WASHINGTON: Nearly 20 ships a day are docking at Dublin Port, resulting in record volumes of trade and passenger numbers. In its latest trading update, the Dublin Port Company said throughput, a measure of total imports and exports, rose by 6.8 per cent to 8.4 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2016, with 1,790 ship arrivals.
This comes on the back of a record 32.8 million tonnes last year. Chief executive Eamonn O’Reilly said throughput would double within 10 years if this rate of growth continued. The company announced it would pay the Government a dividend of €10.9 million for 2015, bringing the total dividend payment since 2007 to €89.5 million.
