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Contents
Page
Symbols and conventions used........................................................................................ 3
List of tables...................................................................................................................... 4
Executive Summary
Text summary…………................................................................................................ 7
Summary port traffic statistics...................................................................................... 8
UK ports traffic: map of tonnages ................................................................................ 9
Summary fleet statistics .............................................................................. …………10
UK owned and managed fleet: clover leaf diagram................................................... 11
Part A: Port Traffic Statistics

Section 1: All ports of the United Kingdom: foreign and domestic traffic .................. 12
Section 2: Unitised traffic ........................................................................................... 37
Section 3: Other port statistics including individual port tables ................................. 55
Part B: Merchant Fleet Statistics

Section 4: United Kingdom owned vessels ............................................................. 123
Section 5: United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered vessels ............... 137
Section 6: World fleets and other statistics ............................................................. 146
Notes to tables ....................................................................................................... 158
Appendices:
A. Data collection system for maritime traffic ....................................................... 166
B. Port authorities and undertakings supplying port traffic returns for 2008 ........ 174
C. List of major ports in 2008................................................................................ 176
D. Map of ports, port groups and freight waterways ............................................ 177
E. Ship type classification for fleet statistics ......................................................... 178
Symbols and conventions used

Areas covered: unless otherwise stated, statistics refer to the United Kingdom (UK).
Rounding of figures: in all tables, figures have been independently rounded and
there may be discrepancies between sums of constituent
items and totals.
Symbols: .. = not available/not available for publication
- = nil or negligible (less than half the final digit shown)
n.e.s. = not elsewhere specified
R = revised data
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List of tables
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Part A: Port Statistics
Section 1: All ports of the United Kingdom, foreign and domestic traffic
1.1 All ports traffic: 1999–2009 19
1.2 All ports, by mode of appearance: 1999–2009 20
1.3 Foreign and domestic traffic, by port and port group: 2007–2009 22
1.4 (a) All ports, foreign and domestic traffic, by port group: 2007–2009 24
1.4 (b) All ports by Government Office Region and by Country: 2007-2009 25
1.5 (a) All ports, foreign, coastwise and one-port traffic: 1989–2009 26
1.5 (b) Major ports, foreign, coastwise and one-port traffic: 1995–2009 26
1.6 Major ports, by cargo category: 2000–2009 27
1.7 Major ports, by cargo category, foreign and domestic traffic: 2009 28
1.8 Major ports coastwise traffic, by route and cargo category: 2009 29
1.9 Major ports one-port traffic, by cargo category: 2009 29
1.10 Major ports, by cargo category and country of loading or unloading: 2009 30
1.11 Major ports, by area of loading or unloading: 2009 34
1.12 Major ports, by flag of carrying vessel: 2009 35
1.13 Major ports, by nationality of owner of vessel: 2009 36
1.14 Minor ports, foreign and domestic traffic: 2002–2009 36
Section 2: Unitised traffic
2.1 All ports, freight units by type of unit: 2000–2009 42
2.2 All ports, main freight units by route: 2000–2009 43
2.3 All ports, main freight units by port: 2005–2009 44
2.4 Major ports, unitised traffic, by category: 2009 45
2.5 Major ports, main freight units, by route: 2009 48
2.6 Major ports, main freight units, by port: 2009 49
2.7 Major ports container traffic in TEUs and weight carried, by port and route: 2009 52
2.8 All ports container traffic in TEUs: 2000–2009 52
2.9 Major ports import/export motor vehicles by port: 2007–2009 53
2.10 Major ports import/export motor vehicles by route: 2007–2009 53
Section 3: Other port statistics
3.1 (a) UK international sea passenger movements, by port and port area: 1999–2009 57
3.1 (b) UK international short sea passenger movements, by ferry route: 1999–2009 58
3.2 UK international short sea passenger movements, by country: 1999–2009 59
3.3 Domestic waterborne passenger movements, by type of route: 1999–2009 59
3.4 Accompanied passenger vehicles, by port and port group: 1999–2009 60
3.5 Accompanied passenger vehicles, foreign and coastwise routes: 1999–2009 61
3.6 Ship arrivals at UK ports, by type and deadweight: 2009 62
3.7 Ship arrivals at UK ports: 2001–2009 66
3.8 Individual major port statistics, foreign and domestic traffic: 2009 68-118
(listed alphabetically)
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List of tables (continued)
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3.9 Major ports, miscellaneous statistics: 2009 119
Selected ports in descending order of traffic
3.10 Major ports traffic by cargo category: 2009 121
3.11 EU countries port traffic 2009 122
3.12 Largest 20 European ports 2009 122
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Part B: Merchant Fleet Statistics
Section 4: United Kingdom owned vessels
4.1 All vessels by vessel type at 31 December: 2008 and 2009 125
4.2 All vessels by vessel type and registry: 31 Dec 2009 126
4.3 Trading vessels by size range and parent company: 31 Dec 2009 127
4.4 Trading vessels by vessel type: 2004–2009 128
4.5 Trading vessels by vessel type and registry (100 gt and over): 31 Dec 2009 130
4.6 Trading vessels by vessel type and registry (500 gt and over): 31 Dec 2009 131
4.7 Trading vessels by vessel type and country/area of build: 31 Dec 2009 132
4.8 Trading vessels by age and vessel type: 31 Dec 2009 133
4.9 Trading vessels by TEU capacity and vessel type: 31 Dec 2009 134
4.10 Trading vessels by passenger capacity and vessel type: 31 Dec 2009 135
Section 5: United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered vessels
5.1 (i) All vessels by type: 31 Dec 2009 139

5.1 (ii) Trading vessels by type: 31 Dec 2009 140
5.2 (i) All vessels by type (500 gt and over): 31 Dec 2009 141
5.2 (ii) Trading vessels by type (500 gt and over): 31 Dec 2009 142
5.3 Non-trading vessels by size range and type: 31 Dec 2009 143
5.4 Trading vessels by vessel type: 2004–2009 144
Section 6: World fleets and other statistics
6.1 Dependent Territories registered vessels: 31 Dec 2009 148

6.2 Red Ensign registered trading fleets: end year 1999–2009 149
6.3 Growth of principal merchant fleets: mid-year 2000–2009 & 1 Jan 2010
(i) General cargo vessels (gross tons) 150
(ii) Container vessels (gross tons) 151
(iii) Bulk carriers (gross tons) 152
(iv) Tankers (deadweight tonnes) 153
(v) All vessels (gross tons) 154
(vi) All vessels (deadweight tonnes) 155
6.4 (i) Merchant shipbuilding order book, all flags & for UK register: 1985–2009 156
6.4 (ii) Merchant shipbuilding completions, all flags & for UK register: 1985–2009 156
6.5 Ship prices: 2004–2009 157
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Executive Summary
Port freight traffic in 2009
x UK ports handled 501 million tonnes (Mt) of freight traffic in 2009, 61 million tonnes (11
per cent) less than in 2008, and 65 million tonnes (11 per cent) less than in 1999.
x Compared with 2008, inward traffic fell by 43 Mt (12 per cent) to 304 Mt and outward
traffic fell by 19 Mt (9 per cent) to 197 Mt. Over the ten years since 1999 inward traffic
has decreased by 1 per cent and outward traffic by 24 per cent.
x Liquid bulk traffic accounted for 46 per cent of the total, dry bulks 21 per cent, container
and roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) traffic 29 per cent and other cargo 4 per cent.
x Liquid bulk traffic was 5 per cent lower than in 2008, and 20 per cent down on 1999.
Dry bulk traffic was 21 per cent down on 2008, and 7 per cent down on 1999. Container
and ro-ro traffic was 9 per cent down on 2008, and 8 per cent up on 1999.
x The leading ports by tonnage in 2009 were:
Grimsby & Immingham 54.7 Mt
London 45.4 Mt
Milford Haven 39.3 Mt
Tees & Hartlepool 39.2 Mt
Southampton 37.2 Mt
x Dover, the leading ro-ro port, handled 2.3 million road goods vehicles and
unaccompanied trailer units (marginally down on 2008). Felixstowe, the leading
container port, handled 1.86 million containers (3.0 million TEU), a 4 per cent decrease
on 2008.
Other port statistics in 2009

x International sea passenger journeys fell by 5 per cent to 23 million passengers.
x Accompanied passenger car traffic fell by 1 per cent to 6.4 million vehicles.
x The number of ship arrivals fell by 9 per cent to 119 thousand.
Merchant fleet statistics at end 2009

x The UK registered trading fleet increased by 26 to 701 ships during 2009. Overall
deadweight tonnage totalled 17.3 million tonnes (15 per cent up on 2008, and 531 per
cent up on 1999).
x The UK registered trading fleet included 134 tankers, 143 ro-ro vessels, 208 container
vessels and 32 passenger vessels.
x The trading fleet owned by UK companies increased by 1 per cent to 21.5 million
deadweight tonnes during 2009, 199 per cent higher than in 1999.
x Of the 719 trading vessels owned by UK companies, 175 were tankers, accounting for
one third of deadweight tonnage. There were also 139 ro-ro, 108 container and 49
passenger vessels.
x World tonnage of trading vessels totalled 1,249 million deadweight tonnes.
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Traffic through Sullom Voe
UK ports, 2009
Key
million
20
Orkney tonnes
In
Out
Aberdeen
Glensanda
Clyde Forth
Other UK Ports
Tyne
Larne Tees &
Hartlepool
Be lfast
Hull
Rivers Grimsby &

Heysham
Hull & Immingham
Liverpool Humber
Manchester
Traffic through UK ports in million tonnes
Port Name Inward Outward Total

Grimsby & Immingham 40.8 13.9 54.7
London 38.6 6.9 45.4 Felixstowe
Milford Haven 23.7 15.6 39.3
Tees and Hartlepool 13.7 25.4 39.2 Milford London
Southampton 23.3 13.9 37.2 Haven Port
Forth 4.3 32.4 36.7
Talbot
Liverpool 22.5 7.5 29.9
Dover 15.8 9.3 25.1
Bristol
Felixstowe 14.1 10.1 24.3 Dover
Medway 11.1 2.1 13.2
Clyde 9.5 3.1 12.6 Medway
Belfast 8.4 3.6 12.1
Sullom Voe 0.8 10.4 11.2
Hull 7.2 2.6 9.8
Rivers Hull and Humber 9.2 0.3 9.5 Portsmouth
Bristol 7.9 1.1 9.0
Manchester 2.8 3.8 6.7 Southampton
Glensanda 0.0 5.6 5.6
Port Talbot 5.0 0.2 5.2
Aberdeen 2.2 2.3 4.6
Larne 2.3 2.0 4.3
Portsmouth 2.6 1.3 4.0
Tyne 2.8 0.8 3.5
Orkney 0.2 3.1 3.2
Heysham 1.5 1.6 3.1
Other UK ports 33.2 18.5 51.7
All UK Ports 303.6 197.3 500.9 © Crown copyright. All rights reserved Department for Transport
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Summary port statistics 2009
UK Ports traffic 2009 2009 2008 Change in 2009

% m tonnes m tonnes m tonnes %
Total freight traffic 100 500.9 562.2 -61.3 -11
Inwards 61 303.6 346.4 -42.8 -12

Outwards 39 197.3 215.8 -18.5 -9
Type of cargo
Liquid bulks 46 229.1 241.0 -11.9 -5
Dry bulks 21 105.4 132.9 -27.5 -21
Container & Ro-Ro traffic 29 147.1 161.9 -14.8 -9
Other cargo 4 19.2 26.3 -7.1 -27
Leading ports - tonnage

Grimsby & Immingham 11 54.7 65.3 -10.6 -16
London 9 45.4 53.0 -7.6 -14
Milford Haven 8 39.3 35.9 3.4 9
Tees and Hartlepool 8 39.2 45.4 -6.2 -14
Southampton 7 37.2 41.0 -3.8 -9
2009 2008 Change in 2009

m units m units m units %
Unitised traffic
Containers on Lo-Lo & conventional services 4.5 5.3 -0.8 -15

of which : Felixstowe 1.9 1.9 -0.1 -4
Road goods vehicles & unaccompanied trailers 6.5 7.0 -0.5 -8

of which : Dover 2.3 2.3 - -0.4
2009 2008 Change in 2009

thousands thousands thousands %
Other statistics
International sea passenger journeys 23,028 24,254 -1226 -5
Accompanied passenger car traffic 6,405 6,498 -93 -1
Ship arrivals 119 131 -12 -9
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Summary fleet statistics 2009
UK owned fleet at 31/12/09 Gross tonnage Deadweight

Vessels of 100gt and over Number (Thousand gt) (Thousand dwt)
All vessels 2,009 21,917 23,886
All trading vessels 719 19,609 21,534

of which registered in UK 385 8,031 7,235
All trading vessels by type:

Liquid 175 6,381 7,650
Dry bulk 65 3,185 5,876
Specialised carrier 38 1,253 396
Container 108 5,341 5,969
Ro-Ro 139 1,544 576
Other general cargo 145 692 937
Passenger 49 1,212 130
UK registered fleet at 31/12/09 Gross tonnage Deadweight

Vessels of 100gt and over Number (Thousand gt) (Thousand dwt)
All vessels 1,984 17,976 18,952
All trading vessels 701 16,405 17,303
All trading vessels by type:

Liquid 134 1,943 2,722
Dry bulk 31 1,497 2,791
Specialised carrier 38 1,311 399
Container 208 8,996 10,084
Ro-Ro 143 1,656 582
Other general cargo 115 479 664
Passenger 32 523 61
World fleet (tonnage) at 1/1/2010 Total UK (inc. EU (at 31/12/06)

Trading vessels of 100gt and over tonnage IOM & CI) (inc. UK)
(Million tonnes) (Million tonnes) (Million tonnes)
General cargo vessels (gt) 109 3 20

Container vessels (gt) 146 9 42
Bulk carriers (gt) 252 3 44
Tankers (dwt) 509 14 119
All vessels (gt) 848 26 190
All vessels (dwt) 1,249 33 268
Source: IHS - Fairplay
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The UK owned and managed trading fleet
at 31 December 2009
UK direct-owned ships UK parent-owned ships

Ships: 719 Ships: 943
Dwt ('000): 21,534 Dwt ('000): 36,510
Gt('000): 19,609 Gt('000): 27,141
A C B
Ships: 127 Ships: 88 Ships: 208
Dwt ('000): 4,073 Dwt ('000): 5,227 Dwt ('000): 9,482
Gt ('000): 3,877 Gt ('000): 3,989 Gt ('000): 6,538
D
Ships: 398
Dwt ('000): 8,903
Gt ('000): 7,647
E F
Ships: 106 Ships: 249
Dwt ('000): 3,332 Dwt ('000): 12,899
Gt ('000): 4,096 Gt ('000): 8,968
G
Ships: 463
Dwt ('000): 39,309
Gt('000): 27,364
Note: 'UK' excludes Crown UK managed ships
Dependencies throughout Ships: 1,216
this chart. Dwt ('000): 64,443
Gt('000): 48,074
All 'UK' ships either directly owned, or parent-owned or Ships 1,639

managed by UK companies Dwt ('000) 83,225
Gt ('000) 62,479
Direct owned: A+C+D+E Parent owned: B+C+D+F Managed: D+E+F+G
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Chart 1.1 UK port traffic by direction of movement:
1999–2009
700
600
500
Million tonnes
400
300
200
100
Inwards Outwards Total
99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Chart 1.2 UK port traffic by type of traffic: 1980 - 2009
300
250
200
Million tonnes
150
100
Imports
50 Exports
Domestic
0
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90
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02
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Section 1: All ports of the United Kingdom: foreign and
domestic traffic
This section presents an overview of UK port cargo traffic of all kinds. This commentary
also refers to some results from tables in Section 3.
Freight traffic through all UK ports in 2009

x UK ports handled 501 million tonnes (Mt) of freight traffic in 2009, 61 million tonnes (11
per cent) less than in 2008 and 65 million tonnes (11.4 per cent) less than in 1999.
x Compared with 2008, inward traffic fell 12 per cent and outward traffic fell 9 per cent.
Foreign imports and exports, and domestic traffic all fell, by 14 per cent, 11 per cent and
6 per cent respectively. Since 1999, imports have grown by 13 per cent whilst exports
have fallen by 25 per cent and domestic traffic has fallen by 26 per cent. [Table 1.1]
x Ports in each of the countries of the United Kingdom handled less traffic in 2009 than in
2008 with falls of 4 per cent in Wales, 11 per cent in Scotland , and 12 per cent in both
Northern Ireland and in England. Since 1999 traffic has fallen through the ports in
Northern Ireland (2 per cent), England and Wales (both 5 per cent) and Scotland (34 per
cent). [Table 1.1(a)]
x Domestic traffic consists of coastwise and one-port (offshore installations & dredging)
traffic. Coastwise traffic fell by 6 per cent to 108 million tonnes in 2009, whilst one-port
traffic fell by 7 per cent to 24 million tonnes. One-port traffic has fallen by 45 per cent
since it peaked in 2002. [Table 1.2]
Freight traffic through major UK ports in 2009

x Total freight traffic for the 52 major ports (ports handling at least one million tonnes in
2000) was 490 million tonnes in 2009. This represented 98 per cent of all UK port traffic.
[Table 1.6]
x Foreign traffic through major ports totalled 362 million tonnes in 2009, just under three-
quarters of all major port traffic. Imports made up 62 per cent of foreign port traffic.
Domestic inward traffic totalled 71 million tonnes and outward 56 million tonnes.
[Table 1.7]
x Liquid bulk is by tonnage the largest cargo handled at major ports, totalling 228 million
tonnes (46 per cent of total traffic) in 2009. The major constituents, crude oil and oil
products, totalled 123 million and 79 million tonnes. Crude oil traffic has fallen by 33 per
cent since 2000. [Table 1.6 and 1.7]
x Dry bulk movements totalled 99 million tonnes (20 per cent of total traffic) in 2009.
Movements of coal, the largest constituent of dry bulk, decreased by 22 per cent on 2008
but remain 42 per cent up on 2000 figures. [Tables 1.6 and 1.7]
x Roll-on/roll-off traffic totalled 94 million tonnes (19 per cent of total traffic) and container
traffic 52 million (11 per cent) in 2009. Ro-ro tonnage has grown by 10 per cent since
2000. The remaining cargo, forest products, iron and steel products and general cargo
totalled 17 million tonnes (3 per cent of total traffic) in 2009. [Tables 1.6 and 1.7]
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Chart 1.3 UK major port traffic, by cargo category: 2009
Other general cargo
3%
Liquefied gas
3%
Roll-on/roll-off
19% Crude oil
25%
Liquid bulk
Container
11%
Oil products
Other dry bulk
16%
6% Coal Other liquid bulk
8% products
Agricultural products 3%
3%
Ores
3%
Dry Bulk
Chart 1.4 UK major port traffic, by cargo category

groups: 1995–2009
Million tonnes
350
300
250
Liquid bulk
200
150
Dry bulk
100
Roll-on/roll-off
50 Containers
0 Other general cargo

