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Dublin Port and BREXIT

Presentation by Eamonn O’Reilly to the European Maritime Law Organisation 24th Annual Conference

26th October 2018

Some reflections based on important dates

1922 Irish Independence

1930 to 1938 Anglo Irish Trade war

1938 Anglo Irish Trade Agreement (16:1)

1958 to 1963 The First Programme for Economic Expansion

1973 Ireland, UK and Denmark join EC

1980s Recession and emigration

1985 Lord Cockfield of ’s White Paper 300 barriers to trade

1988 Cecchini Report

2002 Euro note and coin introduced

2019 BREXIT (7:1)

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How evident will the effects of BREXIT on Port be in the long term?

40.0m 36.4m 35.0m 30.9m 30.0m

25.0m 26.5m 20.0m

15.0m

10.0m

6.7m 5.0m

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Dublin Port’s BREXIT and EU-27 volumes Ro-Ro units 1,000,000

Lo-Lo units 400,000

Total units Dublin 2017 1,400,000

Holyhead Ro-Ro 465,000

Liverpool Ro-Ro 405,000

Total Dublin Ro-Ro with UK 2017 870,000

Continental Europe Ro-Ro 130,000

Continental Europe Lo-Lo 200,000

Deepsea Lo-Lo (feeder) 200,000

Total Dublin Ro-Ro with UK 2017 530,000

Customs clearance before BREXIT 200,000

Customs clearance after BREXIT 1,070,000

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Dublin Port’s seven unitised freight terminals

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465,000 Ro-Ro units with in 2017

• Two ferry lines: Irish Ferries and • 3¼ hour crossing • Incoming freight units drive straight off the ship and onto the public road network without delay • Up to 8 kilometres of trucks arrive in before 06:00 • Three other waves of arrivals in the day as shown below • Key BREXIT challenge is to keep the ferries discharging without delay and getting the trucks out of Dublin Port without delay.

Stena Adventurer Stena Line 05:45 Early morning Ulysses Irish Ferries 05:55 Epsilon Irish Ferries 11:20 Mid-day Stena Superfast X Stena Line 12:10 Stena Adventurer Stena Line 17:05 Late afternoon Ulysses Irish Ferries 17:25 Epsilon Irish Ferries 23:15 Late night Stena Superfast X Stena Line 23:55

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Landbridge

1. Within the 870,000 UK Ro-Ro units, 120,000 is landbridge 2. Already shipping lines (CLdN and Irish Ferries) are putting new and bigger ships on direct services to Continental Europe 3. Landbridge takes about 12 hours to get from Dublin to Calais 4. Direct services are slower: • Cherbourg – 22 hours • Zeebrugge – 36 hours • Rotterdam – 48 hours 5. Direct services will not work for perishable, time sensitive cargoes

Dublin Port Preparations for BREXIT

1. DPC will have primary inspection facilities in place by March 2019 for the Ro-Ro terminals. 2. Main challenge is to ensure that Customs and DAFM checks do not cause delays. 3. Ships and terminals work 24/7 in Dublin Port. 4. After BREXIT, Customs clearance will be required for a Ro-Ro trailer before it leaves the terminal. 5. In addition, DAFM will have to do documentation checks, identification checks and physical checks on food, animals and plants. 6. Both Customs and DAFM will also do secondary physical checks (i.e. empty the trailer and inspect the goods) on a small number of units selected. 7. DPC is working with OPW to identify suitable existing facilities in Dublin Port where secondary checks can be carried out. 8. DPC has run two BREXIT workshops with stakeholders (including State agencies, ferry lines, container terminals): 1st February 2018 and 28th May 2018. A third workshop is planned in December to confirm the state of preparedness of all stakeholders. 9. DPC met HM Revenue and Customs on 2nd May 2018 10. Workshop with Irish Ports (Dublin, Rosslare, Waterford, Cork, Shannon Foynes), French Ports (including , Calais, Dunkirk, Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes-St. Nazaire) and shipping lines in Dublin Port on Thursday 27th July 2018 11. DPC is liaising with Government Departments (DTTAS and DAFM), OPW and Revenue at the highest levels.

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Construction of border posts underway

What will BREXIT ultimately mean to Dublin Port?

1. Lower volumes than we otherwise would have had 2. More volumes to Continental Europe 3. Lower berth utilisation 4. Land devoted to border checks instead of cargo transit 5. Higher operating costs

In summary, BREXIT will erect Cockfield barriers and create Cechinni costs

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