It is the consequence of a €32 million investment made by the Shannon Foynes Port corporation, in addition to financing from the EU's Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), to upgrade the goods landing and storage facilities.

It comes after two years of extension work that produced a jetty that is 117 meters longer and more than 12,000 square meters of area for jetty freight laid down.

Furthermore, an expansion has been made to a 38-hectare property that will house approximately 55,000 square meters of contemporary logistics warehouse space.



With one of Europe's deepest natural harbours, Foynes is well-positioned to accommodate big cargo boats sailing down the Shannon estuary. This investment will help the firm achieve its ambitious goals as outlined in its masterplan, Vision 2041.

In order to take use of the enormous wind power potential off the west coast, this aims to establish the estuary as a global centre for offshore wind energy and a logistics facility, where large offshore wind turbines might be deployed.

The upgraded and extended port jetty and logistical facilities are also expected to reduce traffic at Dublin Port, allowing cargo to arrive in Foynes and enter the country's supply chain more rapidly.

According to State Minister James Lawless, the development shows the port's desire and chance to greatly expand its influence in the offshore energy and logistics supply chain sectors, both domestically and globally.

The extension, according to Shannon Foynes Port CEO Pat Keating, is a significant investment in the port's future operations with two main goals in mind.

"It will accelerate our journey to become a world leader in offshore renewable energy by harnessing our limitless wind energy capacity off the Atlantic seaboard, and secondly enhance our freight capacity massively by giving us extra quayside space and one of the largest port logistics parks in the country."

"When you combine this with the investment by Irish Rail in re-establishing the rail link to Foynes, along with the new Foynes Adare motorway which will also have direct access to the port, we will have a Tier 1 port that is amongst the most accessible in Europe."