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Transport Omnibus 2019

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  • In 2019, a total of 12,952 trading vessels (of 100 gross tonnes or more) arrived in Irish ports.

  • In total, 53.2 million tonnes of goods were handled by Irish ports, of which, 35.4 million tonnes of goods were unloaded and 17.8 million tonnes were loaded.

  • Dublin port was the busiest port in 2019, handling almost half (49.5%) of all goods.

  • In 2019, the most popular ferry route was the Dublin - Holyhead route, which accounted for 65.7% of all passengers on scheduled ferry services.

  • A total of 315 cruise ships visited Irish ports carrying 432,443 passengers. May was the busiest month accounting for one fifth (20.6%) of all cruise ships carrying 23.4% of all passengers.
Goods receivedGoods forwardedTotal goods
201331.415.346.7
201429.118.447.5
201533.617.050.7
201633.717.050.7
201735.517.853.3
201837.118.055.1
201935.417.853.2
Table 9.1 Total tonnage of goods handled by Irish ports, 2013 - 2019
   '000
 2013201420152016201720182019
Total goods handled 46,72247,48350,66650,71253,34655,08653,240
Goods received31,40329,08333,63833,74435,49937,08835,392
Goods forwarded15,31918,40017,02816,96717,84717,99817,848
Source: CSO

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Table 9.2 Tonnage of goods handled by Irish ports classified by region of trade, 2013-2019
         '000
Region of trade2013201420152016201720182019
Goods handled       
 Foreign trade       
  Great Britain & Northern Ireland17,02817,41819,72120,47522,26622,02821,297 
  Other E.U.15,94415,49516,37016,71417,37118,79519,499 
  Non-E.U.2,7692,3633,6224,0143,4193,7512,193 
  Other ports8,1679,2838,6177,8328,7968,2817,910 
 Coastal trade2,8142,9242,3361,6771,4942,2302,341 
Total goods handled46,72247,48350,66650,71253,34655,08653,240 
          
Goods received       
 Foreign trade       
  Great Britain & Northern Ireland9,9639,71711,16611,22813,06312,92512,566
  Other E.U.10,1959,16010,55210,61811,27612,56512,796
  Non-E.U.2,4142,0443,1203,6832,7903,1721,785
  Other ports7,4796,8667,7387,5207,7327,4207,158
 Coastal trade1,3521,2961,0626946381,0071,088
Total goods received31,40329,08333,63833,74435,49937,08835,392
          
