Freight traffic from Britain to Dublin Port has dropped by a fifth since Brexit while business with the EU has leapt by more than a third, a report shows.
Exporters and importers in Ireland have been avoiding the Holyhead-Dover-Calais route over the past nine months, bypassing Britain on one of the dozens of new ferry services to the continent that have opened up since 1 January.
There are now 44 direct ferry routes between Ireland, France and the Benelux countries, up from seven before Brexit, according to a report by Dublin Port.
The publication reveals the blow leaving the EU has dealt to Holyhead and Liverpool, the main British gateways to Ireland. Britain now accounts for just 50% of Dublin Port’s volume of goods, compared with 64%
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