Dublin port to build customs checks ahead of expected ‘hard Brexit’

© Paul Davies

While no one in the UK seems to have the faintest idea what is going to happen when the country leaves the EU next year – scenarios abound, of course, but frankly the future is murkier by the day – Irish transport interests are preparing for the worst. Dublin is preparing planning applications for a host of new customs checks at the port. Brexit is also predicted to lead to a surge of direct-from-Europe container traffic into the port – it currently handles around 1.3m unitised freight units a year and 200,000 of those currently come direct from Europe, a figure which is expected to jump to a million after March 2019.