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.

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

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

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

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.

Holyhead and Fishguard ports saw a 30% drop in traffic in 2021, according to its operator Stena Line. / Ian Davies, boss of Stena's UK ports, said it was down to the new post-Brexit trading relationship with the European Union rather than the pandemic.

CALLS to merge Pembrokeshire's ports from both sides of the Irish Sea have been branded as a potential 'catastrophe' while a local politician has said he will 'fight tooth and nail' for the port of Fishguard.

Calls for Wales to have one ferry port in Pembrokeshire instead of two due to declining trade following Brexit would be a “disaster” for the county, a Senedd candidate has said.

Irish hauliers are bypassing Welsh ports to avoid Brexit bureaucracy, industry leaders say.