Two major ports in Wales saw trade plummet by 30 per cent in 2021 as a result of post-Brexit changes in the way freight is moved, a ferry operator has said.

Ian Davies, boss of Stena Line’s UK ports, said Holyhead and Fishguard have both been affected.

TRADE has nosedived in Wales as a result of Brexit, a shipping operator has revealed.

Rosslare port saw a 371 per cent yearly increase in European freight volumes since Brexit came into force.

A year on from leaving the EU, it’s time for an annual report on how Brexit has worked out for Wales.

Companies avoiding United Kingdom landbridge, according to Chambers Ireland.

The UK Government’s approach to Brexit trade policy and negotiations protocol is causing “potentially irreparable damage” to Wales’ ports, researchers have said.

Mark Drakeford says during Dublin visit that his country has not found itself to be better off after leaving the EU.

A Brexit border control post in Holyhead is set to shrink under plans for a lighter touch system using more data and technology. In May, the UK Government delayed introducing more checks on EU goods entering the UK for the fourth time over fears it will impact supply chains and add to rising inflation.

Mark Drakeford has warned the Brexit deal agreed by the UK Government with the EU on Northern Ireland earlier this week could have a negative impact on Welsh Ports.

There is uncertainty over whether new facilities will be built at Cairnryan Port to check goods coming from the Republic of Ireland and wider EU via Northern Ireland.

Plaid Cymru’s Spokesperson for Trade and Business, Hywel Williams MP, has called for the UK to re-join the Single Market and Customs Union as “a vital first step to improving our moribund economy.”

Ireland is a nation that has been able to map out its own destiny, says pro-independence Welsh party leader.