Photo: Port of Dover
Busiest day ever in Dover
Port The Port of Dover recorded its busiest day ever for freight traffic, with 10,558 freight vehicles handled by the Port on November 23. That is nearly 500 more than the previous record and is equivalent to four extra ferry loads or nine kilometres of traffic in one day.
This freight high builds on a 3% growth in freight during the third quarter of 2016.
Following 30% growth in freight in just the past three years, freight traffic is once again increasing at Europe’s busiest ferry port, which handles 17% of the UK’s trade in goods.
Dover had seen a marginal shift away to other ports in recent times due to the issues at Calais. However those pressures have now eased following the closure of the Jungle and Dover is once again back to breaking records.
© Shippax / PR
nov 24 2016
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