Ports
Shipping Operators
Irish shipping operators connect Ireland to an international market place and allow for the day to day functioning of trade and travel of people to and from the island of Ireland.
Due to the heavy reliance on maritime logistic connections in and out of Ireland, an efficient, effective maritime network is vital to the national economy.
Irish shipping operators offer frequent and reliable maritime supply chain solutions across all industry sectors. A list of Ro/Ro operators in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are available below:
Republic Of Ireland Shipping Operators:
Ro/Ro Services
Brittany Ferries operate a seasonal passenger service from Cork to Roscoff between the months of April and November. The crossing to and from continental Europe takes 14 hours and there are departures every Saturday for arrival in France on Sunday morning.
For more information on Brittany Ferries, please visit this website.
CLdN offer Ro/Ro, Lo/Lo and unitized freight services from Dublin to Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden. Regular weekly direct sailings link Dublin Port to the continental ports of Rotterdam and Zeebrugge.
For more information on CLdN, please visit this website.
Irish Continental Group under their subsidiaries Irish Ferries and Eucon offer passenger and freight services from Ireland to the UK and continental Europe. Irish Ferries passenger and freight services link Dublin Port to Holyhead in the UK and Rosslare Europort to Pembroke in the UK. Irish Ferries passenger and freight services link Dublin Port to Cherbourg and Rosslare Europort to Roscoff.
For more information on Irish Continental Group, please visit this website.
P&O Ferries offer Ro/Ro services between Dublin Port and Liverpool. Daily sailings departing on the Liverpool to Dublin route, the crossing time takes 7 hours 30 minutes to 8 hours 30 minutes depending on departure time.
For more information on P&O Ferries, please visit this website.
Seatruck Ferries offer Ro-Ro freight services between Dublin and Liverpool and Heysham. Seatruck Ferries have 36 sailings weekly from Dublin on the Ireland/UK Shortsea route.
For more information on Seatruck Ferries, please visit this website.
Stena Line offer Ro-Ro freight and passenger services between Ireland, the UK and continental Europe. Stena Line operate three passenger services linking Dublin to Holyhead, Rosslare Europort to Fishguard and Rosslare Europort to Cherbourge in France. The Stena Line Freight route network is one of Europe´s largest, linking key ports and road connections across northern Europe.
For more information on Stena Line, please visit this website
For more information on Stena Line freight routes, please visit this website.
Northern Ireland Shipping Operators:
Ro/Ro Services
Seatruck Ferries offer Ro/Ro freight services between Warrenpoint and Heysham. For more information on Seatruck Ferries, please visit this website.
Stena Line offer freight services between Belfast and Scotland in the UK. Stena Line also provides a passenger ferry services to Cairnryan in Scotland and Liverpool in the UK.
For more information on Stena Line, please visit this website.
P&O Ferries offer Ro-Ro passenger and freight services between Larne to Cairnryan and between Larne to Troon.
For more information on P&O Ferries, please visit this website.
