Summary of Routes
Roro/Lolo Route Operator Capacity Frequency/wk
Lolo Dublin - Liverpool - Bilbao - Greenock Mac Andrews 460TEU 2 I
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Lolo Dublin - Liverpool - Bilbao Mac Andrews 535TEU 2
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Lolo Dublin - Liverpool - Leixoes - Castellon Jenkinson Agencies 735TEU 1\10
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- Piraeus - Limassol - Alexandria - (Grace Church)

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Beirut - Ashdod - Haifa - Mersin -
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Salerno - Cardiff
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Lolo Dublin – Belfast – Le Harve – Liverpool CMA CGM 1,400TEU 1
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Lolo Dublin – Liverpool Coastal Line 300TEU 6
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LoLo Belfast – Liverpool – Cardiff Coastal Line 200TEU 3

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Roro Dublin – Heysham Norfolkline Irish 4,929 lane meters 30
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Sea Ferries
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Roro Dublin - Birkenhead Norfolkline Irish 2,600 lane meters 10 e
Sea Ferries
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Roro Belfast – Birkenhead Norfolkline Irish 2,245 lane meters 12
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Sea Ferries m
Roro Belfast – Heysham Norfolkline Irish 6,747 lane meters 48
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Sea Ferries n
Roro Dublin - Liverpool P&O Irish Sea 5,780 lane meters 14
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Ferries
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Roro Dublin - Liverpool Sea Truck Ferries 775 lane meters 2
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Roro Warrenpoint- Heysham Sea Truck Ferries 2,256 lane meters 31 i
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Roro Larne - Fleetwood Stena Line 3,700 lane meters 63 e
Total Lolo 3,630 TEU 16
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Total Roro 29,032 lane meters 210
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Trade
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The United Kingdom and Ireland have very strong business and only port with daily ro/ro and lo/lo services. Trade between the
commercial links which has been built on tradition and the two main centres, Dublin and Liverpool has doubled in the last
development of regional connections. The UK is the largest five years
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. Manchester is also located in the north west. It is
export market for Ireland worth over €17.8 bn to the Irish the second largest urban zone in the UK and is often described
economy in 2006. The North West of the UK consists of 5 as the “Capital of the North”. Manchester is one of the best
counties, Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, performing cities, economically, in the UK.
Merseyside and Cheshire. The main conurbations are
Liverpool and Manchester; the counties of Cumbria and The value of merchandise trade between Ireland and the North
Lancashire are largely rural. West of the UK totalled just under £2bn
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in 2007, this was an
increase of 1 per cent over the previous year. The NW of the
Liverpool is one of the core UK exports 28 per cent more merchandise goods to Ireland
cities in the UK and is the 5th than they import. Total exports to Ireland grew by 2 per cent
most populous in the country. to £1.38bn driven by manufactured goods and chemicals.
Birkenhead is located on the Imports into NW UK from Ireland showed no growth in 2007
west bank of the river Mersey and remained at a value of £500 million. This is a lower rate of
facing Liverpool and is best growth when compared to merchandise trade with the UK,
known as a centre for where exports grew 7 per cent and imports from the UK grew
shipbuilding and as a sea port 3 per cent in 2007. The volume of imports to NW UK from
and its related industries. Ireland increased by 35 per cent mainly driven by an increase
Liverpool handles one third of in metal scrap; a low value high volume commodity group. The
all Irish trade and is the UK remains Ireland’s top importer of merchandise goods.
North West UK
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Port of Liverpool
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UK Trade Info
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