95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
19
19
19
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19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
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20
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Leading UK ports in 2009
x Grimsby and Immingham remained the UK’s leading port in 2009, handling 55 million
tonnes (11 per cent of UK traffic). It was followed by London with 45 million tonnes (9 per
cent) and Milford Haven and Tees & Hartlepool, both with 39 million tonnes (8 per cent).
[Tables 1.3, 3.8 and 3.9]
x Nine UK ports handled more than 20 million tonnes of traffic in 2009, accounting for 66
per cent of all UK traffic. These were Grimsby & Immingham, London, Milford Haven,
Tees & Hartlepool, Southampton, Forth, Liverpool, Dover and Felixstowe. The largest
changes were at Grimsby and Immingham (down 10.6 million tonnes) and London
(down 7.5 million tonnes). [Tables 1.3, 3.8 and 3.9]
x Milford Haven (38 million tonnes) and Forth (31 million tonnes) were the leading ports for
oil and gas traffic in 2009. Together with Tees & Hartlepool and Southampton, these
ports handled more than half of all such traffic. [Tables 3.8 and 3.9]
x Grimsby & Immingham (35 million tonnes) and London (28 million tonnes) together
handled 23 per cent of all non oil and gas traffic in 2009. [Tables 3.8 and 3.9]
x Grimsby & Immingham handled 32 per cent of coal traffic (16 million tonnes) in 2009.
Grimsby & Immingham, Tees & Hartlepool and Port Talbot together handled 72 per cent
of ore traffic. London and Liverpool together handled 33 per cent of all agricultural
products and Tees & Hartlepool together with Newport handled 41 per cent of all iron and
steel products. Milford Haven and Medway handled 63 per cent of all liquefied gas.
[Tables 3.8 and 3.10]
Foreign traffic at major ports in 2009

x In terms of tonnage, the leading origins and destinations for UK traffic were ports in the
Netherlands (50 million tonnes), France (41 million), Norway (27 million) and the USA (25
million). Liquid bulk made up a large proportion of traffic with Norway (82 per cent), the
USA (62 per cent) and the Netherlands (48 per cent), whilst 69 per cent of French traffic
was roll-on/roll-off. [Table 1.10]
x In 2009, 52 per cent of all traffic (255 million tonnes) was with short-sea countries
(Europe and the Mediterranean), 22 per cent (108 million) was with other countries and
26 per cent (127 million) was domestic traffic. Trade with Asia made up 8 per cent (37
million tonnes) of all traffic by weight, of which 61 per cent was containerised.
[Table 1.10 and Chart 1.5]
Domestic traffic at major ports in 2009

x Liquid bulk totalled 71 million tonnes (68 per cent) of all coastwise traffic in 2009, ro-ro
traffic a further 20 million (19 per cent) and dry bulk 10 million (9 per cent). [Table 1.8]
x Sea dredged aggregates accounted for 10 million tonnes (45 per cent) of one-port traffic
and crude oil from UK offshore oil and gas installations a further 9 million tonnes (39 per
cent) in 2009. [Table 1.9]
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Chart 1.5 UK major ports continental & domestic traffic: 2009
Million tonnes
UK Domestic Inwards 70.9

Traffic Outwards 56.2
To UK 156.4
Europe2
To UK 15.6 From UK 97.7
North & Central To UK 23.5
America From UK 19.7 Asia3
From UK 13.7
To UK 7.0
Africa3
From UK 3.1
To UK 17.8
South America
From UK 2.4 Australasia & To UK 5.0
Polynesia From UK 0.3
1
Not including tonnages to and from unspecified countries
2
Including traffic with all Mediterranean countries
3
Excluding traffic with all Mediterranean countries
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Ships at major ports 2009
x One third of all UK major port traffic was carried by Bahamian (14 per cent), UK (11 per
cent) and Norwegian (8 per cent) registered vessels in 2009. Liquid bulk represented the
major cargo for Bahamian (75 per cent of their total traffic) and Norwegian (62 per cent)
vessels whilst ro-ro traffic (60 per cent) was the largest component for UK registered
vessels. [Tables 1.12 & 1.13]
x Ships owned by UK owned companies carried the largest share (14 per cent) of major
port traffic, followed by Norway (11 per cent). UK owned vessels carried 34 per cent of all
ro-ro traffic and German owned vessels 41 per cent of container shipments.
[Tables 1.12 & 1.13]
Minor ports in 2009

x Traffic at the 59 minor ports handling freight traffic in 2009 totalled 11.3 million tonnes
(2.3 per cent of all freight traffic). This compares with 14.1 million tonnes in 2008.
[Table 1.14]
Traffic by Government Office Region and Country 2009

x Ports in the South East handled the most traffic in 2009 (87.9 million tonnes) followed by
the Scotland and Yorkshire & the Humber regions (85.6 and 76.9 million tonnes
respectively). The South East and Yorkshire and the Humber regions handled the most
inward tonnage (60.1 million tonnes and 59.4 million tonnes respectively) and Scotland
the most outward (62.3 million tonnes). [Table 1.4]
UK port traffic statistics 1965-2009

x Port freight statistics for are available back to 1980 for UK ports and 1965 for GB ports.
These are included in the spreadsheet versions of Tables 1.3 and 1.5 on the DfT web
site. In this document condensed versions of the tables containing data for more recent
years only are included. Although figures for Northern Ireland ports are not available prior
to 1980, long-term analyses of trends based on totals for Great Britain are also indicative
of United Kingdom trends.
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Chart 1.6 UK major ports European and domestic traffic: 2009 1
Million tonnes
United Kingdom
2
EU countries
Other European countries3
Inwards 70.9
UK Domestic traffic
Outwards 56.2
Other European To UK 56.8

3 6.5
countries From UK
2 To UK 100.0
EU countries From UK 91.2
1
2
EU countries as at 1st January 2007
3
Not including tonnages to and from unspecified countries
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1.1 All ports traffic: 1999 - 2009
(a) Inwards and outwards traffic Thousand tonnes
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008R 2009
England
Inwards 227,153 231,376 243,609 240,519 244,789 254,130 263,483 275,412 273,467 266,236 231,796
Outwards 130,499 131,836 123,036 121,889 125,349 124,743 128,803 125,161 125,619 120,298 108,978
All 357,652 363,212 366,645 362,409 370,138 378,872 392,286 400,573 399,085 386,534 340,774
Wales
Inwards 38,267 39,018 36,584 32,478 33,269 38,269 38,056 37,301 36,754 36,248 34,779
Outwards 18,312 18,874 18,150 19,542 19,344 21,782 21,254 19,372 19,844 19,542 18,944
All 56,578 57,892 54,734 52,020 52,613 60,051 59,310 56,673 56,598 55,790 53,723
Scotland
Inwards 26,117 30,533 33,741 32,717 30,056 33,394 35,915 34,835 31,067 28,024 23,280
Outwards 103,983 99,979 90,079 89,439 80,479 77,051 72,975 66,752 70,885 68,322 62,299
All 130,100 130,512 123,820 122,156 110,535 110,444 108,890 101,587 101,952 96,346 85,580
Great Britain
Inwards 291,537 300,926 313,934 305,715 308,114 325,792 337,455 347,548 341,288 330,508 289,856
Outwards 252,794 250,689 231,265 230,870 225,172 223,575 223,032 211,285 216,348 208,161 190,222
All 544,330 551,616 545,199 536,585 533,287 549,367 560,486 558,833 557,636 538,669 480,077
Northern Ireland
Inwards 15,427 15,418 14,955 14,736 15,250 16,322 16,558 17,143 16,512 15,860 13,743
Outwards 5,857 6,017 6,212 6,627 6,724 7,070 7,497 7,342 7,356 7,638 7,043
All 21,284 21,434 21,167 21,363 21,973 23,393 24,055 24,485 23,868 23,497 20,786
United Kingdom
Inwards 306,963 316,344 328,890 320,450 323,364 342,115 354,012 364,690 357,800 346,368 303,598
Outwards 258,651 256,706 237,477 237,497 231,896 230,645 230,529 218,627 223,704 215,798 197,264
All 565,614 573,050 566,366 557,947 555,260 572,760 584,541 583,318 581,504 562,166 500,863
(b) Foreign and domestic traffic Thousand tonnes
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008R 2009
United Kingdom
Imports 203,581 220,866 238,364 220,924 229,273 250,445 262,261 278,925 273,312 266,035 230,040
Exports 184,367 193,127 180,383 178,173 174,003 169,597 163,731 160,552 164,539 156,090 139,080
Domestic 177,666 159,057 147,619 158,850 151,984 152,718 158,549 143,841 143,653 140,041 131,743
All 565,614 573,050 566,366 557,947 555,260 572,760 584,541 583,318 581,504 562,166 500,863
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1.2 All ports, by mode of appearance: 1999 - 2009
Thousand tonnes
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008R 2009
Foreign traffic
Liquid bulk traffic
Imports 56,528 70,788 74,495 62,811 66,447 75,897 76,988 85,530 83,442 82,214 78,756
Exports 110,591 118,509 110,321 107,516 100,772 95,974 87,995 82,883 84,563 76,383 67,723
All 167,120 189,297 184,816 170,327 167,218 171,871 164,983 168,412 168,005 158,597 146,479
Dry bulk traffic
Imports 65,219 65,652 77,360 67,575 72,644 76,625 87,546 92,846 85,936 85,966 65,951
Exports 18,905 19,739 17,206 18,026 20,559 18,098 18,010 18,113 17,725 18,288 16,683
All 84,124 85,391 94,565 85,600 93,203 94,722 105,557 110,959 103,661 104,254 82,634
Container and roll-on traffic
Imports 64,272 64,753 65,721 68,371 69,199 75,520 77,431 80,288 84,519 81,730 73,777
Exports 49,616 49,323 47,334 47,313 47,291 49,869 51,045 52,801 54,418 54,239 49,962
All 113,889 114,076 113,054 115,685 116,490 125,390 128,476 133,089 138,937 135,969 123,739
Semi-bulk traffic
Imports 15,967 17,174 17,059 18,523 17,284 18,413 16,766 16,706 17,016 13,516 9,268
Exports 4,519 4,411 3,737 3,613 3,848 4,342 5,287 5,299 6,511 5,475 3,780
All 20,486 21,584 20,796 22,136 21,131 22,755 22,054 22,005 23,527 18,992 13,048
Conventional traffic
Imports 1,595 2,500 3,730 3,645 3,699 3,990 3,529 3,555 2,399 2,609 2,288
Exports 735 1,145 1,786 1,705 1,535 1,314 1,393 1,456 1,321 1,704 932
All 2,330 3,645 5,515 5,349 5,234 5,304 4,922 5,012 3,720 4,313 3,221
All foreign traffic
Imports 203,581 220,866 238,364 220,924 229,273 250,445 262,261 278,925 273,312 266,035 230,040
Exports 184,367 193,127 180,383 178,173 174,003 169,597 163,731 160,552 164,539 156,090 139,080
All 387,948 413,993 418,747 399,097 403,276 420,042 425,992 439,477 437,851 422,125 369,120
Coastwise traffic
Liquid bulk traffic
Inwards 48,164 36,677 37,008 38,631 36,901 39,183 41,261 35,429 36,440 35,622 35,966
Outwards 51,966 41,696 36,049 37,535 35,371 38,788 42,477 33,941 34,893 36,755 35,732
All 100,131 78,373 73,058 76,166 72,273 77,971 83,738 69,370 71,333 72,377 71,697
Dry bulk traffic
Inwards 6,792 8,243 8,032 7,245 7,956 6,453 6,717 7,914 6,861 7,126 5,522
Outwards 7,229 8,201 7,112 7,785 8,438 7,814 8,366 8,675 7,761 7,598 6,052
All 14,021 16,444 15,144 15,030 16,395 14,268 15,083 16,589 14,622 14,724 11,573
Container and roll-on traffic
Inwards 11,542 12,186 11,797 11,539 11,458 12,253 12,910 12,872 13,434 12,923 11,447
Outwards 11,396 11,506 11,064 11,341 11,426 12,026 12,995 12,988 13,785 13,056 11,913
All 22,938 23,692 22,861 22,880 22,884 24,280 25,905 25,860 27,219 25,979 23,360
Semi-bulk traffic
Inwards 203 247 364 324 373 320 217 351 479 413 250
Outwards 221 311 570 546 544 519 565 373 443 293 199
All 424 558 934 870 917 838 783 725 922 706 449
Inwards 274 96 74 99 194 73 278 167 345 132 75
Outwards 285 139 131 124 368 518 451 482 328 154 451
All 559 236 206 223 562 591 729 649 673 287 526
All coastwise traffic
Inwards 66,975 57,448 57,276 57,838 56,883 58,282 61,382 56,734 57,559 56,217 53,259
Outwards 71,098 61,853 54,926 57,331 56,147 59,665 64,854 56,459 57,210 57,856 54,346
All 138,073 119,302 112,202 115,168 113,030 117,947 126,237 113,193 114,769 114,073 107,605
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1.2 (continued) All ports, by mode of appearance: 1999 - 2009
Thousand tonnes
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008R 2009
One-port traffic
Liquid bulk traffic
Inwards 20,220 24,937 18,245 25,886 22,328 19,152 16,169 14,171 10,816 9,551 8,407
Outwards 126 485 647 693 563 361 421 336 494 457 2,505
All 20,346 25,422 18,892 26,579 22,892 19,513 16,590 14,506 11,310 10,009 10,912
Dry bulk traffic
Inwards 15,051 12,503 14,362 15,197 14,389 13,821 13,476 14,189 15,311 13,882 11,178
Outwards 41 41 68 67 70 28 52 32 67 75 58
All 15,092 12,544 14,430 15,264 14,460 13,849 13,529 14,221 15,378 13,957 11,236
Non-oil traffic with UK
off-shore installations
Inwards 1,136 589 643 606 490 414 724 672 801 682 715
Outwards 3,019 1,199 1,452 1,234 1,112 995 1,470 1,249 1,395 1,320 1,275
All 4,155 1,789 2,095 1,840 1,602 1,409 2,194 1,921 2,196 2,002 1,990
All one-port traffic
Inwards 36,407 38,030 33,250 41,688 37,208 33,388 30,369 29,031 26,928 24,115 20,300
Outwards 3,186 1,725 2,167 1,994 1,745 1,383 1,944 1,617 1,956 1,853 3,839
All 39,593 39,755 35,417 43,682 38,953 34,771 32,313 30,648 28,884 25,968 24,138
Foreign and domestic traffic
Liquid bulk traffic

Inwards 124,913 132,402 129,748 127,328 125,676 134,232 134,417 135,129 130,699 127,388 123,128
Outwards 162,684 160,690 147,017 145,744 136,706 135,123 130,894 117,159 119,950 113,596 105,960
All 287,597 293,092 276,765 273,072 262,382 269,355 265,311 252,289 250,649 240,983 229,088
Dry bulk traffic

