From his base in New Ross, Co Wexford, Richard Nolan, CEO of Nolan Transport, one of the largest haulage companies in the country, says he now sees five to 10 lorries travelling empty every day. “There were none of these” before Covid-19, he tells The Currency. The main problem is in transport using specialised vehicles, which accounts for 10 to 20 per cent of all freight. “You can’t put steel in a refrigerated trailer, or broccoli on a flat trailer,” he says. With Covid-19 restrictions hitting various industries in different ways, freight volumes transported in and out of Ireland have…

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