The company which operates Dublin Port says the volume of trade going through the post rose by 6.1% last year.
Dublin Port Company said the total volume of goods for the year was 28.1 million tonnes. It said this was less than 10% down from the port's record performance in 2007 at the height of the boom. Export traffic was particularly strong with 12.6% growth in the year. Imports were up 2.4%.
The volume of roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) freight units increased by 12.8% to 725,665 which is less than 1% down from the peak. Growth in Lo-Lo container volumes was 1.1%.
Imports of fuel oil products dropped 6.5% in the year to 3.8 million tonnes. In the bulk solid category, there was a 7.9% decline to 1.5 million tonnes in the year due to the continued decline in demand for construction materials.
Trade cars imported through Dublin Port doubled to 47,249 in the year and there was also a strong performance in the ferry passenger business with numbers up 17.6% to 1.8 million.
Dublin Port Company chief executive Eamonn O'Reilly said the company was expecting continued growth this year, but at a lower level than in 2010.
