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Direct ferry links between France and Ireland are increasing

2021-01-28T19:37:37.760Z


Freight traffic between France and the UK fell by more than a third during the third week of January.


Brexit has brought the port of Cherbourg out of its torpor.

Freight traffic between the United Kingdom and the European Union fell 38% in January, but it is racing between France and Ireland.

Direct links between the island and the mainland are increasing, to bypass the British obstacle, now synonymous with customs formalities.

Even if the crossing between Rosslare, in the south-east of Ireland, and Cherbourg, Saint-Malo, Roscoff or Dunkirk takes 17 to 24 hours, instead of half via the “

landbridge

of the Grande- Brittany, the success cannot be denied.

Four companies, Stena Line, Irish Ferries, the Danish DFDS and Brittany Ferries have redeployed ships on these direct routes.

Stena removed a boat between Ireland and the British West Coast to reposition it on France.

Traffic between Dublin and Holyhead, Wales fell by 50% in January.

At Cherbourg, it tripled at the same time to reach 9,000 trucks coming from

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Source: lefigaro

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