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Cork's 2020 box volume up 4pc to 250,000 TEU as tonnage falls
来源：Shipping News Headlines 编辑：编辑部 发布：2021/02/26 10:29:01
IRELAND's Port of Cork has posted a four per cent 2020 year-on-year increase in container volume to 250,000 TEU while also reporting an overall two per cent decline in cargo tonnage.
The dip is a direct result of the challenges posed by Covid 19 and the cancellation of cruise calls to Cork in particular, reported St Petersburg's PortNews.
In April 2020, CLdN Ro-Ro SA commenced a new weekly service between Cork and Zeebrugge. This route subsequently increased to twice weekly, highlighting the positive demand for direct, unaccompanied freight links to the EU, as shippers look to avoid the uncertainty surrounding the UK landbridge as consequence of Brexit.
A further new route was established in June 2020, when Independent Container Line (ICL) commenced a new weekly direct service from Cork to the US, giving Ireland its first direct container service to America in many years.
Covid 19 impacted heavily on the port's tourism related activities, with Brittany Ferries services to the continent decreasing sharply and only two cruise ship calls completed, compared to over a hundred calls in the previous year. The outlook for a return to cruise activities in particular remains poor and will remain so until the worst of the pandemic has past and confidence in that sector can start to rebuild.
Other areas of port traffic, such as liquid bulk and break bulk decreased marginally however these areas are set to return in 2021.
Bantry Bay Port Company, sister port to the Port of Cork, had a strong performance and reported an increase in total trade traffic in 2020 to 1.3 million tonnes.
The dip is a direct result of the challenges posed by Covid 19 and the cancellation of cruise calls to Cork in particular, reported St Petersburg's PortNews.
In April 2020, CLdN Ro-Ro SA commenced a new weekly service between Cork and Zeebrugge. This route subsequently increased to twice weekly, highlighting the positive demand for direct, unaccompanied freight links to the EU, as shippers look to avoid the uncertainty surrounding the UK landbridge as consequence of Brexit.
A further new route was established in June 2020, when Independent Container Line (ICL) commenced a new weekly direct service from Cork to the US, giving Ireland its first direct container service to America in many years.
Covid 19 impacted heavily on the port's tourism related activities, with Brittany Ferries services to the continent decreasing sharply and only two cruise ship calls completed, compared to over a hundred calls in the previous year. The outlook for a return to cruise activities in particular remains poor and will remain so until the worst of the pandemic has past and confidence in that sector can start to rebuild.
Other areas of port traffic, such as liquid bulk and break bulk decreased marginally however these areas are set to return in 2021.
Bantry Bay Port Company, sister port to the Port of Cork, had a strong performance and reported an increase in total trade traffic in 2020 to 1.3 million tonnes.