Nearly 2.5 million freight vehicles were handled at the Port of Dover in 2014 - 9.7 per cent up on the previous year, and 2.5 per cent higher than the previous record of 2.36m set in 2007.
The most recent forecasted figures for UK growth were 3 per cent over the previous 12 months, and thus, the Port of Dover has recorded more than three times that figure.
Dover is Europe’s busiest ferry port, and is often seen as a barometer of the UK economy; particularly through the freight vehicle volumes that arrive by road from across the UK and mainland Europe.
Tim Waggott, chief executive for the Port of Dover, said: “If you want to see how the UK economy is doing, come and see what is happening at the Port of Dover.
'We are smashing records whilst rebuilding parts of the port in order to provide new infrastructure that will support further anticipated growth in the years to come. In effectively handling such volumes of UK trade, the port is establishing itself as a national economic success story.
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