3 Episodes April 28th – May 2nd
PROGRAMME 1 MONDAY: WORKING PORT :
PRESENTED BY BLÁTHNAID NÍ CHOFAIGH
Dublin Port plays a critical role in our supply chain system as almost two thirds of the goods we use in our homes come through Dublin Port. In this programme Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh discovers how this working port functions from day to day. She accompanies one of the pilots as he travels out to Dublin Bay to board a ship in order to help navigate it into port and visits Vessel Traffic Service known as VTS which is the marine equivalent of air traffic control. With an increase of freight coming from Europe, Bláthnaid witnesses one of the larger ships nicknamed as Brexit Busters, unload eight kilometres of containers and she visits Customs and Revenue to see a sniffer dog at work.
