P&O Ferries has reported record growth on its Zeebrugge-Tilbury route in the second quarter.

The ro-ro owner carried 58,195 freight units from March to June, the highest quarterly result in the nine-year history of the service, and higher than the 50,378 figure at the same period of 2015.

Janette Bell, chief commercial officer at P&O, said: “Continental exporters increasingly see our Zeebrugge-Tilbury route as a fast and reliable way of delivering goods as close as possible to the vital consumer markets in London and the southeast of England.”

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