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Brexit trade disruption fuels boom at French and Irish ports
Customs paperwork diverts trucks from UK ‘land bridge’ on to EU-Ireland sea routes
World Economy News
15 Feb 2021 • 4 min read
Before Brexit, lorry driver Patrick Kirwan would have typically taken his load of frozen meat from France to Northern Ireland on the quick ferry across the English Channel, followed by a drive across Britain and then an Irish Sea sailing but on a cold winter night in February he was preparing to take the 17-hour ferry trip direct to Ireland from the Normandy port of Cherbourg.
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