Inwards 87,062 86,398 99,754 90,016 94,990 96,899 107,739 114,949 108,109 106,974 82,651
Outwards 26,175 27,981 24,386 25,878 29,067 25,940 26,429 26,820 25,553 25,961 22,793
All 113,237 114,379 124,140 115,894 124,057 122,839 134,168 141,769 133,661 132,936 105,443
Container and roll-on

traffic
Inwards 75,814 76,939 77,518 79,910 80,657 87,774 90,341 93,160 97,953 94,654 85,224
Outwards 61,013 60,829 58,398 58,654 58,717 61,896 64,040 65,789 68,203 67,295 61,875
All 136,827 137,768 135,915 138,565 139,374 149,669 154,381 158,949 166,156 161,948 147,099
Semi-bulk traffic
Inwards 16,170 17,421 17,423 18,847 17,657 18,733 16,984 17,057 17,495 13,929 9,517
Outwards 4,740 4,721 4,307 4,159 4,392 4,860 5,853 5,672 6,954 5,769 3,979
All 20,910 22,142 21,730 23,006 22,049 23,593 22,836 22,729 24,449 19,698 13,496
Inwards 1,869 2,596 3,804 3,744 3,893 4,063 3,807 3,722 2,744 2,742 2,363
Outwards 1,020 1,284 1,917 1,828 1,903 1,832 1,843 1,938 1,649 1,858 1,383
All 2,889 3,880 5,721 5,572 5,796 5,895 5,651 5,660 4,393 4,599 3,746
Non-oil traffic with UK

off-shore installations
Inwards 1,136 589 643 606 490 414 724 672 801 682 715
Outwards 3,019 1,199 1,452 1,234 1,112 995 1,470 1,249 1,395 1,320 1,275
All 4,155 1,789 2,095 1,840 1,602 1,409 2,194 1,921 2,196 2,002 1,990
All foreign and domestic traffic
Inwards 306,963 316,344 328,890 320,450 323,364 342,115 354,012 364,690 357,800 346,368 303,598
Outwards 258,651 256,706 237,477 237,497 231,896 230,645 230,529 218,627 223,704 215,798 197,264
All 565,614 573,050 566,366 557,947 555,260 572,760 584,541 583,318 581,504 562,166 500,863
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1.3 Foreign and domestic traffic, by port and port group: 2007 - 2009
Thousand tonnes
2007 2008 2009
1
Port Port Group In Out All In Out All In Out All
Aberdeen 8 2,541 2,591 5,131 2,407 2,426 4,833 2,227 2,343 4,570
Ayr 7 174 379 553 182 375 557 182 153 335
Barrow 6 88 104 192 74 132 206 72 40 112
Barry 4 338 118 456 324 141 465 232 95 327
Belfast 13 9,704 3,712 13,416 9,143 3,897 13,040 8,407 3,643 12,050
Berwick 9 57 26 83 74 20 94 47 14 60
Blyth 9 1,239 225 1,464 866 203 1,069 602 164 766
Boston 11 612 224 836 568 393 961 434 268 702
Bridgwater 4 50 - 50 46 - 46 31 - 31
Brightlingsea 1 13 90 103 30 52 82 9 11 20
Bristol 4 10,061 1,117 11,178 10,290 1,237 11,527 7,904 1,095 8,999
Cairnryan 7 1,440 1,723 3,163 1,294 1,633 2,928 1,123 1,448 2,572
Cardiff 4 2,551 506 3,057 2,197 399 2,596 1,679 313 1,992
Clyde (incl. Ardrossan) 7 9,323 2,740 12,063 10,885 3,453 14,338 9,474 3,078 12,552
Coleraine 13 20 54 74 10 51 61 2 31 33
Cowes IOW 2 179 87 266 165 87 252 128 21 149
Cromarty Firth 8 1,688 1,814 3,502 1,174 1,078 2,252 1,299 1,565 2,864
Dover 1 15,454 9,690 25,144 15,017 9,326 24,344 15,767 9,320 25,087
Dundee 8 809 226 1,035 788 190 978 632 178 810
Falmouth 3 400 353 753 597 125 722 552 24 576
Felixstowe 12 16,157 9,529 25,685 15,129 9,859 24,988 14,126 10,141 24,267
Fishguard 5 335 236 572 323 237 560 224 142 366
Fleetwood 6 886 886 1,772 776 795 1,571 665 663 1,327
Folkestone 1 25 - 25 - - - - - -
Forth 8 5,432 31,250 36,681 4,856 34,199 39,054 4,309 32,381 36,690
Fowey 3 20 1,101 1,121 30 905 935 45 729 774
Garston 6 429 86 515 414 53 467 286 219 505
Glensanda 7 - 7,050 7,050 - 6,336 6,336 - 5,591 5,591
Gloucester & Sharpness 4 422 68 490 397 71 467 367 71 438
Goole 10 1,699 582 2,281 1,639 520 2,159 1,268 367 1,635
Great Yarmouth 11 848 52 900 738 46 784 620 39 659
Grimsby & Immingham 10 50,432 15,846 66,279 49,877 15,391 65,267 40,781 13,927 54,708
(including Kilingholme)
Harwich 12 2,677 1,107 3,784 2,549 1,190 3,739 2,027 916 2,942
Heysham 6 1,810 1,775 3,586 1,582 1,603 3,185 1,527 1,575 3,102
Holyhead 5 1,599 1,869 3,468 1,673 1,747 3,419 1,382 1,470 2,852
Hull 10 9,559 2,939 12,497 9,365 2,884 12,249 7,212 2,558 9,771
Inverness 8 562 123 684 551 146 697 524 127 651
Ipswich 12 1,908 889 2,797 1,689 883 2,572 1,735 1,079 2,814
King's Lynn 11 268 311 578 305 466 771 192 470 662
Lancaster 6 72 51 123 70 42 113 81 40 121
Larne 13 2,890 2,574 5,464 2,749 2,417 5,166 2,299 1,998 4,297
Lerwick 8 352 263 615 372 287 658 309 250 560
Littlehampton 2 70 1 72 74 4 78 5 2 6
Liverpool 6 23,381 8,877 32,258 23,964 8,240 32,204 22,450 7,487 29,936
London 1 44,371 8,368 52,739 43,864 9,101 52,965 38,568 6,874 45,442
Londonderry 13 1,836 98 1,934 1,786 54 1,839 1,542 77 1,619
Lowestoft 11 140 97 237 56 114 169 32 109 141
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See Table 1.4(a)
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1.3 (continued) Foreign and domestic traffic, by port: 2007 - 2009
Thousand tonnes
2007 2008 2009

1
Port Port Group In Out All In Out All In Out All
Manchester 6 3,474 4,605 8,079 3,509 3,930 7,438 2,829 3,841 6,670
Medway 1 13,613 1,804 15,417 12,617 2,354 14,971 11,099 2,051 13,150
Milford Haven 5 20,046 15,449 35,496 20,449 15,426 35,875 23,700 15,593 39,293
Mistley 12 151 23 174 149 12 161 88 20 108
Montrose 8 366 216 582 413 196 609 283 140 423
Mostyn 5 34 121 154 39 100 139 7 14 21
Neath 4 286 134 420 166 108 274 139 67 206

Newhaven 2 684 319 1,003 850 345 1,196 554 308 861
Newport 4 2,234 610 2,843 2,596 599 3,195 2,035 699 2,734
Orkney 8 3,655 6,937 10,592 776 4,014 4,789 169 3,073 3,241
Par 3 4 54 58 - - - - - -
Perth 8 144 - 144 141 1 141 120 6 125
Peterhead 8 469 321 790 524 347 871 482 315 797
Plymouth 3 1,841 644 2,486 1,734 588 2,322 1,560 384 1,944
Poole 3 780 625 1,405 914 604 1,518 631 496 1,127
Port Talbot 4 8,764 288 9,052 7,925 222 8,147 4,977 179 5,156
Portsmouth 2 2,444 1,517 3,961 2,474 1,463 3,937 2,625 1,329 3,954
Ramsgate 1 1,361 655 2,015 1,278 690 1,968 1,008 583 1,591
River Ouse 10 282 - 282 226 - 226 196 - 196

River Trent 10 1,759 448 2,207 1,507 477 1,984 740 356 1,096
Rivers Hull and Humber 10 9,189 181 9,370 9,090 261 9,351 9,199 267 9,466
(excluding Kilingholme)
Seaham 9 418 137 554 341 158 499 244 153 397
Shoreham 2 1,871 118 1,989 1,677 114 1,792 1,587 148 1,735
Silloth 6 180 1 180 148 - 148 174 - 174
Southampton 2 27,880 15,935 43,815 25,681 15,293 40,974 23,349 13,879 37,228
Stranraer 7 647 584 1,231 634 556 1,190 646 531 1,177
Sullom Voe 8 2,747 13,826 16,573 2,379 12,160 14,539 840 10,377 11,217
Sunderland 9 622 401 1,024 600 204 805 504 148 651
Sutton Bridge 11 522 88 609 436 94 530 331 109 440
Swansea 4 521 162 683 416 173 589 286 115 401
Tees and Hartlepool 9 18,022 31,758 49,779 17,081 28,356 45,436 13,743 25,420 39,163
Teignmouth 3 253 385 639 241 348 589 194 207 402
Tyne 9 3,532 1,081 4,613 4,428 989 5,417 2,769 771 3,540
Wallasea 1 220 1 221 162 - 162 - - -
Warrenpoint 13 1,259 740 1,999 1,305 813 2,119 961 880 1,841
Whitstable 1 79 - 79 70 - 70 70 - 70
Other ports 2,530 1,731 4,261 2,435 1,998 4,433 2,082 1,703 3,785
England Total 273,467 125,619 399,085 266,236 120,298 386,534 231,796 108,978 340,774
Wales Total 36,754 19,844 56,598 36,248 19,542 55,790 23,280 62,299 85,580
Scotland TotalR 31,067 70,885 101,952 28,024 68,322 96,346 34,779 18,944 53,723
Great Britain Total 341,288 216,348 557,636 330,508 208,161 538,669 289,856 190,222 480,077
Northern Ireland Total 16,512 7,356 23,868 15,860 7,638 23,497 13,743 7,043 20,786
United Kingdom Total 357,800 223,704 581,504 346,368 215,798 562,166 303,598 197,264 500,863
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See Table 1.4(a)
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1.4(a) All ports, foreign and domestic traffic, by port group: 2007 - 2009
Thousand tonnes
2007 2008 2009

Port Group Code In Out All In Out All In Out All
Thames and Kent 1 75,187 20,626 95,813 73,086 21,534 94,620 66,646 18,866 85,512
Sussex and Hampshire 2 33,355 17,988 51,343 31,081 17,317 48,398 28,383 15,721 44,104
West Country 3 3,678 3,426 7,104 3,853 2,769 6,622 3,301 2,044 5,346
Bristol Channel 4 25,290 3,064 28,354 24,512 2,979 27,490 17,788 2,647 20,436
West and North Wales 5 22,060 18,027 40,087 22,538 17,900 40,438 25,340 17,476 42,816
Lancs and Cumbria 6 30,500 16,387 46,887 30,661 14,804 45,465 28,212 13,890 42,102
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Scotland West Coast 7 12,032 12,995 25,027 13,361 13,014 26,376 11,793 11,331 23,123
Scotland East Coast 8 19,035 57,890 76,925 14,662 55,307 69,970 11,479 50,946 62,424
North East 9 23,890 33,628 57,518 23,390 29,930 53,320 17,908 26,670 44,578
Humber 10 72,919 19,996 92,915 71,706 19,532 91,238 59,396 17,475 76,872
Wash and Northern East Anglia 11 2,450 773 3,223 2,143 1,130 3,272 1,634 1,000 2,634
Haven 12 20,892 11,548 32,440 19,516 11,944 31,460 17,976 12,156 30,132
Northern Ireland 13 16,512 7,356 23,868 15,860 7,638 23,497 13,743 7,043 20,786
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1.4(b) All ports, by Government Office Region and by Country: 2007 - 2009
Thousand tonnes
2007 2008 2009
Region In Out All In Out All In Out All
North East 23,890 33,628 57,518 23,390 29,930 53,320 17,908 26,670 44,578
North West 30,500 16,387 46,887 30,661 14,804 45,465 28,212 13,890 42,102
Yorkshire and The Humber 72,919 19,996 92,915 71,706 19,532 91,238 59,396 17,475 76,872
East Midlands 1,134 312 1,445 1,004 487 1,491 765 377 1,142
West Midlands - - - - - - - - -
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East of England 54,333 18,805 73,139 52,328 20,198 72,527 47,955 18,856 66,811
of which Port of London 31,892 6,705 38,597 31,481 7,559 39,041 29,021 6,066 35,087
1
London 6,214 1,010 7,223 6,497 956 7,453 5,776 701 6,478
2
South East 70,204 30,808 101,012 65,996 30,284 96,280 60,123 27,784 87,906
of which Port of London 6,266 653 6,919 5,886 586 6,472 3,771 106 3,877
South West 14,274 4,673 18,947 14,655 4,106 18,761 11,661 3,225 14,886
England 273,467 125,619 399,085 266,236 120,298 386,534 231,796 108,978 340,774
Wales 36,754 19,844 56,598 36,248 19,542 55,790 34,779 18,944 53,723
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Scotland 31,067 70,885 101,952 28,024 68,322 96,346 23,280 62,299 85,580
Great Britain 341,288 216,348 557,636 330,508 208,161 538,669 289,856 190,222 480,077
Northern Ireland 16,512 7,356 23,868 15,860 7,638 23,497 13,743 7,043 20,786
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Prior to 2004, London traffic includes all traffic through the Port of London. This will include traffic through some ports in the South
East and East of England Regions
2
Prior to 2004, East of England traffic and South East traffic does not include traffic through ports in these regions that are part of
the Port of London
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1.5(a) All ports of United Kingdom: 1988 - 2009
Foreign, coastwise and one-port traffic
Million tonnes
Foreign Coastwise One-port Total
Year Imports Exports All Inwards Outwards All Inwards Outwards All Inwards Outwards All
1988 169.7 142.2 311.9 66.3 65.1 131.3 34.2 14.6 48.8 270.2 221.9 492.1
1989 174.6 127.5 302.1 64.1 64.8 128.9 35.0 14.8 49.8 273.7 207.1 480.9
1990 183.5 136.2 319.6 61.0 61.5 122.3 34.1 15.9 50.0 278.4 213.6 492.0
1991 182.1 143.2 325.3 61.7 62.8 124.4 29.8 15.1 44.9 273.6 221.0 494.6
1992 182.6 150.2 332.8 58.2 60.8 119.0 29.0 14.9 43.9 269.8 225.9 495.7
1993 189.5 157.5 346.9 59.4 62.0 121.5 23.8 14.0 37.8 272.7 233.5 506.2
1994 190.1 179.0 369.1 63.3 64.8 128.1 28.6 12.4 41.0 281.9 256.2 538.1
1995 190.3 178.8 369.1 67.9 72.1 140.0 26.7 12.4 39.1 284.9 263.3 548.2
1996 192.7 175.8 368.5 69.9 75.3 145.2 25.1 12.4 37.5 287.7 263.5 551.2
1997 205.7 179.3 385.0 67.5 72.0 139.5 21.8 12.2 34.0 295.0 263.5 558.5
1998 209.3 181.7 390.9 70.7 71.9 142.7 26.1 8.8 34.9 306.1 262.4 568.5
1999 203.6 184.4 387.9 67.0 71.1 138.1 36.4 3.2 39.6 307.0 258.7 565.6
2000 220.9 193.1 414.0 57.4 61.9 119.3 38.0 1.7 39.8 316.3 256.7 573.1
2001 238.4 180.4 418.7 57.3 54.9 112.2 33.3 2.2 35.4 328.9 237.5 566.4
2002 220.9 178.2 399.1 58.2 57.3 115.5 41.7 2.0 43.7 320.8 237.5 558.3
2003 229.3 174.0 403.3 57.3 56.1 113.4 37.2 1.7 39.0 323.8 231.9 555.7
2004 250.4 169.6 420.0 58.6 59.7 118.3 33.4 1.4 34.8 342.4 230.6 573.1
2005 262.3 163.7 426.0 61.8 64.9 126.6 30.4 1.9 32.3 354.4 230.5 584.9
2006 278.9 160.6 439.5 57.2 56.5 113.6 29.0 1.6 30.6 365.1 218.6 583.7
2007 273.3 164.5 437.9 57.6 57.2 114.8 26.9 2.0 28.9 357.8 223.7 581.5
2008 266.1 156.0 422.1 56.2 57.9 114.1 24.1 1.9 26.0 346.5 215.7 562.2
2009 230.0 139.1 369.1 53.3 54.3 107.6 20.3 3.8 24.1 303.6 197.3 500.9
1.5(b) Major ports of United Kingdom1: 1995 - 2009

