Irish Sea shipping services are experiencing a surge in demand as businesses stockpile during continuing uncertainty around post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Stena Line, which transports 65 per cent of the freight moving between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, has chartered an extra ship to meet the capacity required.
Despite a year that has seen overall demand for freight services hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, dipping by as much as 30 per cent in April, the volume of stock Stena Line moved across the Irish Sea last week was up 6 per cent on the same week in 2019.
Paul Grant, the Irish Sea trade director at Stena Line, said: “We’re seeing big demand pre-Brexit. I think you can see people are anxious to get their stuff