Goods forwarded       
 Foreign trade       
  Great Britain & Northern Ireland7,0647,7018,5559,2479,2039,1038,731
  Other E.U.5,7506,3345,8186,0966,0956,2316,703
  Non E.U.354319502330630579408
  Other ports6882,4188793121,064862752
 Coastal trade1,4631,6281,2749828561,2231,254
Total goods forwarded15,31918,40017,02816,96717,84717,99817,848
Source: CSO
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Table 9.3 Number of arrivals to Irish ports and gross tonnage of vessels classified by type of vessel and port, 2019
Port Vessel type Total
Liquid bulk Dry bulk Container Specialised General Passenger 
NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000
Arklow Port-- -- -- -- -- -- --
Bantry Bay19706--------1127030976
Castletownbere--2152--------2152
Cork3624,400112963985,0641139867714,711--1,45924,868
Drogheda26651951----4211,178--4661,293
Dublin5404,438611,2598707,539872,2696,091171,5671578,7967,806195,868
Dundalk-- -- -- -- 45104 -- 45104
Dun Laoghaire-- -- -- -- -- 6149 6149
Galway7429569208------12298155801
Greenore--79903--32150162--1321,087
Killybegs------516201491153136696
Kilrush--------------
Kinsale--922--------922
New Ross--124309--------124309
Rosslare------234961,53142,308--1,55442,804
Shannon Foynes Port1041,0341774,431--151986822724826,223
Sligo--2333--------2333
Tralee Fenit--------14140--14140
Waterford--224311251,0634162971,042175844653,137
Wicklow--------116213--116213
Youghal--------911--911
Total1,12510,937 6157,994 1,39313,665 1343,221 9,469232,268 21610,701 12,952278,785
Source: CSO
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Table 9.4 Number of arrivals to Irish ports and gross tonnage of vessels by type of vessel, 2009 - 2019
Year Vessel type Total
Liquid bulk Dry bulk Container Specialised General Passenger 
NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000 NumberGross tonnage '000
20091,34410,361 1,0687,033 1,98613,378 1213,961 8,512178,981 1927,469 13,223221,183
20101,34911,062 1,1438,255 1,67812,253 853,449 8,813187,863 2437,395 13,311230,276
20111,13810,456 1,0889,519 1,41810,190 1053,691 8,012180,121 2989,819 12,059223,795
20121,06011,386 1,1449,380 1,40311,976 1133,105 7,927183,353 1635,784 11,810224,983
20131,0319,783 7668,500 1,26210,176 993,279 8,597170,487 2098,534 11,964210,762
201499810,149 5857,071 1,2059,560 1214,080 9,161185,931 1697,358 12,239224,149
20151,04310,353 5868,425 1,2049,417 2007,271 9,054187,520 18810,147 12,275233,134
20161,12910,708 86610,035 1,24011,607 1896,260 9,278191,436 2079,006 12,909239,052
20171,05410,619 7898,406 1,24011,384 2106,166 9,302195,874 23410,637 12,829243,087
20181,17811,235 7499,174 1,42412,613 2086,227 9,405208,967 30016,193 13,264264,410
20191,12510,937 6157,994 1,39313,665 1343,221 9,469232,268 21610,701 12,952278,785
Source: CSO
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Table 9.5 Total tonnage of goods handled by Irish ports classified by port and region of trade, 2019
‘000
PortRegion of tradeTotal
Great Britain & Northern IrelandOther EUNon-EU1Other ports2Coastal trade
Arklow Port------
Bantry Bay-23441454-728
Castletownbere-362--65
Cork1,1723,0824673,1538258,699
Drogheda37496613832201,530
Dublin16,4548,27251933575526,334
Dundalk36354-278
Dun Laoghaire------
Galway531428-351554
Greenore18423163419-1,023
Killybegs354-132494
Kilrush------
Kinsale1115---25
New Ross452832376363
Rosslare1,698343---2,040
Shannon Foynes Port1,2074,3085383,2223479,622
Sligo323---35
Tralee Fenit-9-14-23
Waterford841,260230261121,847
Wicklow10068---168
Youghal10---111
Total21,29719,4992,1937,9102,34153,240
Source: CSO
1 Trade with ports in European countries that are not members of the E.U.
2 Trade with ports in Non-European countries
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Table 9.6 Total tonnage of goods handled by Irish ports classified by port and category of traffic, 2019
      ‘000
PortCategory of trafficTotal
Liquid bulkDry bulkLift-on/lift-offRoll-on/roll-offBreak bulk & other goods
Arklow Port------
Bantry Bay728----728
Castletownbere----6565
Cork4,8821,5251,8891322718,699
Drogheda351,197--2991,530
Dublin4,6521,8215,80314,0411726,334
Dundalk-78---78
Dun Laoghaire------
Galway370138--47554
Greenore-814--2081,023
Killybegs-29--6594
Kilrush------
Kinsale-25---25
New Ross2361---363
Rosslare---2,010312,040
Shannon Foynes Port1,0668,269--2869,622
Sligo-16--1935
Tralee Fenit----2323
Waterford-1,359317-1721,847
Wicklow-2--166168
Youghal----1111
Total11,73615,6338,00916,1831,68053,240
Source: CSO
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Table 9.7 Details of roll-on/roll-off traffic handled by Irish ports, 2009-2019
YearPassenger cars, motorcycles and accompanying trailers/caravans  Passenger buses1 Trade vehicles2 Freight vehicles/trailers3
Number Number NumberTonnes '000 Loaded Empty
   NumberTonnes '000 Number
2009779,237 57,556 52,15276 678,73010,850 103,045
2010796,127 60,532 108,810157 742,37712,098 111,319
2011776,443 59,761 101,586148 747,52811,914 100,220
2012740,835 12,971 94,484120 834,15911,489 94,741
2013752,240 13,685 100,104109 882,78112,036 103,896
2014774,438 13,946 131,779140 942,37612,965 104,169
2015782,530 14,468 175,295187 994,95713,719 107,501
2016786,853 14,400 180,085192 1,075,20914,692 121,870
2017799,318 14,745 159,011167 1,122,27015,330 124,253
2018785,680 14,095 164,695174 1,164,79715,863 130,396
2019783,523 13,200 149,660157 1,188,53116,025 139,400
Source: CSO
1 Please note that data prior to 2012 is not directly comparable due to some reclassification of variables.
2 Vehicles imported or exported.
3 Includes data on (a) road goods vehicles and accompanying trailers (b) unaccompanied road goods trailers and semi-trailers and (c) unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial trailers.
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Table 9.8 Number of cruise ships and passengers by port, 2019
PortsNumber of cruise shipsNumber of passengers
Bantry115,429
Castletownbere00
Cork100169,042
Dublin1158229,032
Dún Laoghaire63,335
Galway105,420
Killybegs118,208
Rosslare00
Shannon Foynes2880
Waterford1711,097
Total315432,443
Source: CSO
1 Includes passengers embarking in Dublin port
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Table 9.9 Number of cruise ships by month of arrival and passengers, 2019
MonthNumber of cruise shipsNumber of passengers
January00
February00
March1424
April139,841
May65101,153
June6485,364
July5981,052
August5073,810
September5264,489
October814,219
November11233
December2858
Total315432,443
Source: CSO
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Table 9.10 Passengers on scheduled international ferry services disembarking/embarking classified by port and route, 2019
'000
PortCountryTotal
Great Britain  France  Other1
FishguardHolyheadLiverpoolPembroke CherbourgRoscoffSantander 
Disembarking
Cork---- -4312 -55
Dublin-87615- 86-- 4981
Rosslare109--149 34-- -292
Total disembarking10987615149 1204312 41,328
            
Embarking           
Cork---- -4513 -58
Dublin-86413- 87-- 5968
Rosslare111--144 34-- -290
Total embarking11186413144 1214513 51,316
            
All Passengers           
Cork---- -8825 -114
Dublin-1,73928- 173-- 91,949
Rosslare221--294 68-- -582
Total passengers2211,73928294 2418825 92,645
Source: CSO
1 Not precluding British and French ports
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