Foreign, coastwise and one-port traffic
Million tonnes
Foreign Coastwise One-port Total
Year Imports Exports All Inwards Outwards All Inwards Outwards All Inwards Outwards All
1995 178.8 171.0 349.9 58.3 66.5 124.8 24.4 11.4 35.7 261.5 248.9 510.4
1996 181.2 167.8 349.0 60.6 69.9 130.5 22.8 10.5 33.3 264.6 248.3 512.8
1997 194.5 171.4 365.9 58.8 67.8 126.6 18.8 10.6 29.4 272.1 249.8 522.0
1998 198.2 173.4 371.6 62.1 67.9 130.0 22.7 6.2 28.9 283.0 247.4 530.4
1999 193.5 177.2 370.7 58.8 67.2 126.0 33.3 2.4 35.8 285.6 246.9 532.5
2000 214.6 188.7 403.3 55.0 59.4 114.3 36.5 1.5 38.0 306.0 249.6 555.6
2001 232.3 177.0 409.3 54.3 52.6 106.8 31.5 1.8 33.4 318.1 231.4 549.5
2002 215.3 174.3 389.7 55.4 55.1 110.5 40.2 1.7 41.9 310.9 231.2 542.1
2003 223.4 170.1 393.5 54.4 53.9 108.4 35.7 1.5 37.1 313.5 225.4 539.0
2004 245.0 166.3 411.2 56.1 57.6 113.7 32.2 1.1 33.3 333.2 225.0 558.2
2005 256.5 160.8 417.3 59.0 62.8 121.8 29.3 1.7 31.0 344.8 225.4 570.1
2006 273.0 157.6 430.6 54.6 54.3 108.8 27.8 1.4 29.3 355.5 213.3 568.8
2007 267.0 161.6 428.6 55.3 54.9 110.2 25.9 1.8 27.8 348.2 218.4 566.6
2008 260.4 153.1 413.4 54.2 55.6 109.8 23.1 1.7 24.8 337.7 210.4 548.1
2009 225.6 136.8 362.5 51.3 52.4 103.8 19.6 3.7 23.3 296.6 193.0 489.6
1
Generally ports handling at least 2 million tonnes of traffic between 1995 and 1999 and at least 1 million tonnes of traffic from 2000.
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1.6 Major ports of United Kingdom, by cargo category: 2000 - 2009
Thousand tonnes
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 6,500 8,051 7,850 7,543 7,410 7,900 9,471 7,902 7,444 13,051
Crude oil 184,344 168,557 172,524 160,319 161,595 153,499 142,200 140,132 132,146 122,924
Oil products 86,250 82,593 78,164 80,351 85,976 89,001 85,120 85,960 86,814 79,094
Other liquid bulk products 13,457 14,333 12,258 12,087 12,452 12,767 13,598 14,599 12,770 12,475
All liquid bulk traffic 290,550 273,534 270,796 260,299 267,434 263,167 250,388 248,592 239,174 227,544
Dry bulk
Ores 20,319 19,560 17,009 17,989 17,827 17,941 18,301 19,144 18,091 14,822
Coal 27,830 39,920 32,998 37,281 41,316 51,787 57,282 47,427 50,515 39,612
Agricultural products 14,107 13,026 13,061 14,752 12,925 13,608 13,095 12,746 13,978 13,966
Other dry bulk 41,347 42,480 43,674 44,407 42,122 42,232 44,403 46,067 42,272 30,643
All dry bulk traffic 103,602 114,986 106,742 114,429 114,190 125,568 133,080 125,383 124,856 99,045
All bulk traffic

Bulk fuels1 304,924 299,121 291,536 285,494 296,298 302,187 294,072 281,421 276,918 254,681
1
Other bulks 89,229 89,399 86,002 89,235 85,325 86,548 89,396 92,555 87,112 71,907
All bulk traffic 394,153 388,521 377,538 374,728 381,623 388,734 383,468 373,976 364,030 326,588
Container and roll-on/roll-off traffic

Container traffic 2,3 51,571 51,689 51,100 51,279 56,414 53,840 54,359 60,510 59,550 52,011
Roll-on/roll-off traffic 2,3 85,390 83,187 86,339 86,976 92,804 100,262 104,263 104,694 101,414 94,081
All container and ro-ro 136,961 134,876 137,439 138,255 149,219 154,102 158,622 165,203 160,964 146,092
Other general cargo

Forestry products 9,795 9,405 10,191 10,249 10,558 9,616 8,894 8,987 6,525 5,243
Iron and steel products 9,776 9,818 10,261 8,995 10,057 10,351 10,637 12,236 10,317 6,182
General cargo 4,926 6,835 6,685 6,750 6,726 7,342 7,141 6,215 6,243 5,451
& containers <20'
All other general cargo traffic 24,498 26,058 27,137 25,994 27,341 27,309 26,672 27,438 23,085 16,876
All traffic 555,612 549,455 542,114 538,977 558,183 570,145 568,763 566,617 548,079 489,556
1
Dry bulk oil products included in other bulks
2
Containers carried on by shipborne port to port trailers included in Roll-on/Roll-off traffic
3
Figures after 2004 are not directly comparable with earlier years. Please see footnote to Table 2.1
and Section 2 of Notes to Tables for details.
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1.7 Major ports of United Kingdom, by mode of appearance: 2009
Thousand tonnes
Foreign traffic Domestic traffic
Imports Exports All Inwards Outwards All All traffic
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 8,291 2,794 11,085 1,044 923 1,966 13,051
Crude oil 34,429 32,111 66,540 30,782 25,603 56,385 122,924
Oil products 30,000 28,239 58,239 10,867 9,987 20,854 79,094
Other liquid bulk products 5,423 4,542 9,965 826 1,684 2,510 12,475
All liquid bulk traffic 78,143 67,685 145,828 43,519 38,196 81,715 227,544
Dry bulk
Ores 11,079 3,558 14,637 148 37 185 14,822
Coal 36,605 951 37,555 1,001 1,056 2,057 39,612
Agricultural products 8,876 3,541 12,417 881 668 1,549 13,966
Other dry bulk 7,103 6,934 14,037 13,491 3,116 16,606 30,643
All dry bulk traffic 63,663 14,984 78,647 15,521 4,877 20,398 99,045
All bulks
Bulk fuels 109,325 64,094 173,419 43,694 37,568 81,263 254,681
Other bulks 32,482 18,575 51,056 15,346 5,504 20,850 71,907
All bulk traffic 141,806 82,669 224,475 59,040 43,073 102,113 326,588
Other general cargo

Forestry products 5,047 107 5,154 82 6 89 5,243
Iron and steel products 2,838 3,214 6,052 63 68 131 6,182
General cargo & containers <20' 2,239 930 3,169 718 1,564 2,283 5,451
All other general cargo traffic 10,123 4,251 14,374 864 1,638 2,502 16,876
Containers
20' containers 9,465 7,548 17,013 425 534 959 17,972
40' containers 15,685 12,838 28,523 791 786 1,578 30,101
Containers >20' & <40' 377 156 533 6 1 7 541
Containers >40' 2,428 913 3,340 44 13 57 3,397
All container traffic 27,956 21,455 49,410 1,266 1,335 2,601 52,011
Roll-on/roll-off (self-propelled)
Road goods vehicles and trailers 21,979 14,847 36,827 3,647 3,707 7,354 44,181
Import/export motor vehicles 2,329 1,524 3,853 71 79 151 4,004
Live animals on the hoof - - - - - - -
Other mobile self-propelled units 18 39 57 3 1 3 60
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 24,327 16,410 40,737 3,721 3,787 7,508 48,244
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled)

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 13,036 8,688 21,724 5,852 6,130 11,982 33,705
Unaccompanied caravans, agricultural 555 157 711 11 12 23 734
and industrial vehicles
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port 7,795 3,207 11,002 14 8 21 11,023
trailers, and barges
Other mobile non self-propelled units 19 11 29 168 176 344 373
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 21,404 12,062 33,466 6,044 6,326 12,370 45,836
All traffic 225,617 136,846 362,462 70,935 56,159 127,094 489,556
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1.8 Major ports coastwise traffic, by route and cargo category: 2009
Thousand tonnes
Inwards to major ports of United Kingdom from:
Northern Channel Isle of Unspec- All

England Wales Scotland Ireland Islands Man ified coastwise
Liquid bulks 16,316 4,668 14,111 17 - - - 35,112

Dry bulks 1,514 375 2,433 691 3 2 - 5,018
Other general cargo 33 23 82 41 - - - 179
Container traffic 714 - 383 162 6 - - 1,266
Ro-ro traffic 2,704 - 2,659 4,132 101 168 - 9,765
All traffic 21,281 5,066 19,669 5,044 110 170 - 51,340
Outwards from major ports of United Kingdom to:
Northern Channel Isle of Unspec- All

England Wales Scotland Ireland Islands Man ified coastwise
Liquid bulks 23,505 6,799 2,977 2,130 172 108 - 35,691

Dry bulks 2,708 150 712 1,183 54 12 - 4,819
Other general cargo 382 4 44 18 - 12 - 460
Container traffic 623 - 292 299 120 1 - 1,335
Ro-ro traffic 2,679 - 2,407 4,448 285 293 - 10,113
All traffic 29,897 6,953 6,432 8,078 631 426 - 52,418
1.9 Major ports one-port traffic, by cargo category: 2009

Thousand tonnes
All one-port
Cargo category Type of cargo One-port area of traffic Inwards Outwards traffic
Liquid bulk Crude oil1 UK offshore oil and gas 7,453 1,612 9,065
installations
All other liquid bulks UK offshore oil and gas 954 893 1,847
installations
All liquid bulk traffic 8,407 2,505 10,912
Dry bulk Other dry bulk UK sea bed 10,471 - 10,471

(sea dredged aggregates)
Other dry bulk UK offshore oil and gas 32 58 90
installations
All dry bulk traffic 10,503 58 10,560
Other general All other general cargo UK offshore oil and gas 684 1,178 1,863
installations
All one-port traffic 19,594 3,741 23,335
1 Outwards traffic mostly ship to ship transfer where ultimate destination unknown
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1.10(a) Major ports of United Kingdom, by cargo category and
country of loading or unloading: 2009
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulks Dry bulks Other general cargo
Country of loading or Inwards Outwards All Inwards Outwards All Inwards Outwards All
unloading to UK from UK traffic to UK from UK traffic to UK from UK traffic
(i) Short Sea countries
European Union ( as at 1 Jan 2007)

Belgium 1,804 3,286 5,090 608 497 1,105 373 259 632
Bulgaria 2 - 2 4 16 19 2 - 2
Cyprus - 158 158 - - - 2 4 7
Denmark 2,027 1,084 3,111 423 45 468 30 25 54
Estonia 641 59 700 813 12 825 80 7 87
Finland 292 146 439 1,317 403 1,720 1,389 71 1,460
France 2,668 5,968 8,636 2,273 776 3,049 159 61 220
Germany 2,387 5,828 8,215 1,068 2,012 3,080 814 413 1,227
Greece - 134 134 80 100 180 10 3 13
Irish Republic 349 4,102 4,451 128 378 506 17 45 62
Italy 210 357 567 146 116 262 89 69 158
Latvia 687 97 784 6,889 21 6,910 319 1 320
Lithuania 209 17 226 205 2 208 128 20 148
Malta - 306 306 - - - - - -
Netherlands 4,773 19,398 24,171 3,248 2,044 5,292 871 189 1,061
Poland 111 258 369 794 854 1,648 190 16 206
Portugal 355 507 862 135 1,094 1,229 68 32 100
Romania 19 - 19 16 1 18 3 - 3
Slovenia 34 - 34 - - - - - -
Spain 356 1,970 2,326 1,607 2,293 3,900 472 282 754
Sweden 3,565 1,004 4,570 225 216 441 1,697 137 1,835
All European Union 20,490 44,679 65,170 19,980 10,881 30,861 6,715 1,634 8,349
Other Europe & Mediterranean

Algeria 2,770 2 2,772 - 65 65 - 110 110
Egypt 1,371 58 1,428 283 441 724 31 28 59
Israel 16 - 16 21 1 22 - 3 3
Libyan Arab 3,691 49 3,740 1 4 6 8 15 23
Morocco 3 298 301 125 121 246 - 107 107
Norway 21,458 895 22,352 2,758 416 3,174 658 457 1,115
Russia 6,627 140 6,767 10,087 66 10,153 335 61 396
Syria 286 - 286 - - - - 29 30
Turkey 1,122 176 1,298 90 922 1,013 157 142 300
Other countries EU 1,877 358 2,235 285 24 309 135 12 147
All Other European & Med. 39,221 1,975 41,196 13,649 2,061 15,710 1,324 965 2,289
All short sea countries 59,711 46,654 106,366 33,629 12,942 46,571 8,039 2,599 10,638
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1.10(b) Major ports of United Kingdom, by cargo category and
Thousand tonnes
Container traffic Ro-Ro traffic All traffic
(i) Short Sea countries
European Union ( as at 1 Jan 2007)

Belgium 667 1,608 2,274 8,420 3,628 12,048 11,872 9,278 21,150
Bulgaria 25 - 25 - - - 33 16 48
Cyprus 81 110 191 - 11 11 83 283 367
Denmark 47 15 62 1,010 761 1,771 3,537 1,929 5,466
Estonia 21 14 35 23 16 39 1,578 108 1,686
Finland 330 190 520 101 151 253 3,430 962 4,392
France 346 495 841 17,948 10,754 28,702 23,394 18,054 41,448
Germany 279 503 782 1,093 424 1,517 5,642 9,180 14,821
Greece 144 83 227 1 21 22 235 342 577
Irish Republic 265 865 1,129 4,465 4,958 9,423 5,223 10,348 15,571
Italy 849 155 1,004 - 117 117 1,295 813 2,108
Latvia 22 27 49 - - - 7,917 146 8,064
Lithuania 112 37 149 - - - 654 76 730
Malta 14 47 61 - 2 2 14 355 369
Netherlands 3,185 1,648 4,834 9,372 5,109 14,481 21,449 28,389 49,838
Poland 61 6 67 - 13 13 1,156 1,147 2,302
Portugal 349 95 444 11 10 21 919 1,737 2,656
Romania 12 - 12 - - - 51 1 52
Slovenia - - - - - - 34 - 35
Spain 686 569 1,255 407 182 588 3,528 5,295 8,824
Sweden 167 112 279 2,321 1,288 3,609 7,976 2,758 10,734
All European Union 7,662 6,578 14,240 45,172 27,445 72,617 100,019 91,217 191,236
Other Europe & Mediterranean

Algeria 1 2 3 - - - 2,771 179 2,950
Egypt 298 294 592 - 9 9 1,983 830 2,813
Israel 420 188 609 - 21 21 457 213 670
Libyan Arab - 5 5 - 2 2 3,700 76 3,776
Morocco 26 40 66 - 2 2 154 568 723
Norway 69 114 184 116 217 333 25,059 2,099 27,158
Russia 250 134 383 - 23 23 17,299 423 17,722
Syria 5 8 13 - 4 4 292 42 333
Turkey 1,216 274 1,490 8 31 39 2,594 1,545 4,139
Other countries 177 148 325 1 3 4 2,474 545 3,019
All Other European & Med. 2,463 1,207 3,671 125 312 437 56,782 6,520 63,302
All short sea countries 10,125 7,785 17,910 45,296 27,757 73,053 156,801 97,738 254,538
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1.10(c) Major ports of United Kingdom, by cargo category and
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulks Dry bulks Other general cargo
(ii) Deep Sea countries

Africa ( excluding Mediterranean countries)
Nigeria 1,627 1,070 2,697 - - - 7 39 46
South Africa 136 165 301 2,238 23 2,261 76 2 79
Other African countries 1,143 634 1,778 256 39 295 166 110 276
All Africa 2,906 1,869 4,776 2,494 62 2,556 250 151 401
America
Brazil 748 195 943 8,053 161 8,214 184 116 300
Canada 19 1,120 1,139 1,997 31 2,028 266 6 272
Chile - 1,148 1,148 5 - 5 37 11 48
Colombia 43 513 556 4,255 - 4,255 149 - 149
Jamaica 57 - 57 247 - 247 - 1 1
Mexico 38 77 115 - - - 18 1 19
Tinidad & Tobago 1,681 - 1,681 - 11 11 - 3 3
USA 1,595 13,591 15,186 5,539 271 5,811 46 293 339
Venezuela 1,624 - 1,624 177 6 183 - 1 1
Other American Countries 414 1,830 2,244 1,512 40 1,551 555 45 599
All America 6,219 18,474 24,693 21,784 520 22,304 1,255 477 1,732
Asia (excluding Mediterranean countries)
China (except Hong Kong) 6 16 22 2 587 589 105 1 107
Hong Kong - - - - - - - - -
India 203 107 310 - 397 397 28 21 49
Indonesia 42 - 42 1,272 43 1,315 1 6 7
Japan - - - - - - 53 - 53
Kuwait 1,579 - 1,579 - - - - - -
Malaysia 88 3 91 187 110 297 - 21 22
Mauritius - - - 182 - 182 - - -
Saudi Arabia 678 76 754 - - - - 3 3
Singapore 922 54 976 - - - 11 5 15
South Korea 267 321 588 - 137 137 72 434 506
Taiwan 10 - 10 - - - 25 - 25
United Arab Emirates 358 82 440 - - - 2 1 2
Other Asian countries 4,913 - 4,913 48 181 229 2 482 484
All Asia 9,066 659 9,724 1,692 1,455 3,146 299 974 1,273
Australasia
Australia 66 17 83 3,840 - 3,840 280 46 326
Other Australian countries 176 12 187 225 4 229 1 1 2
All Australasia 241 29 270 4,065 4 4,069 281 47 328
All deep sea countries 18,432 21,031 39,463 30,034 2,042 32,076 2,084 1,649 3,734
Unspecified - - - - - - - 2 2
Foreign 78,143 67,685 145,828 63,663 14,984 78,647 10,123 4,248 14,372
Domestic 43,519 38,196 81,715 15,521 4,877 20,398 864 1,638 2,502
All foreign and domestic traffic 121,663 105,881 227,544 79,184 19,860 99,045 10,987 5,889 16,876
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1.10(d) Major ports of United Kingdom, by cargo category and
Thousand tonnes
Container traffic Ro-Ro traffic All traffic
(ii) Deep Sea countries

Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Nigeria 13 313 327 - 5 5 1,648 1,427 3,075
South Africa 1,065 224 1,288 - 36 36 3,515 450 3,965
Other African countries 269 315 584 1 75 76 1,835 1,174 3,009
All Africa 1,347 852 2,199 1 116 117 6,998 3,050 10,048
America
Brazil 460 46 505 - 16 16 9,444 533 9,977
Canada 771 404 1,176 - 22 22 3,053 1,583 4,635
Chile 425 20 445 - - - 466 1,179 1,645
Colombia 56 57 114 - - - 4,504 570 5,074
Jamaica 8 16 23 - - - 312 17 328
Mexico 179 57 236 - - - 235 135 369
Tinidad & Tobago 2 42 44 - - - 1,683 56 1,739
USA 1,448 1,331 2,780 107 372 479 8,736 15,859 24,595
Venezuela - - - - - - 1,801 8 1,809
Other American Countries 610 234 844 - 5 5 3,091 2,153 5,243
All America 3,959 2,207 6,166 107 415 522 33,324 22,092 55,416
Asia (excluding Mediterranean countries)
China (except Hong Kong) 5,597 2,790 8,387 1 - 1 5,712 3,395 9,106
Hong Kong 796 1,262 2,059 - 17 17 796 1,279 2,075
India 1,140 1,019 2,160 21 3 23 1,392 1,547 2,939
Indonesia 36 - 36 - - - 1,351 49 1,399
Japan 272 163 435 143 14 157 468 177 645
Kuwait 4 - 4 - 2 2 1,583 2 1,585
Malaysia 996 688 1,685 1 5 6 1,273 828 2,101
Mauritius 71 1 72 - 1 1 253 2 255
Saudi Arabia 56 217 274 - 17 17 735 312 1,047
Singapore 1,085 1,460 2,544 - 9 10 2,018 1,528 3,546
South Korea 231 265 496 151 8 160 721 1,166 1,887
Taiwan 320 376 696 - 1 1 355 377 732
United Arab Emirates 223 975 1,198 - 19 19 583 1,077 1,659
Other Asian countries 1,256 1,242 2,499 8 17 25 6,227 1,922 8,150
All Asia 12,084 10,460 22,544 326 113 439 23,466 13,661 37,127
Australasia
Australia 342 117 459 1 63 64 4,528 243 4,771
Other Australian countries 57 3 60 - 8 8 458 28 486
All Australasia 399 120 519 1 71 72 4,986 271 5,257
All deep sea countries 17,789 13,639 31,428 435 714 1,149 68,775 39,074 107,849
Unspecified countries 42 31 73 - - - 42 34 75
All foreign countries 27,914 21,424 49,338 45,731 28,471 74,203 225,575 136,812 362,387
All domestic traffic 1,266 1,335 2,601 9,765 10,113 19,878 70,935 56,159 127,094
All foreign and domestic traffic 29,221 22,789 52,011 55,496 38,585 94,081 296,551 193,005 489,556
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1.11 Major ports of United Kingdom, by area of loading or unloading: 2009
Thousand tonnes/Percentage
Domestic EU All other short All deep sea All routes

sea countries countries (inc unspecified)
Total % Total % Total % Total % Total (=100%)
Aberdeen 3,640 80 303 7 551 12 76 2 4,570

Belfast 8,085 67 2,975 25 169 1 820 7 12,050
Boston 50 7 620 88 33 5 - - 702
Bristol 968 11 3,203 36 1,609 18 3,220 36 8,999
Cairnryan 2,572 100 - - - - - - 2,572
Cardiff 1,367 69 441 22 127 6 57 3 1,992
Clyde 2,926 23 1,419 11 3,978 32 4,229 34 12,552
Cromarty Firth 1,276 45 657 23 122 4 808 28 2,864
Dover 152 1 24,719 99 - - 216 1 25,087
Dundee 72 9 355 44 98 12 286 35 810
Felixstowe 668 3 4,997 21 2,181 9 16,420 68 24,267
Fishguard - - 366 100 - - - - 366
Fleetwood 1,327 100 - - - - - - 1,327
Forth 9,016 25 17,400 47 1,831 5 8,443 23 36,690
Fowey 30 4 540 70 203 26 - - 774
Glensanda 1,439 26 4,152 74 - - - - 5,591
Goole 6 0 1,542 94 85 5 1 0 1,635
Great Yarmouth 380 58 143 22 135 21 1 0 659
Grimsby and Immingham 5,937 11 25,404 46 9,978 18 13,390 25 54,708
Harwich 68 2 2,807 95 28 1 39 1 2,942
Heysham 2,767 89 334 11 - - - - 3,102
Holyhead 7 0 2,687 94 - - 158 6 2,852
Hull 274 3 7,718 79 1,145 12 633 7 9,771
Ipswich 526 19 2,078 74 140 5 70 3 2,814
Larne 4,291 100 2 - 4 0 - - 4,297
Liverpool 9,523 32 8,806 29 4,080 14 7,526 25 29,936
London 10,326 23 21,354 47 6,043 13 7,563 17 45,442
Londonderry 246 15 823 51 247 15 303 19 1,619
Manchester 1,730 26 4,266 64 390 6 285 4 6,670
Medway 1,396 11 4,026 31 2,580 20 5,147 39 13,150
Milford Haven 11,154 28 9,485 24 9,314 24 9,224 24 39,293
Newhaven 152 18 710 82 - - - - 861
Newport 355 13 905 33 1,265 46 209 8 2,734
Orkney - - - - - - - - -
Peterhead 698 88 66 8 24 3 6 1 797
Plymouth 1,298 67 582 30 64 3 - - 1,944
Poole 123 11 1,004 89 - - - - 1,127
Port Talbot 258 5 303 6 109 2 4,486 87 5,156
Portsmouth 675 17 2,463 62 19 1 797 20 3,954
Ramsgate 2 0 1,589 100 - - - - 1,591
Rivers Hull & Humber 4,563 48 990 11 3,902 41 11 0 9,466
River Trent 17 2 875 80 159 15 45 4 1,096
Shoreham 1,268 73 449 26 19 1 - - 1,735
Southampton 8,965 24 5,935 16 9,553 26 12,628 34 37,228
Stranraer 1,177 100 - - - - - - 1,177
Sullom Voe 6,030 54 4,003 36 - - 1,184 11 11,217
Sunderland 260 40 188 29 202 31 1 0 651
Swansea 95 24 208 52 98 25 - - 401
Tees and Hartlepool 15,215 39 14,027 36 1,663 4 8,258 21 39,163
Tyne 394 11 1,904 54 788 22 455 13 3,540
Warrenpoint 1,415 77 407 22 19 1 - - 1,841
England 69,062 21 143,271 43 45,000 14 76,707 23 334,343
Wales 13,236 25 14,396 27 10,914 21 14,134 27 52,794
Scotland 30,229 37 29,362 36 6,604 8 15,885 19 82,081
Great Britain 112,526 24 187,029 40 62,517 13 106,726 23 469,218
Northern Ireland 14,568 72 4,207 21 440 2 1,123 6 20,338
All UK 127,094 26 191,236 39 62,958 13 107,849 22 489,556
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1.12 Major ports of United Kingdom, by flag of carrying vessel: 2009
Thousand tonnes
Foreign traffic Domestic traffic Foreign & domestic traffic
Flag Total % Total % Total %
Liquid bulk
Bahamas 20,554 14 29,874 37 50,428 22

Norway 14,205 10 9,936 12 24,141 11
Liberia 13,302 9 5,633 7 18,934 8
United Kingdom 12,226 8 5,468 7 17,694 8
Isle of Man 11,899 8 5,486 7 17,385 8
Marshall Islands 11,461 8 1,032 1 12,493 6
Sweden 5,105 4 4,381 5 9,486 4
Others 57,077 39 19,905 24 76,982 34
All liquid bulk traffic 145,828 100 81,715 100 227,544 100
Dry bulk
United Kingdom 17,121 22 486 2 17,608 18
Panama 3,145 4 9,594 47 12,740 13
Bahamas 6,132 8 2,077 10 8,209 8
Norway 5,941 8 1,080 5 7,022 7
Antigua & Barbuda 5,328 7 675 3 6,002 6
Liberia 4,679 6 549 3 5,227 5
Hong Kong, China 3,945 5 674 3 4,619 5
Others 32,355 41 5,263 26 37,618 38
All dry bulk traffic 78,647 100 20,398 100 99,045 100
Other general cargo
Antigua & Barbuda 2,345 16 378 15 2,723 16
Netherlands 2,615 18 62 3 2,677 16
Bahamas 763 5 744 30 1,506 9
Norway 1,274 9 3 0 1,277 8
United Kingdom 616 4 426 17 1,042 6
Russia 782 5 115 5 896 5
Sweden 727 5 12 1 739 4
Others 5,253 37 762 31 6,016 36
All other general cargo traffic 14,374 100 2,502 100 16,876 100
Containers
Antigua & Barbuda 10,709 22 0 0 10,709 21
Panama 6,619 13 1,051 40 7,669 15
Germany 6,433 13 10 0 6,443 12
Liberia 5,368 11 260 10 5,628 11
United Kingdom 2,581 5 581 22 3,162 6
Netherlands 2,776 6 167 6 2,943 6
Denmark 2,124 4 0 0 2,124 4
Others 12,801 26 533 21 13,334 26
All container traffic 49,410 100 2,601 100 52,011 100
Roll-on/roll-off (self and non-self propelled)
United Kingdom 27,228 37 6,380 32 33,608 36
Bahamas 9,148 12 791 4 9,939 11
France 9,798 13 0 0 9,798 10
Netherlands 4,726 6 2,878 15 7,604 8
Bermuda 720 1 5,928 30 6,649 7
Denmark 4,889 7 0 0 4,889 5
Norway 1,069 1 2,794 14 3,863 4
Others 16,624 22 1,107 6 17,730 19
All roll-on/roll-off traffic 74,203 100 19,878 100 94,081 100
All traffic
Bahamas 28,873 8 37,995 30 66,868 14
United Kingdom 36,024 10 20,204 16 56,228 12
Norway 34,400 10 4,308 3 38,708 8
Liberia 25,174 7 6,203 5 31,377 6
Panama 15,569 4 11,609 9 27,178 6
Netherlands 21,519 6 4,273 3 25,792 5
Antigua & Barbuda 15,427 4 8,492 7 23,919 5
Others 185,476 51 34,011 27 219,487 45
All traffic 362,462 100 127,094 100 489,556 100
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1.13 Major ports of United Kingdom, by nationality of owner of vessel: 2009
Thousand tonnes
Foreign traffic Domestic traffic Foreign & domestic traffic
Nationality of owner Total % Total % Total %
Liquid bulk
Norway 19,159 13 8,459 10 27,618 12
Bahamas 8,319 6 18,915 23 27,234 12
Liberia 13,955 10 5,451 7 19,406 9
Marshall Islands 12,275 8 5,136 6 17,411 8
Others 92,120 63 43,754 54 135,875 60
All liquid bulk traffic 145,828 100 81,715 100 227,544 100
Dry bulk
United Kingdom 7,065 9 13,318 65 20,383 21
Panama 16,506 21 8 0 16,514 17
Germany 8,766 11 742 4 9,508 10
Norway 4,003 5 2,137 11 6,140 6
Others 42,306 54 4,193 21 46,500 47
All dry bulk traffic 78,647 100 20,398 100 99,045 100
Other general cargo
Germany 3,587 25 103 4 3,690 22
Netherlands 2,537 18 62 3 2,599 15
Norway 1,568 11 815 33 2,383 14
United Kingdom 827 6 463 19 1,289 8
Others 5,856 41 1,059 42 6,915 41
All other general cargo traffic 14,374 100 2,502 100 16,876 100
Containers
Germany 19,202 39 2,014 77 21,215 41
Panama 9,860 20 - 0 9,860 19
Liberia 3,187 7 1 0 3,188 6
Denmark 2,430 5 - 0 2,430 5
Others 14,731 30 586 23 15,317 29
All container traffic 49,410 100 2,601 100 52,011 100
Roll-on/roll-off (self and non-self propelled)
United Kingdom 22,672 31 8,966 45 31,638 34

Netherlands 12,073 16 2,243 11 14,316 15
France 9,830 13 - 0 9,830 10
Cyprus 5,289 7 - 0 5,289 6
Others 24,339 33 8,669 44 33,008 35
All roll-on/roll-off traffic 74,203 100 19,878 100 94,081 100
All traffic
United Kingdom 37,010 10 31,795 25 68,804 14
Germany 47,229 13 4,419 4 51,648 11
Panama 34,929 10 4,486 4 39,415 8
Norway 25,366 7 11,412 9 36,779 8
Others 217,928 60 74,982 59 292,910 60
All traffic 362,462 100 127,094 100 489,556 100
1.14 Minor ports of United Kingdom: 2002 - 2009 1

Number/Thousand tonnes
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008R 2009

Number of minor ports with freight traffic 62 64 64 62 58 61 59 59
Freight traffic
Inwards 9,509 9,823 8,951 9,225 9,227 9,563 8,706 7,047
Outwards 6,324 6,460 5,626 5,172 5,329 5,324 5,381 4,260
All traffic 15,833 16,283 14,577 14,396 14,555 14,886 14,087 11,307
1
Generally ports handling annual tonnage of less than 1 million tonnes (2 million tonnes prior to 2000) for which detailed
port traffic statistics are not collected.
R
Revisions to inwards and outwards traffic for one port. No change to total traffic
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Section 2: Unitised freight traffic
This section presents detailed statistics of the numbers of freight units handled at UK ports
and the tonnage carried by unitised cargo. Estimates of the numbers of units and tonnage
have been used for minor ports, for which detailed traffic returns are not required.
Unitised traffic at all ports in 2009

x UK ports handled 11.7 million main freight units (containers, road goods vehicles,
unaccompanied trailers and shipborne port-to-port trailers/barges) in 2009, 10 per cent
fewer than in 2008. These units carried 142 million tonnes of goods, down 9 per cent on
the previous year. [Table 2.1]
x The number of containers on lo-lo and conventional services totalled 4.5 million units and
52 million tonnes in 2009. This represents a 15 per cent drop in units between 2008 and
2009. [Table 2.1]
x Road goods vehicles and unaccompanied trailers decreased by 8 per cent to 6.5 million
units (79 million tonnes). The latest figure represents an 11 per cent increase in units
since 2000. [Table 2.1]
Container traffic at major ports in 2009

x Felixstowe (3.0 million TEU) and Southampton (1.4 million TEU) were the leading UK
container ports in 2009, followed by London (0.65 million), Liverpool (0.59 million) and
Medway (0.42 million). Note - when comparing container trends please refer to the footnote in Table
2.1 and also Section 2 of Notes to Tables. [Table 2.7]
x Deep sea (non-Europe and Mediterranean) traffic amounted to 4.3 million TEU, 58 per
cent of the total. Felixstowe handled the largest amount (2.0 million TEU), but deep sea
traffic accounted for a greater proportion of total container traffic at Southampton (88 per
cent of TEUs) and Medway (86 per cent). [Table 2.7]
x On a TEU basis, traffic with short-sea countries (Europe and the Mediterranean) made
up 33 per cent of all container traffic in 2009. The largest amounts were handled by
Felixstowe and London, followed by Liverpool and Hull. Domestic container shipments
accounted for 6 per cent of TEUs, the leading ports being Felixstowe (94 thousand),
Forth (77 thousand TEU) and Belfast (62 thousand). [Table 2.7]
x The average load for all containers (loaded and empty) was 13 tonnes inward and 10
tonnes outward in 2009. Empty units made up 44 per cent of all outward container
movements and 7 per cent of all inward movements in 2009. [Table 2.4]
Ro-ro freight traffic at major ports in 2009

x Dover (2.3 million units), Grimsby & Immingham (0.5 million) and Liverpool (0.5 million)
were the leading ports for this traffic. The busiest international routes were to France (40
per cent), the Netherlands (13 per cent), the Irish Republic (11 per cent) and Belgium (7
per cent). Domestic routes carried a further 25 per cent of total traffic. [Tables 2.5 and 2.6]
x UK ports handled 2.8 million trade vehicles in 2009. The leading ports were Grimsby &
Immingham (24 per cent of total traffic), London (18 per cent), Southampton (15 per
cent), and Tyne and Bristol (both 13 per cent). Tyne (296 million) and Southampton (255
million) exported the most trade vehicles. [Table 2.9]
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Chart 2.1 UK major ports, main freight units
by type of unit – percentage shares: 2009
Road goods
Coastwise
vehicles Unaccompanied
5% trailers
Port-to-port trailers
8%
etc.
6%
Containers
3%
Containers
36%
Road goods vehicles

28%
Foreign
Unaccompanied
trailers
14%
Chart 2.2 UK major ports, containers, road goods vehicles and

unaccompanied trailers by foreign route – million units: 2009
All short sea

1.41m
France
2.57m
USA & Canada
0.32m
Road Goods
Vehicles &
China & Unaccompanied
Hong Kong Trailers
1.05m
Containers Netherlands
0.86m
Other deep sea Irish Republic 0.73m
1.36m
Belgium
0.45m
All other foreign

