asked the Taoiseach if he will indicate the number, tonnage and registration of ships using each of the following ports, and the tonnage and value of imports and exports for each of the ports, between 1955 and 1959; Arklow, Ballinacurra, Burtonport, Clonakilty, Dungarvan, Dun Laoire, Fenit, Kilmacsimon Quay, Kinsale, New Ross, Wicklow and Youghal.
Written Answers. - Port Statistics.
35.
While figures for the total number and tonnage of ships using the ports in question are available for each year the analysis by country of registration can be made with a reasonable expenditure of time only for the years 1958 and 1959. The following table shows the number and net tonnage of ships arriving at the ports in question, including their repeated voyages, for each year 1955-1959:
|
Port |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
|||||
|
No. |
Tons |
No. |
Tons |
No. |
Tons |
No. |
Tons |
No. |
Tons |
|
|
Arklow |
56 |
6,006 |
46 |
4,185 |
57 |
7,415 |
68 |
12,870 |
94 |
20,897 |
|
Ballinacurra |
4 |
539 |
— |
— |
2 |
326 |
8 |
1,434 |
1 |
122 |
|
Burtonport |
5 |
878 |
1 |
180 |
1 |
180 |
2 |
445 |
5 |
757 |
|
Clonakilty (Ring) |
8 |
1,106 |
7 |
1,097 |
7 |
968 |
3 |
381 |
2 |
339 |
|
Dungarvan |
47 |
7,147 |
39 |
6,486 |
24 |
4,689 |
18 |
3,472 |
20 |
3,683 |
|
Dun Laoire |
531 |
1,238,660 |
562 |
1,299,118 |
560 |
1,293,452 |
540 |
1,288,126 |
534 |
1,284,494 |
|
Fenit |
8 |
3,213 |
46 |
15,042 |
56 |
18,420 |
46 |
14,185 |
71 |
19,453 |
|
Kilmacsimon Quay |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
122 |
— |
— |
|
Kinsale |
7 |
853 |
7 |
1,122 |
10 |
1,253 |
14 |
1,230 |
204 |
8,456 |
|
New Ross |
85 |
17,361 |
70 |
15,188 |
92 |
19,657 |
88 |
20,175 |
123 |
37,457 |
|
Wicklow |
45 |
8,772 |
53 |
10,885 |
75 |
16,530 |
51 |
11,839 |
59 |
14,600 |
|
Youghal |
14 |
2,079 |
10 |
1,523 |
13 |
2,004 |
38 |
6,140 |
10 |
1,604 |
The analysis of the data by country of registration for each of these ports for 1958 and 1959 is as follows:
NUMBER and net tonnage of ships, including their repeated voyages, using certain ports in 1958 and 1959, distinguishing.
|
Port |
Nationality of Vessels |
1958 |
1959 |
||
|
No. |
Tons |
No. |
Tons |
||
|
Arklow |
Irish |
38 |
5,899 |
27 |
3,472 |
|
British |
3 |
685 |
9 |
2,128 |
|
|
Danish |
2 |
762 |
— |
— |
|
|
Dutch |
25 |
5,524 |
57 |
15,094 |
|
|
Swedish |
— |
— |
1 |
203 |
|
|
TOTAL |
68 |
12,870 |
94 |
20,897 |
|
|
Ballinacurra |
Irish |
1 |
189 |
1 |
122 |
|
British |
5 |
884 |
— |
— |
|
|
Dutch |
2 |
361 |
— |
— |
|
|
TOTAL |
8 |
1,434 |
1 |
122 |
|
|
Burtonport |
British |
1 |
130 |
2 |
294 |
|
Dutch |
1 |
315 |
3 |
