
As part of contingency planning by government departments, the possibility of Rosslare Europort, which is operated by Iarnród Éireann, being used to take freight traffic from Dublin is being assessed if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal, and customs checks result in a major backlog of traffic at British ports.
“Rosslare Europort would be an obvious alternative option,” said Gerry Culligan, Irish Rail’s commercial director.
Mr Culligan put excess capacity on the twice-daily sailings operated each by (Ro-Ro operators) Irish Ferries and Stena Line between Rosslare and Fishguard and Pembroke in Wales at between 30 and 40%
Rosslare had, he said, received an approach from another shipping company, already serving routes between Ireland and the UK, to consider another possible service post-Brexit should there be a backlog in Dublin. He declined to identify the company.
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