0.25m
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UK port traffic statistics 1965-2009
Although statistics for Northern Ireland ports are not available prior to 1980, long-term
analyses of trends based on totals for Great Britain are also indicative of United Kingdom
trends. The longer-term time series for the tables referred to can be found on the DfT
website.
x The number of main freight units through UK ports has increased from 2.0 million in 1970
to 11.7 million in 2009. Road goods vehicles and unaccompanied trailers rose from less
than 0.4 million in 1970 to 6.5 million in 2009. [Table 2.1]
x Container traffic rose from 1.5 million units in 1970 to 4.5 million in 2009. Note that the
figures for years from 2005 to 2008 are not directly comparable with earlier years, and
exclude several hundred thousand containers loaded using port-to-port trailers that would
previously have been included (see the footnote to Table 2.1 and Section 2 of Notes to
Tables). [Table 2.1]
Chart 2.3 UK port traffic, main freight units by type: 1999-2009
5,500
5,000
4,500
4,000
3,500
Thousand units
3,000
2,500
2,000
Containers on Lo-Lo and conventional services
Road goods vehicles
1,500 Unaccompanied trailers
1,000
500
-
9
9
0
8
9
0
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
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1
Chart 2.4 UK major ports continental & coastwise container traffic: 2009
Thousand units
UK coastwise Inwards 154

traffic Outwards 138
2 To UK 635
Europe
From UK 777
North & Central To UK 194

America From UK 194 3 To UK 1,116
Asia
From UK 836
To UK 74
Africa3
From UK 60
To UK 56
South America
From UK 48
Australasia & To UK 23
Polynesia From UK 8
1
Not including containers to and from unspecified countries
2
3
Excluding traffic with all Mediterranean countries
40
Chart 2.5 UK major ports 'Short Sea' container and roll-on/roll-off traffic by route: 20091
Thousand units
Other Europe & Mediterranean To UK From UK

Containers 274 143
Road goods vehicles 6 8
Unaccompanied trailers - -
Port to Port trailers etc 3 2
Scandinavia & Baltic To UK From UK

Containers 58 76
UK coastwise traffic Inwards Outwards Unaccompanied trailers 106 102
Containers 154 138 Port to Port trailers etc 56 36
Unaccompanied trailers 498 494
Netherlands & Germany To UK From UK

Irish Republic To UK From UK Containers 189 296
Containers 23 54 Road goods vehicles 114 118
Road goods vehicles 184 196 Unaccompanied trailers 325 323
Unaccompanied trailers 172 174 Port to Port trailers etc 110 106
Belgium To UK From UK
Containers 55 163
France To UK From UK
Containers 35 46
Road goods vehicles 1,234 1,259
Port to Port trailers etc - -
1
Not including traffic to and from unspecified countries
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2.1 All ports, freight units by type of unit: 2000 - 2009 1
Foreign and coastwise traffic
Thousand units
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Containers on Lo-Lo and

conventional services 2,3 4,325 4,464 4,506 4,533 4,919 4,754 4,883 5,381 5,269 4,482
Road goods vehicles 3,118 3,317 3,479 3,547 3,857 3,906 4,183 4,295 4,305 3,874
Unaccompanied trailers 2,742 2,687 2,760 2,781 2,734 2,840 2,944 2,989 2,737 2,634
Rail wagons, shipborne

port-to-port trailers & barges 2,3 361 344 348 374 383 665 668 744 657 676
All main freight units 10,546 10,811 11,094 11,235 11,893 12,165 12,678 13,408 12,968 11,667
Other unitised freight:

Import/export vehicles 3,095 3,313 3,662 3,736 3,953 3,978 3,906 4,022 3,592 2,803
Other units 277 225 167 163 145 208 186 244 145 111
All freight units 13,918 14,349 14,923 15,133 15,991 16,351 16,770 17,674 16,705 14,581
Thousand tonnes of goods
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Containers on Lo-Lo and

conventional services 2,3 51,613 51,814 51,178 51,413 56,502 53,949 54,493 60,718 59,734 52,266
Road goods vehicles 35,852 37,706 39,119 38,759 42,896 44,854 46,592 48,233 48,694 44,397
Unaccompanied trailers 38,408 35,678 36,843 37,361 38,087 38,600 39,658 38,534 36,114 34,241
Rail wagons, shipborne

port-to-port trailers & barges 2,3 6,166 4,846 5,294 5,505 5,483 10,064 10,837 11,099 10,800 11,023
All main freight units 132,039 130,043 132,434 133,038 142,969 147,468 151,580 158,583 155,342 141,928
Other unitised freight:

Import/export vehicles 4,083 4,023 4,693 4,839 5,268 5,400 5,566 5,932 5,144 4,004
Other unitised freight 1,646 1,849 1,437 1,497 1,433 1,513 1,803 1,641 8,907 1,167
All unitised traffic 137,768 135,915 138,565 139,374 149,669 154,381 158,949 166,156 169,392 147,099
1
Includes estimates for traffic at minor ports.
2
Containers carried on Ro-Ro vessels by shipborne port-to-port trailer are classified to 'rail wagons,
shipborne port-to-port trailers & barges' or 'Lo-Lo and conventional services'.
3
In 2005 more accurate recording of container/shipborne port-to-port trailer movements meant that the
2005 figures were not directly comparable with earlier years. It is estimated that approximately
300,000 container units, which in earlier years would have been reported as containers, were reported under
'rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers and barges' in 2005.
Please see Section 2 of Notes to Tables for more details.
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2.2 All ports, main freight units1 by route: 2000 - 2009 2
Thousand units
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
All Short Sea 6,335 6,460 6,719 6,833 7,177 7,266 7,548 7,875 7,595 6,939
of which:
Belgium 1,077 1,037 1,238 1,042 1,020 1,028 1,049 1,270 1,201 1,006
Denmark 96 147 135 131 149 154 156 124 100 120
France 1,823 1,968 2,086 2,252 2,465 2,452 2,703 2,722 2,681 2,648
Germany 210 235 257 244 287 221 214 186 176 170
Irish Republic 692 768 773 806 798 881 933 978 907 815
Netherlands 1,233 1,254 1,357 1,501 1,564 1,631 1,664 1,812 1,784 1,423
Scandinavia and Baltic 639 518 400 437 447 476 408 344 302 331
Spain and Portugal 208 208 175 177 161 136 134 140 133 120
Other Mediterranean 358 325 298 242 287 287 287 300 310 307
3
Channel Tunnel 1,133 1,198 1,231 1,285 1,281 1,309 1,296 1,415 1,254 769
All Deep Sea 2,235 2,291 2,321 2,372 2,639 2,702 2,847 3,037 2,955 2,618
of which:
North America 560 549 475 424 435 439 439 379 390 329
Far East 1,044 1,071 1,202 1,324 1,513 1,615 1,744 1,938 1,832 1,613
Africa 171 172 149 148 155 136 133 143 147 136
India and the Gulf 226 241 248 265 310 327 341 358 352 339
Australasia 78 101 91 42 82 77 70 57 51 33
Other Deep Sea 156 158 158 170 144 108 119 161 183 168
Unspecified routes 128 129 116 100 130 148 161 274 283 127
All foreign traffic 8,699 8,880 9,156 9,305 9,946 10,116 10,555 11,186 10,833 9,684
All coastwise traffic 1,847 1,931 1,938 1,929 1,947 2,049 2,123 2,223 2,135 1,983
All routes 10,546 10,811 11,094 11,235 11,893 12,165 12,678 13,408 12,968 11,667
1
Includes containers, road goods vehicles, unaccompanied trailers, rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers
and shipborne barges only
2
Includes estimates of traffic at minor ports.
3
Freight vehicles on shuttles for comparison, but numbers not included in traffic totals.
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2.3 All ports, main freight units1 by port: 2005 - 2009 2
Main freight units (thousand units) Main freight units (thousand tonnes of goods)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Aberdeen 51 49 50 52 48 343 309 328 353 343

Belfast 472 488 500 469 432 6,258 6,406 6,637 6,405 6,019
Boston 11 4 7 2 - 111 59 56 20 -
Bristol 73 64 63 52 52 1,030 993 1,092 912 827
Cairnryan 231 237 240 226 200 3,062 2,948 2,979 2,766 2,411
Cardiff 34 42 28 20 9 248 265 235 160 105
Clyde 36 37 43 34 40 370 398 469 439 447
Dover 2,047 2,325 2,364 2,299 2,293 20,663 23,341 24,582 23,888 24,675
Felixstowe 1,945 2,095 2,281 2,150 2,030 22,717 24,076 25,601 24,931 24,231
Fishguard 47 54 53 49 34 506 594 568 557 364
Fleetwood 131 134 147 136 117 1,615 1,648 1,763 1,558 1,322
Forth 171 168 164 171 151 2,351 2,398 2,572 2,622 2,481
Goole 61 44 36 37 28 887 636 559 518 420
Grimsby & Immingham 732 777 835 821 740 11,879 12,487 13,342 14,188 12,755
Harwich 408 330 322 292 232 3,582 3,539 3,194 3,017 2,377
Heysham 250 281 250 228 222 3,303 3,699 3,289 3,004 2,926
Holyhead 296 315 337 324 273 3,768 3,794 3,128 3,135 2,656
Hull 376 385 409 372 308 4,971 4,983 5,245 4,791 3,914
Ipswich 93 89 39 40 59 1,151 1,096 453 407 756
Larne 385 390 402 381 348 5,168 5,127 5,221 4,950 4,094
Liverpool 837 878 946 928 828 10,873 11,200 11,967 11,673 10,620
London 962 951 1,130 1,117 913 14,590 14,485 15,062 15,110 12,652
Manchester 7 3 1 - - 23 5 3 - 5
Medway 413 354 307 454 255 4,269 3,506 2,975 4,445 3,138
Milford Haven 71 84 94 86 68 1,059 1,086 1,224 1,116 890
Newhaven 34 50 39 47 38 468 687 560 830 629
Newport - - - - - 2 7 3 - -
Orkney 22 21 34 27 28 114 115 149 160 180
Plymouth 13 12 14 10 7 148 137 157 108 77
Poole 69 75 79 83 64 1,041 1,120 990 1,044 827
Portsmouth 3 305 291 298 285 278 3,757 2,884 3,108 2,920 3,056
Ramsgate 153 152 148 162 127 1,842 1,648 1,971 1,941 1,575
Shoreham - - - - - 1 - - - -
Southampton 3 857 904 1,111 960 847 7,799 8,327 10,617 8,689 7,649
Stranraer 105 112 116 115 107 1,165 1,222 1,231 1,190 1,177
Swansea 7 4 - - - 75 36 5 - -
Tees and Hartlepool 232 254 275 272 241 3,657 3,876 4,153 4,191 3,391
Tyne 47 50 59 64 46 486 470 634 626 475
Warrenpoint 94 104 104 98 94 1,837 1,646 1,513 1,693 1,457
Other ports 87 71 83 105 - 279 326 952 984 -

All ports of England 10,064 10,509 11,171 10,826 9,737 120,571 124,589 131,490 128,948 118,422
All ports of Wales 455 498 512 479 385 5,658 5,782 5,163 4,968 4,016
All ports of Scotland 695 689 718 715 672 7,976 8,030 8,560 8,378 7,920
All ports of Great Britain 11,214 11,696 12,402 12,019 10,793 134,205 138,402 145,213 142,294 130,358
All ports of Northern Ireland 951 982 1,007 949 874 13,263 13,178 13,370 13,048 11,569
All ports of United Kingdom 12,165 12,678 13,408 12,968 11,667 147,468 151,580 158,583 155,342 141,928
1
Includes containers, road goods vehicles, unaccompanied trailers, rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers
and shipborne barges only
2
Includes estimates of traffic at minor ports.
3
Excludes traffic to and from the Isle of Wight.
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2.4 Major ports unitised traffic, by category: 2009
Thousand units Thousand tonnes of goods
All units Empty units
In Out All In Out All In Out All
Foreign traffic
Containers
20' containers 721 685 1,406 37 270 307 9,465 7,548 17,013
40' containers 1,244 1,225 2,469 50 589 639 15,685 12,838 28,523
Containers >20' & <40' 19 21 40 - 7 8 377 156 533
Containers >40' 119 114 233 3 59 62 2,428 913 3,340
All container traffic 2,103 2,045 4,148 90 924 1,015 27,956 21,455 49,410
Road goods vehicles and trailers 1,611 1,646 3,258 52 482 534 21,979 14,847 36,827
Passenger cars, motorcycles and
accompanying trailers/caravans 2,375 2,472 4,847 - - - - - -
Passenger buses 55 54 109 - - - - - -
Import/export motor vehicles 1,748 929 2,677 - - - 2,329 1,524 3,853
Live animals on the hoof - - - - - - - - -
Other mobile self-propelled units 3 4 8 - 1 1 18 39 57
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 5,792 5,106 10,898 52 483 535 24,327 16,410 40,737

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 805 791 1,596 41 286 326 13,036 8,688 21,724
Unaccompanied caravans, agricultural and
industrial vehicles 34 19 53 - - - 555 157 711
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, an
barges 346 326 672 5 196 202 7,795 3,207 11,002
Other mobile non self-propelled units 2 2 4 - - - 19 11 29
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 1,187 1,138 2,324 46 482 528 21,404 12,062 33,466
All unitised traffic 9,081 8,289 17,370 188 1,889 2,077 73,687 49,926 123,613
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2.4 (continued) Major ports unitised traffic, by category: 2009
Coastwise traffic
Containers
20' containers 75 66 141 41 16 57 425 534 959
40' containers 77 68 145 23 17 41 791 786 1,578
Containers >20' & <40' - 1 2 - 1 2 6 1 7
Containers >40' 2 3 5 - 2 2 44 13 57
All container traffic 154 138 293 65 36 101 1,266 1,335 2,601
Road goods vehicles and trailers 297 298 595 41 29 70 3,647 3,707 7,354
accompanying trailers/caravans 634 648 1,282 - - - - - -
Passenger buses 15 14 29 - - - - - -
Import/export motor vehicles 59 67 126 - - - 71 79 151
Other mobile self-propelled units 2 1 3 - - - 3 1 3

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 498 494 993 66 53 120 5,852 6,130 11,982
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers,
and barges 2 3 5 - 2 2 14 8 21
Other mobile non self-propelled units 12 13 25 1 1 2 168 176 344
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 521 521 1,041 67 56 123 6,044 6,326 12,370
All unitised traffic 1,683 1,687 3,370 173 121 294 11,030 11,448 22,478
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2.4 (continued) Major ports unitised traffic, by category: 2009
Containers
20' containers 795 751 1,546 78 285 364 9,890 8,082 17,972
40' containers 1,321 1,293 2,614 74 606 679 16,476 13,625 30,101
Containers >20' & <40' 20 22 42 1 8 9 383 158 541
Containers >40' 121 117 239 3 61 64 2,472 925 3,397
All container traffic 2,257 2,183 4,441 155 960 1,116 29,221 22,789 52,011
Road goods vehicles and trailers 1,909 1,944 3,853 92 512 604 25,626 18,555 44,181
accompanying trailers/caravans 3,009 3,120 6,129 - - - - - -
Passenger buses 70 68 138 - - - - - -
Import/export motor vehicles 1,807 996 2,803 - - - 2,401 1,603 4,004
Other mobile self-propelled units 6 5 11 - 1 1 21 39 60

