Drop in traffic through Galway port

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Just over 140 vessels were received by Galway port last year, representing a drop of 40 percent in the past five years. New figures from the CSO reveal that Galway port handled over 450 thousand tonnes of goods in 2013. In 2008, 252 vessels delivered 832 thousand tonnes of goods to Galway port. Last year, 108 liquid bulk vessels and 36 dry bulk vessels were received. Between them, they delivered 459 thousand tonnes of goods which were handled and forwarded from Galway. The figures show the number of trading vessels, and passenger ferries, and do not include fishing vessels, tug boats or naval vessels. During 2013, just under 12 thousand vessels arrived into Irish ports, most of which were goods ships. However, ports saw an overall drop in goods traffic. They handled 46.7 million tonnes of goods, a decrease of 1.9 percent.