Ireland Seaports

Irish port traffic account for over 90% of imports and exports moved in and out of Ireland and facilitate an annual average of 4.5 million foot and car passengers over the past five years. Irish ports offer transport services, facilities and maritime supply chain solutions to a number of industry sectors. A list of ports both in the Republic of Ireland is available below:

• Bantry Bay Port Company

• Drogheda Port

• Dublin Port Company

Dublin Port Company provides world-class facilities, services, accommodation and lands in the harbour for ships, goods and passengers. Located in Dublin city centre. Dublin Port handles almost 50% of the Republic of Ireland’s trade, two thirds of all containerised trade and is the largest of the three base ports on the island of Ireland, the others being Belfast and Cork. Dublin Port also handles over 1.76 million tourists through the ferry companies operating at the port and through the cruise vessels calling to the port. For more information on Dublin Port Company visit www.dublinport.ie

• Dun Laoghaire Port Company

• Dundalk Port Company

• Greenore Port

• New Ross Port

• Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC)

Shannon Foynes Port is Ireland’s second largest port operation. The port company provides a variety of cargo handling services over six port terminals, and also provides warehousing and logistics support. Shannon Foynes Port has the capacity to handle the largest vessels entering Irish waters up to 200,000 dwt. SFPC specialises in bulk cargoes and accounts for more than 35% of all bulk cargoes in the Republic. Typical cargoes include liquid fuels and chemicals, ores, coal and other energy products, animal feedstuffs and fertilisers, recyclable materials and project cargoes, including wind turbines for wind energy projects. For more information on Shannon Foynes Port Company visit www.sfpc.ie

• Port of Cork

The Port of Cork is a key seaport in the south of Ireland. The port services the requirements of all six shipping modes ranging from Lift-on Lift-off, Roll-on Roll-off, Liquid Bulk, Dry Bulk, Break Bulk to Cruise vessels. Port of Cork is currently undertaking a planned €80 Million redevelopment of the port facilities in Ringaskiddy. The project aims to play a catalytic role in the achievement of the strategy for the sustainable development of the Cork Region and Hinterland. For more information on the Port of Cork, visit www.portofcork.ie

• Port of Galway

• Port of Waterford

Port of Waterford is geographically the closest Irish multi-modal port to continental Europe, while also being within two hours of the major cities in Ireland. Port Of Waterford offers facilities to handle unitized, liquid and break bulk, renewable and gas energy cargoes for the off-shore industry and also provides terminal access for the cruise ship sector. For more information on Port Of Waterford visit www.portofwaterford.com

• Rosslare Europort

Rosslare Europort is the closest point from the southern part of Ireland to the UK and the European Mainland. The Port is a hub of all the major Ro/Ro Passenger and Freight services operating the southern Irish Sea and Continental routes. Rosslare Europort offers scheduled passenger ferry services to Wales and the French mainland, unaccompanied unitized cargo services to France and also offers rail terminal facilities quay side. For more information on Rosslare Europort visit www.rosslareeuroport.irishrail.ie

• Wicklow Harbour

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