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 1,303 1,286 2,589 107 339 446 18,887 14,818 33,705
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers,
and barges 348 329 676 5 198 203 7,809 3,214 11,023
Other mobile non self-propelled units 14 15 29 1 1 2 187 186 373
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 1,707 1,659 3,366 113 538 651 27,449 18,388 45,836
All unitised traffic 10,764 9,976 20,740 362 2,010 2,371 84,717 61,374 146,092
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2.5 Major ports unitised traffic, main freight units by route: 2009
Thousand units
Shipborne
All containers Road goods vehicles Unaccompanied trailers port-to-port trailers etc.
In Out All In Out All In Out All In Out All
All Short Sea 635 777 1,412 1,611 1,646 3,258 805 790 1,595 345 319 664
of which:
Belgium 55 163 218 69 62 131 163 154 317 172 168 340
Denmark 2 11 13 3 2 5 43 43 86 8 9 17
Finland 17 17 33 - - - 4 4 8 1 1 2
France 35 46 80 1,234 1,259 2,493 38 36 74 - - -
Germany 17 93 110 - 1 1 10 9 19 22 18 40
Greece 10 6 16 - - - - - - - - -
Irish Republic 23 54 78 184 196 380 172 174 346 5 7 12
Italy 47 15 62 - - - - - - - - -
Netherlands 173 203 376 114 117 231 315 314 629 87 88 175
Portugal 18 11 30 - - - - - - - - -
Spain 36 35 71 6 7 14 - - 1 3 2 5
Sweden 7 23 30 1 1 2 53 49 102 45 23 68
Norway 4 6 10 - 1 1 6 6 12 1 2 3
Turkey 92 17 109 - - - - - - - - -
Other Europe & 99 78 177 - - - - - - 1 1 2
Mediterranean
All Deep Sea 1,468 1,268 2,736 - - - - 1 1 1 7 7

of which:
Australia 19 8 27 - - - - - - - 2 2
Canada 58 46 104 - - - - - - - - -
China (exc. Hong Kong) 571 323 894 - - - - - - - - -
Hong Kong 95 63 159 - - - - - - - - -
India 71 47 118 - - - - - - - - -
Japan 28 17 46 - - - - - - - - -
Singapore 98 115 213 - - - - - - - - -
South Africa 53 25 78 - - - - - - - 1 1
South Korea 19 42 61 - - - - - - - - -
Taiwan 28 64 92 - - - - - - - - -
United Arab Emirates 16 56 72 - - - - - - - - -
USA 106 114 220 - - - - 1 1 - 3 4
Other deep sea routes 305 348 652 - - - - - - - - -
All Foreign 2,103 2,045 4,148 1,611 1,646 3,258 805 791 1,596 346 326 672
All Coastwise 154 138 293 297 298 595 498 494 993 2 3 5
All Routes 2,257 2,183 4,441 1,909 1,944 3,853 1,303 1,286 2,589 348 329 676
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2.6 Major ports unitised traffic, main freight units by port: 2009
Thousand units/thousand tonnes
All units Empty units Loaded units Weight of goods
a) Containers
Aberdeen 15 12 27 12 - 12 3 12 15 31 100 132
Belfast 63 62 125 7 29 36 55 33 89 975 605 1,581
Bristol 24 22 46 1 13 14 23 9 32 479 222 700
Cardiff 5 5 9 3 1 4 2 3 5 37 68 105
Clyde 20 20 40 14 1 14 7 19 26 51 396 447
Dover - 1 1 - 1 1 - - - - - 1
Felixstowe 966 891 1,857 36 415 452 929 476 1,405 12,720 9,361 22,082
Forth 68 71 139 24 3 27 44 69 113 715 1,471 2,186
Goole 15 13 28 1 3 4 14 10 24 282 138 420
Grimsby & Immingham 38 38 76 1 21 23 37 16 53 736 245 981
Harwich 1 1 2 - - - 1 1 1 6 17 24
Hull 49 44 93 2 23 24 47 22 69 811 248 1,059
Ipswich - - - - - - - - - 1 3 4
Liverpool 180 178 358 12 51 63 167 127 295 2,338 1,857 4,196
London 179 189 368 4 99 104 175 89 264 3,778 1,738 5,516
Manchester - - - - - - - - - - 5 5
Medway 121 134 255 2 71 74 118 63 181 1,568 1,570 3,138
Orkney 6 7 13 - 5 5 6 2 8 42 15 56
Poole - 4 4 - - - - 4 4 - 26 26
Portsmouth 9 20 28 2 15 17 7 5 12 118 104 222
Southampton 433 407 840 27 183 210 405 224 629 3,614 3,986 7,600
Tees and Hartlepool 52 50 102 5 18 23 47 31 79 699 535 1,234
Tyne 10 10 20 - 5 5 10 5 15 131 43 174
Warrenpoint 4 4 9 - 2 2 4 2 6 87 36 123
England 2,076 2,002 4,078 95 920 1,015 1,980 1,083 3,063 27,283 20,098 47,381
Wales 5 5 9 3 1 4 2 3 5 37 68 105
Scotland 110 110 220 50 8 58 60 102 162 839 1,982 2,821
Great Britain 2,190 2,117 4,307 148 929 1,077 2,042 1,188 3,230 28,159 22,148 50,307
Northern Ireland 67 66 133 7 31 38 60 35 95 1,062 642 1,703
All UK 2,257 2,183 4,441 155 960 1,116 2,102 1,223 3,325 29,221 22,789 52,011
b) Shipborne port-to-port trailers etc.

Aberdeen 2 2 4 - 2 2 2 - 2 14 - 14
Bristol 3 2 6 - - - 3 2 5 110 14 124
Forth 4 4 7 - - - 4 4 7 103 97 200
Grimsby & Immingham 81 80 162 2 37 39 80 43 123 2,111 1,512 3,623
Harwich 6 6 12 - 4 4 5 2 7 119 45 164
Hull 40 38 78 - 31 31 40 7 48 799 166 964
Ipswich 9 10 19 - 8 8 9 1 11 190 33 223
Liverpool 5 7 11 1 - 2 3 7 10 57 163 220
London 146 122 268 1 93 95 144 29 173 3,261 610 3,871
Orkney - 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - 8 8
Southampton 1 7 7 - - - 1 7 7 5 42 48
Tees and Hartlepool 51 50 101 1 22 23 51 28 78 1,041 524 1,565
Tyne - - - - - - - - - - - -
England 342 322 664 5 196 202 337 126 463 7,693 3,109 10,802
Wales - - - - - - - - - - - -
Scotland 6 7 12 - 2 2 5 5 10 116 105 221
Great Britain 348 329 676 5 198 203 342 131 473 7,809 3,214 11,023
All UK 348 329 676 5 198 203 342 131 473 7,809 3,214 11,023
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2.6 (continued) Major ports unitised traffic, main freight units by port: 2009
c) Road goods vehicles
Aberdeen 1 1 1 - - 1 - - - 3 3 6
Belfast 50 56 106 2 3 5 48 53 101 807 896 1,703
Bristol - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cairnryan 60 70 130 7 4 11 53 66 119 680 824 1,504
Dover 1,103 1,150 2,254 29 392 421 1,074 758 1,832 14,982 9,189 24,171
Felixstowe 4 4 8 - 1 1 4 3 7 63 52 115
Fishguard 15 9 24 1 - 1 14 9 23 167 92 259
Fleetwood 20 15 35 4 2 6 16 13 29 235 182 418
Forth - 1 1 - - - - - 1 5 10 15
Grimsby & Immingham 25 30 55 1 14 16 24 16 39 387 451 838
Harwich 61 52 113 2 23 25 59 29 88 767 249 1,015
Heysham 12 11 23 4 3 8 7 8 15 188 185 374
Holyhead 103 124 226 - - - 103 124 226 1,066 1,283 2,349
Hull 22 28 50 2 7 8 20 22 42 283 272 556
Ipswich 3 1 4 - - - 3 1 3 48 12 60
Larne 85 80 165 6 11 17 79 69 148 1,026 937 1,962
Liverpool 64 64 128 9 3 12 55 61 116 1,012 1,194 2,205
London 4 4 9 - 1 2 4 3 7 67 45 111
Medway - - - - - - - - - - - -
Milford Haven 21 15 36 2 1 4 18 14 32 240 169 409
Newhaven 18 17 35 - 3 3 18 14 32 364 225 589
Orkney 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 14 10 24
Plymouth 3 3 7 1 1 2 3 3 5 38 32 70
Poole 30 25 56 2 4 6 28 21 49 454 306 760
Portsmouth 89 74 163 6 15 21 83 59 142 1,242 828 2,070
Ramsgate 57 50 107 2 14 16 55 35 90 828 503 1,330
Stranraer 42 40 82 9 2 11 33 38 72 439 398 837
Tees and Hartlepool 1 1 2 - - - 1 1 2 19 18 36
Tyne 9 13 22 1 4 5 9 8 17 125 117 242
Warrenpoint 3 4 7 - - - 3 4 7 78 73 151
England 1,526 1,544 3,069 63 488 552 1,463 1,055 2,518 21,102 13,859 34,961
Wales 138 148 286 3 2 5 135 146 281 1,473 1,544 3,017
Scotland 106 113 219 18 8 26 88 105 194 1,140 1,246 2,386
Great Britain 1,770 1,805 3,575 85 498 582 1,686 1,307 2,993 23,715 16,649 40,364
Northern Ireland 138 139 278 8 14 22 130 126 256 1,911 1,906 3,816
All UK 1,909 1,944 3,853 92 512 604 1,816 1,433 3,249 25,626 18,555 44,181
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2.6 (continued) Major ports unitised traffic, main freight units by port: 2009
d) Unaccompanied trailers
Aberdeen 7 9 16 2 1 3 6 7 13 89 103 192
Belfast 98 104 202 2 26 28 96 78 174 1,500 1,236 2,735
Bristol - - - - - - - - - 1 1 2
Cairnryan 34 36 70 7 - 7 27 36 63 372 535 907
Dover 19 19 38 - 13 13 19 6 25 410 93 503
Felixstowe 82 83 165 - 38 38 82 45 127 1,309 725 2,034
Fishguard 5 5 10 - - - 5 5 9 56 49 105
Fleetwood 42 40 82 11 1 12 31 39 70 429 476 905
Forth 2 2 3 - - - 2 2 3 39 41 80
Grimsby & Immingham 226 222 448 2 78 80 224 144 368 4,061 3,253 7,314
Harwich 54 51 106 - 28 28 54 23 78 863 310 1,174
Heysham 99 100 199 12 2 14 87 98 185 1,266 1,286 2,552
Holyhead 22 25 46 - - - 22 25 46 122 185 307
Hull 44 43 87 - 16 17 43 27 70 777 558 1,335
Ipswich 17 19 36 - 10 10 17 8 26 317 152 469
Larne 96 86 183 2 19 21 94 68 162 1,160 972 2,131
Liverpool 167 164 330 43 7 50 123 157 280 1,880 2,120 4,000
London 138 131 269 6 75 82 132 56 187 2,287 867 3,154
Medway - - - - - - - - - - - -
Milford Haven 16 17 33 2 1 3 14 16 30 238 243 481
Newhaven 1 1 3 - 1 1 1 1 2 36 4 40
Orkney 5 4 9 - 2 2 5 3 7 70 22 92
Plymouth - - 1 - - - - - - 4 2 6
Poole 2 3 5 - 2 2 2 1 3 29 13 42
Portsmouth 43 44 87 15 6 21 29 38 67 388 375 763
Ramsgate 12 9 21 - 4 4 12 4 16 164 80 244
Southampton - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Stranraer 12 12 24 1 1 2 11 11 22 207 134 340
Tees and Hartlepool 17 18 35 1 7 8 16 11 27 329 226 555
Tyne 2 2 4 - 1 1 2 1 4 38 21 59
Warrenpoint 40 38 78 - - - 40 38 78 447 736 1,183
England 966 949 1,915 90 289 379 876 659 1,536 14,588 10,563 25,151
Wales 43 46 89 2 1 3 41 45 86 416 478 894
Scotland 60 63 123 10 4 14 50 58 108 777 834 1,611
Great Britain 1,069 1,057 2,126 102 294 397 967 763 1,730 15,781 11,875 27,656
Northern Ireland 234 228 462 5 44 49 230 184 413 3,107 2,943 6,050
All UK 1,303 1,286 2,589 107 339 446 1,196 947 2,143 18,887 14,818 33,705
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2.7 Major ports container traffic in TEUs and weight carried, by port and route: 2009
Thousand TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units)/thousand tonnes
Domestic EU All other short All deep sea All routes

countries sea countries countries (inc unspecified)
TEU Weight TEU Weight TEU Weight TEU Weight TEU Weight
Aberdeen 26 117 - - 1 13 - 1 28 132

Belfast 62 454 150 1,113 1 14 - - 213 1,581
Boston - - - - - - - - - -
Bristol - - 47 371 5 43 20 286 72 700
Cardiff - 1 15 97 1 7 - - 15 105
Clyde 29 70 37 351 2 14 4 11 72 447
Felixstowe 94 668 490 2,817 268 2,180 2,014 16,416 3,021 22,082
Forth 77 517 142 1,524 1 10 11 135 231 2,186

Goole - - 56 420 - - - - 56 420
Grimsby and Immingham 4 - 93 669 36 302 1 10 133 981
Harwich - - 2 17 1 7 - - 2 24
Hull - - 182 1,059 - - - - 182 1,059
Ipswich - - - 1 - - - 3 - 4
Liverpool 43 311 209 1,387 38 321 295 2,177 588 4,196
London 4 - 295 2,441 26 323 314 2,718 647 5,516

Medway 1 2 35 189 3 37 365 2,910 423 3,138
Portsmouth - - - - 6 19 51 203 57 222
Southampton 50 230 89 706 11 124 1,222 6,502 1,381 7,600
Tees and Hartlepool 22 77 122 849 28 253 6 55 178 1,234
Tyne 15 70 22 104 - - - - 37 174
Warrenpoint - - 17 123 - - - - 17 123
Other major ports 17 82 2 - - 5 1 1 20 87
England 238 1,385 1,644 11,031 422 3,612 4,288 31,281 6,785 47,381
Wales - 1 15 97 1 7 - - 15 105
Scotland 146 761 179 1,876 4 38 14 147 343 2,821
Great Britain 383 2,147 1,837 13,004 428 3,657 4,303 31,428 7,143 50,307
Northern Ireland 62 454 167 1,236 1 14 - - 230 1,703
All UK 445 2,601 2,004 14,240 429 3,671 4,303 31,428 7,373 52,011
1, 2
2.8 All ports container traffic in TEUs: 1999 - 2009
Thousand TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Size of containers3
20' containers 1,903 1,926 1,796 1,769 1,827 1,756 1,786 1,909 1,835 1,562
40' containers 4,505 4,582 4,792 4,736 5,467 5,383 5,582 6,184 6,190 5,228
Containers >20' & <40' 149 131 122 144 154 79 61 61 46 63
Containers >40' 159 361 523 676 574 569 599 750 693 559
All containers 6,715 7,000 7,234 7,324 8,023 7,788 8,029 8,903 8,764 7,413
1
Containers carried on Ro-Ro vessels by shipborne port-to-port trailer are classified to 'rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port
trailers & barges' from 2000 onwards. Minor port traffic is estimated.
2
Figures for 2005 not directly comparable with earlier years. Please see footnote to Table 2.1 and Section 2 of Notes to Tables
for more details
3
Only two sizes of container were recorded before 2000.
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2.9 Major ports unitised traffic, import/export motor vehicles by port: 2007 - 2009
Thousand vehicles
2007 2008 2009

Belfast 50 4 54 42 4 46 45 3 49
Bristol 434 187 621 394 180 575 269 97 365
Grimsby & Immingham 694 232 926 615 205 819 543 119 662
Heysham - - - 1 19 20 2 18 20
Liverpool 7 41 48 5 32 36 2 33 35
London 466 172 638 458 152 609 379 137 516
Medway 306 25 330 257 9 265 256 9 265
Southampton 210 443 653 148 386 534 152 255 407
Tees & Hartlepool 118 3 120 91 - 91 62 1 63
Tyne 188 367 555 141 375 516 78 296 374
Other major ports 40 35 75 36 45 80 20 28 48
All major ports 2,513 1,509 4,022 2,187 1,405 3,592 1,807 996 2,803
2.10 Major ports unitised traffic, import/export motor vehicles by route: 2007 - 2009
Thousand vehicles
2007 2008 2009

Belgium 526 248 773 301 121 423 416 146 562
France 221 36 257 128 39 167 134 43 177
Germany 480 38 517 594 46 641 366 26 392
Italy 1 120 121 - 91 92 0 87 87
Japan 289 50 339 180 25 206 105 7 111
Netherlands 354 94 448 154 90 244 304 120 424
Portugal 1 14 16 6 7 13 8 7 15
South Korea 105 2 107 330 2 332 111 7 118
Spain 331 116 447 293 101 394 186 64 250
Sweden 33 64 97 39 52 91 48 39 87
USA 8 202 210 19 196 215 32 136 168
Other foreign routes 78 481 560 74 569 642 38 248 286
All foreign routes 2,428 1,465 3,893 2,120 1,338 3,458 1,748 929 2,677
All coastwise routes 85 44 129 67 67 134 59 67 126
All major ports 2,513 1,509 4,022 2,187 1,405 3,592 1,807 996 2,803
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Section 3: Other port statistics
This section presents statistics on international and domestic passengers, accompanied
passenger vehicles and ship arrivals. In addition, there are further freight statistics for each of
the major UK ports, and key summary tables for UK and European ports.
Passenger and ship arrival statistics in 2009

x International sea passenger journeys to and from the UK fell by 1.2 million in 2009 to 23
million. Of these, 21.6 million were short-sea ferry passengers and 1.4 million were cruise
and other long sea journey passengers. [Tables 3.1(a) and 3.2]
x Dover handled 13.1 million ferry passengers in 2009 (5 per cent lower than in 2008). This
represented 60 per cent of all UK international ferry passengers. Passenger traffic
decreased by 7 per cent on East Coast routes and by 5 per cent on each of Thames and
Kent, East Coast and South Coast routes. [Table 3.1(a)]
x In 2009 passenger numbers on UK-France routes decreased by 5 per cent to 16.0
million, compared with 17.0 million Channel Tunnel passengers (4 per cent lower than in
2008). [Tables 3.1(b), 3.2]
x There were 42 million domestic waterborne passengers in 2009 (including sea crossings,
inter-island journeys and river ferries) - 2 per cent up on 2008. Sea crossings increased
by 1.6 per cent to 3.74 million. Passenger numbers were down by 1.5 per cent on GB-Isle
of Man routes and by 1.2 per cent on GB-Northern Ireland routes but up by 5.7 per cent
on GB-Channel Islands routes and by 15 per cent on GB-Orkney and Shetland routes
(where numbers increased on all routes). [Table 3.3]
x Accompanied passenger cars fell by 1.4 per cent to 6.4 million in 2009, with France
accounting for 3.6 million vehicles (56 per cent), followed by Northern Ireland with 1.0
million (16 per cent). [Tables 3.4 and 3.5]
x Ship arrivals at UK ports totalled 119 thousand in 2009, 9 per cent lower than 2008. Total
arrivals included 68 thousand ro-ro, 24 thousand general cargo, 18 thousand tanker and
9 thousand container vessels. [Tables 3.6 and 3.7]
European port statistics in 2008

x In 2008, EU ports handled 3.9 billion tonnes of maritime freight. The UK handled more
than any other EU country, 14.3 per cent of the total, compared with 13.5 per cent for the
Netherlands and 13.4 per cent for Italy. [Table 3.11]
x Four UK ports were among the top 20 European ports in terms of tonnage handled in
2008 - Grimsby & Immingham (7th), London (9th), Tees & Hartlepool (17th) and
Southampton (20th). [Table 3.12(a)]
x Three UK ports were among the largest 20 European container ports (TEUs handled) in
2008 - Felixstowe (8th), Southampton (11th) and London (17th). [Table 3.12(b)]
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Chart 3.1 Accompanied passenger cars, by UK port, foreign
and coastwise traffic: 2009
Other ports
19%
Cairnryan
2%
Liverpool Dover
2% 42%
Plymouth
3%
Hull
3%
Larne
3%
Stranraer
4%
Portsmouth
Belfast 11%
4%
Holyhead
7%
Chart 3.2 Accompanied passenger cars, by foreign and

coastwise routes: 2009
Belgium and Denmark
2%
Spain
Netherlands
2%
5%
Irish Republic
11%
France
56%
Coastwise
24%
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3.1(a) UK international sea passenger movements, by port and port area:1999-2009
Thousands
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Ro-ro ferry passengers on short sea routes
Thames & Kent

