Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion

Mr. David McArdle:

They would be similar to Mr. Drennan's. The container depots need to be open later at night because that would alleviate the morning times. When a truck comes in in the evening time, the driver can wait for a container. He is not joining the queue at 6 a.m. the next morning. He is not getting involved in the ferries being discharged.

As Mr. Drennan said, one is going round in a circle all the time. When it locks up, the port tunnel closes down and the M50 backs up. There are trucks that are in at the front of the queue but to relieve the situation, they have to go back out.