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Dover: not worried by
30th April 2009, Page 10
30th April 2009
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Isnnallr fall in freight
OPERATING PROFIT at the Port of Dover rose last year, although the number of trucks and trailers fell 2.4% compared with 2007 The port presents this as a small fall, particularly in the context of "soaring fuel prices, a strong euro and the overall economic downturn'? But it also points out that the Channel Tunnel fire in September, with the subsequent "closure and slow return to normal service, drove additional freight through Dover': The fall in freight was offset for the port by a record 144 cruise ships, generating income of .€4.9m, and a stable number of tourist car journeys.
Overall, revenue increased 5.8%, to £60.8m, with earnings from ferries up 3.7% to £44.3m,