463 |
|
|
TOTAL |
2 |
445 |
5 |
757 |
|
|
Clonakilty (Ring) |
Irish |
1 |
95 |
— |
— |
|
British |
1 |
173 |
— |
— |
|
|
Dutch |
1 |
113 |
2 |
339 |
|
|
TOTAL |
3 |
381 |
2 |
339 |
|
|
Dungarvan |
Irish |
1 |
143 |
1 |
143 |
|
British |
— |
— |
1 |
270 |
|
|
Dutch |
17 |
3,329 |
17 |
2,847 |
|
|
German |
— |
— |
1 |
423 |
|
|
TOTAL |
18 |
3,472 |
20 |
3,683 |
|
|
Dun Laoire |
Irish |
1 |
249 |
— |
— |
|
British |
534 |
1,286,542 |
533 |
1,265,900 |
|
|
Dutch |
5 |
1,335 |
— |
— |
|
|
Norwegian |
— |
— |
1 |
18,594 |
|
|
TOTAL |
540 |
1,288,126 |
534 |
1,284,494 |
|
|
Fenit |
Irish |
20 |
4,879 |
38 |
8,948 |
|
British |
8 |
3,079 |
11 |
3,243 |
|
|
Danish |
1 |
1,076 |
1 |
227 |
|
|
Dutch |
15 |
3,872 |
18 |
5,198 |
|
|
French |
1 |
29 |
— |
— |
|
|
German |
1 |
1,250 |
3 |
1,837 |
|
|
TOTAL |
46 |
14,185 |
71 |
19,453 |
|
|
Kilmacsimon Quay |
Irish |
1 |
122 |
— |
— |
|
TOTAL |
1 |
122 |
— |
— |
|
|
Kinsale |
Irish |
3 |
546 |
1 |
95 |
|
British |
— |
— |
2 |
151 |
|
|
Belgian |
— |
— |
18 |
646 |
|
|
Dutch |
2 |
333 |
14 |
2,789 |
|
|
French |
9 |
351 |
169 |
4,775 |
|
|
TOTAL |
14 |
1,230 |
204 |
8,456 |
|
|
New Ross |
Irish |
2 |
286 |
23 |
11,424 |
|
British |
8 |
1,778 |
22 |
6,023 |
|
|
Dutch |
78 |
18,111 |
76 |
19,451 |
|
|
German |
— |
— |
2 |
559 |
|
|
TOTAL |
88 |
20,175 |
123 |
37,457 |
|
|
Wicklow |
Irish |
4 |
478 |
1 |
77 |
|
British |
22 |
4,753 |
25 |
6,058 |
|
|
Dutch |
25 |
6,608 |
21 |
5,450 |
|
|
Norwegian |
— |
— |
10 |
2,425 |
|
|
Swedish |
— |
— |
2 |
590 |
|
|
TOTAL |
51 |
11,839 |
59 |
14,600 |
|
|
Youghal |
Irish |
37 |
6,072 |
9 |
1,431 |
|
Dutch |
1 |
68 |
1 |
173 |
|
|
TOTAL |
38 |
6,140 |
10 |
1,604 |
PARTICULARS of imports and exports by ports were extracted only for 1954 and 1959, the following Table gives the relevant information in so far as it is available.
|
Port |
Imports |
Exports |
||
|
1954 |
1959 |
1954 |
1959 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Arklow |
21,768 |
54,826 |
284,625 |
877,773 |
|
Burtonport |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
|
Ballincurra |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
|
Clonakilty (Ring) |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
|
Dungarvan |
92,252 |
46,097 |
398,518 |
194,386 |
|
Dun Laoire |
292,432 |
345,674 |
76,140 |
59,399 |
|
Fenit |
— |
373,315 |
— |
82,341 |
|
Kilmacsimon Quay |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
|
Kinsale |
16,056 |
54,678 |
3,150 |
21,783 |
|
New Ross |
510,397 |
733,192 |
— |
55,253 |
|
Wicklow |
123,432 |
248,895 |
— |
32,528 |
|
Youghal |
17,915 |
8,609 |
15,509 |
6,930 |
N.A.=Not available.