London 1 16 15 14 13 11 14 13 12 11 7 8
Ramsgate 50 76 88 117 137 148 193 214 233 222 171
Dover 18,324 16,078 15,857 16,329 14,631 14,275 13,359 13,799 14,258 13,783 13,067
Folkestone 653 440 5 - - - - - - - -
All Thames & Kent 19,043 16,609 15,964 16,459 14,780 14,437 13,566 14,025 14,503 14,012 13,246
South Coast
Newhaven 337 313 337 379 397 361 167 270 329 284 244
Portsmouth 3,487 3,176 3,344 3,406 3,116 3,077 2,631 2,166 2,084 2,087 2,139
Southampton - - - - - 5 3 - - - -
Poole 472 455 586 620 623 520 398 479 469 474 391
Weymouth 56 60 - 8 15 20 21 18 19 15 11
Plymouth 627 583 583 631 603 617 636 564 575 571 491
All South Coast 4,980 4,587 4,851 5,044 4,754 4,600 3,856 3,498 3,476 3,431 3,276
West Coast
Swansea 133 124 122 121 118 116 100 81 - - -
Milford Haven 495 463 388 387 384 378 321 333 379 345 315
Fishguard 830 832 687 662 645 614 590 584 597 554 501
Holyhead 2,541 2,518 2,380 2,371 2,333 2,262 2,173 2,057 2,138 1,996 1,942
Mostyn - - 5 44 48 10 - - - - -
Liverpool 337 293 298 291 269 270 190 162 173 172 171
Other ports 7 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 2 1
All West Coast 4,343 4,234 3,882 3,880 3,802 3,656 3,380 3,221 3,291 3,069 2,930
East Coast
Lerwick 6 6 6 7 13 14 11 10 1 - -
Forth - - - 105 195 192 183 112 110 74 31
Tyne 626 667 745 816 829 767 699 648 638 595 536
Hull 1,022 972 1,006 1,041 994 976 964 1,017 1,010 966 936
Grimsby & Immingham 9 12 13 38 43 43 44 49 63 81 71
Ipswich - 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 4 2 4
Felixstowe 78 86 80 58 19 19 19 16 15 15 9
Harwich 1,272 1,335 1,196 1,268 1,085 1,085 959 857 553 593 585
Other ports 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3
All East Coast 3,016 3,086 3,056 3,342 3,188 3,106 2,891 2,722 2,398 2,329 2,175
All short-sea routes 31,381 28,517 27,753 28,726 26,523 25,799 23,693 23,465 23,668 22,840 21,626
Passengers on long sea journeys
All ports of the United Kingdom 26 26 27 32 25 40 52 58 68 72 55
Passengers on cruises beginning or ending at UK ports 2
All ports of the United Kingdom 445 461 469 540 702 767 935 1,013 1,064 1,341 1,347
of which:
Southampton 211 281 295 331 438 476 637 658 716 889 925
Dover 136 119 100 120 139 154 141 188 175 223 198
Harwich 70 43 68 69 97 91 84 104 104 126 127
Other ports 28 17 4 20 28 46 71 64 69 103 97
All international passengers 3 31,852 29,003 28,249 29,298 27,250 26,605 24,680 24,537 24,800 24,254 23,028
1
Including long sea and cruise passengers for most years between 1957 and 1982
2
Cruise passengers, like other passengers, are included at both departure and arrival if their journey begins and ends at a UK seaport.
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3.1(b) UK international short sea passenger movements by route1, 1999-2009
Thousands
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Thames & Kent

Ramsgate - Ostend 50 76 88 117 137 148 193 214 233 222 171
Dover - Boulogne 12 3 - - - 243 717 738 703 592 358
Dover - Calais 17,152 14,970 14,679 15,406 14,084 13,446 11,827 11,550 11,627 11,058 10,268
Dover - Dunkirk 4 75 306 445 547 586 813 1,512 1,928 2,133 2,432
Dover - Ostend 944 814 663 266 - - - - - - -
Dover - Zeebrugge 213 216 209 212 - - 3 - - - -
Folkestone - Boulogne 653 440 5 - - - - - - - -
Other routes 16 15 14 13 11 14 13 12 11 7 16
All Thames & Kent 19,043 16,609 15,964 16,459 14,780 14,437 13,566 14,025 14,503 14,012 13,246
Channel Tunnel 2 18,498 18,298 17,667 16,643 16,172 16,503 17,005 16,968 17,672 17,738 16,951
South Coast
Newhaven - Dieppe 336 313 337 379 397 361 167 270 268 237 244
Newhaven - Le Havre - - - - - - - - 61 47 -
Portsmouth - Bilbao 210 197 219 212 188 173 220 223 200 193 180
Portsmouth - Caen 965 909 889 894 942 1,049 976 1,047 998 1,022 987
Portsmouth - Cherbourg 952 848 942 939 772 734 339 217 209 171 189
Portsmouth - Le Havre 843 741 803 859 755 631 680 281 296 299 302
Portsmouth - St Malo 517 479 489 502 457 489 416 397 381 403 411
Portsmouth - Santander - - - - - - - - - - 68
Poole - Cherbourg 429 402 510 537 532 437 321 416 407 414 333
Poole - St Malo 42 53 76 84 91 83 76 63 62 52 49
Weymouth - St Malo 56 60 - 8 15 20 21 18 19 15 11
Plymouth - Roscoff 489 458 447 498 478 480 476 414 417 401 409
Plymouth - Santander 134 122 134 129 119 136 158 149 157 169 82
Other routes 7 5 4 4 7 6 4 2 2 8 9
All South Coast 4,980 4,587 4,851 5,044 4,754 4,600 3,856 3,498 3,476 3,431 3,276
West Coast
Swansea - Cork 133 124 122 121 118 116 100 81 - -
Milford Haven3 - Rosslare 495 463 388 387 384 378 321 333 379 345 315
Fishguard - Rosslare 830 832 687 662 645 614 590 584 597 554 501
Holyhead - Dublin 1,193 1,342 1,316 1,354 1,350 1,376 1,327 1,311 1,404 1,374 1,598
Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire 1,348 1,176 1,064 1,017 984 887 847 745 734 622 343
Mostyn - Dublin - - 5 44 48 10 - - - - -
Liverpool - Dublin 337 293 298 291 269 270 190 162 173 172 171
Other routes 7 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 2 1
All West Coast 4,343 4,234 3,882 3,880 3,802 3,656 3,380 3,221 3,291 3,069 2,930
East Coast
Forth (Rosyth) - Zeebrugge - - - 105 195 192 183 112 110 74 31
Tyne - Norway4 205 222 226 237 230 224 195 144 153 119 -
Tyne - Gothenburg 85 88 71 71 79 72 76 56 - - -
Tyne - Ijmuiden 282 357 388 508 520 471 428 448 486 475 536
Hull - Rotterdam 652 592 611 632 604 596 586 616 621 598 587
Hull - Zeebrugge 370 380 395 409 390 380 378 402 389 367 350
Killingholme - Hook of Holland - - - 22 26 26 26 31 44 63 50
Felixstowe - Europort 58 65 56 35 - - - - - - -
Felixstowe - Vlaardingen - - - - - - - 1 15 15 9
Felixtowe - Zeebrugge 5 5 6 3 - - - - - - -
Harwich - Cuxhaven - - - 95 91 116 97 - - - -
Harwich - Esbjerg 184 161 152 129 83 92 86 84 91 85 94
Harwich - Europort - - - 12 37 34 39 37 33 35 21
Harwich - Gothenburg 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Harwich - Hamburg 167 188 163 65 - - - - - - -
Harwich - Hook of Holland 920 986 881 968 875 843 736 736 428 473 469
Other routes 38 48 112 54 58 60 62 55 29 24 27
All East Coast 3,016 3,086 3,056 3,342 3,188 3,106 2,891 2,722 2,398 2,329 2,175
All short-sea routes 31,381 28,517 27,753 28,726 26,523 25,799 23,693 23,465 23,668 22,840 21,626
1
See Notes to Tables
2
Eurotunnel figures not included in table total.
3
Pembroke.
4
Bergen, Haugesand, Kristiansand & Stavanger.
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3.2 UK international short sea passenger movements by country, 1999-2009
Thousands
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Belgium 1592 1507 1379 1129 740 739 778 748 751 676 566
Denmark 188 164 156 132 88 97 91 89 96 90 99
France 22454 19755 19485 20555 19077 18565 16834 16925 17377 16844 16,002
Germany 222 188 164 161 92 117 98 1 1 1 1
Irish Republic 1 4343 4234 3882 3880 3802 3656 3380 3221 3291 3069 2,930
Netherlands 1939 2031 2026 2209 2094 2002 1848 1897 1636 1667 1,685
Norway 208 225 230 241 235 231 200 149 153 120 1
Spain 346 320 355 341 308 310 378 372 357 370 340
Sweden 87 89 73 73 81 75 79 59 5 4 3
Others 3 3 4 3 7 7 8 6 1 - -
All short sea routes 31,381 28,517 27,753 28,726 26,523 25,799 23,693 23,465 23,668 22,840 21,626
1
Includes passengers between Irish Rep & IOM until 1982
3.3 UK domestic waterborne passenger movements by type of route1: 1999-2009

Thousands
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Route type
Sea crossings 4,397 4,275 4,095 4,314 4,436 4,318 3,904 3,798 3,971 3,679 3,737
GB to Northern Ireland
Cairnryan - Larne 740 644 604 651 599 595 602 595 646 628 602
Fleetwood - Larne 51 53 67 67 67 72 62 59 61 58 54
Liverpool - Belfast 142 154 130 137 150 158 167 171 187 190 187
Stranraer - Belfast 1,651 1,458 1,358 1,296 1,363 1,319 1,235 1,212 1,217 1,104 1,101
Stranraer - Larne - - - - - - - - - - -
Troon - Belfast 199 364 362 332 368 303 - - - - -
Troon - Larne - - 1 5 100 120 214 208 231 206 213
Other routes 185 168 138 98 12 10 12 12 9 9 11
Total 2,967 2,840 2,661 2,587 2,657 2,576 2,292 2,257 2,351 2,194 2,167
GB to Isle of Man
Heysham - Douglas 239 240 224 252 261 272 260 269 299 290 284
Liverpool - Douglas 241 286 273 314 324 310 281 265 290 279 276
Other routes 6 6 - 6 5 4 7 - 2 4 4
Total 486 532 496 572 590 586 549 534 591 573 564
GB to Channel Islands
Poole - Jersey/Guernsey 247 204 175 279 263 227 146 115 122 104 112
Portsmouth - Jersey/Guernsey 19 48 49 62 54 50 42 41 43 44 47
Weymouth - Jersey/Guernsey 170 149 205 207 208 186 185 174 179 169 177
Other routes 33 - - - - - - - - - -
Total 470 401 430 548 524 463 374 330 344 317 335
GB to Orkney and Shetland 242 239 208 250 291 339 351 354 354 344 395
Other sea crossings 233 264 300 357 374 354 339 322 331 251 275
2
Inter Island 16,665 16,662 17,120 17,658 18,398 18,627 18,794 19,487 19,416 18,311 18,674
of which:
Hampshire - Isle of Wight 8,547 8,585 8,942 9,025 9,289 9,319 9,401 9,279 9,184 8,594 8,660
All Scottish routes 6,883 6,840 6,942 7,094 7,562 7,762 7,845 7,976 8,011 7,567 7,849
River ferries 17,720 17,282 18,474 17,877 18,537 18,266 18,556 18,093 18,202 19,072 19,659
2
Total 38,782 38,219 39,688 39,850 41,371 41,211 41,254 41,377 41,589 41,062 42,070
1
See Notes to Tables.
2
Revisions to figures from 2006 to 2008. Inter-Island route added.
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3.4 Accompanied passenger vehicles, by port: 1999 - 2009 1
Thousand vehicles
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Accompanied cars:
Belfast 454 437 397 400 403 406 315 316 328 288 276
Cairnryan 182 151 140 153 139 137 140 134 156 154 154
Dover 2,758 2,433 2,396 2,466 2,418 2,507 2,470 2,648 2,838 2,729 2,674
Fishguard 187 194 180 183 157 156 144 140 152 143 137
Forth - - - 28 43 44 43 28 31 21 9
Harwich 273 285 272 280 254 244 207 182 119 109 126
Heysham 121 123 97 86 75 76 67 83 94 82 86
Holyhead 454 500 464 488 501 481 465 452 480 445 465
Hull 215 217 197 186 167 165 173 176 189 186 180
Larne 196 155 149 164 175 174 206 199 232 221 223
Liverpool 125 37 133 148 162 162 129 135 160 152 157
Milford Haven 119 130 114 117 118 111 97 101 120 107 100
Newhaven 78 73 76 78 90 91 44 74 91 99 76
Orkney 51 50 40 49 62 64 67 69 99 86 81
Plymouth 178 175 176 192 187 189 194 176 183 190 165
Poole 163 176 200 234 216 186 119 126 141 156 147
Portsmouth 2 973 934 976 1,011 915 891 770 666 610 678 679
Ramsgate - - - - - 3 11 29 27 28 22
Stranraer 338 270 248 257 239 275 239 250 257 239 244
Swansea 45 41 38 41 41 40 36 29 - - -
Tyne 98 73 63 121 123 113 112 113 103 99 91
Other ports 326 351 274 258 319 301 260 262 270 288 312
All cars 7,336 6,806 6,631 6,939 6,804 6,818 6,305 6,388 6,677 6,498 6,405
Accompanied buses
and coaches:
Dover 157 148 145 148 125 128 108 106 105 98 81
Holyhead 12 13 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 11 10
Portsmouth 10 8 7 7 15 24 20 8 4 8 8
Other ports 33 33 30 33 35 35 34 33 32 26 41
All buses and coaches 212 203 194 201 188 199 175 159 153 143 139
1
Includes estimates for vehicles at minor ports.
2
Excludes traffic to the Isle of Wight.
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1
3.5 Accompanied passenger vehicles: 1999 - 2009
Foreign and coastwise routes
Thousand vehicles
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
(a) Cars
Overseas route:
Belgium 244 260 115 120 111 112 124 129 132 118 97
Denmark 27 23 26 27 22 23 21 48 26 21 26
France 3,954 3,524 3,619 3,727 3,669 3,720 3,449 3,563 3,734 3,712 3,585
Germany 40 22 27 32 19 24 23 - - - -
Irish Republic 854 876 833 878 879 837 773 751 781 723 735
Netherlands 405 422 383 420 390 379 336 330 290 241 305
Scandinavia and Baltic 36 26 15 36 44 31 39 19 21 61 -
of which:
Norway .. 14 6 15 29 9 20 9 21 61 -
Sweden .. 11 8 20 15 21 18 10 - - -
Spain 84 83 93 104 80 81 94 85 88 95 103
All overseas routes 5,644 5,235 5,111 5,344 5,213 5,207 4,861 4,927 5,072 4,972 4,850
2
Channel Tunnel 3,260 2,784 2,530 2,336 2,279 2,101 2,047 2,046 2,142 1,907 1,917
Coastwise route 3
Northern Ireland 4 1,282 1,108 1,078 1,082 1,104 1,138 1,054 1,007 1,089 1,026 1,024
Isle of Man 137 140 136 166 159 157 75 147 183 152 153
Orkneys & Shetlands 4 127 128 104 125 155 156 163 170 196 206 208
Channel Islands 112 159 162 179 128 111 104 90 89 94 103
Other 34 36 39 42 44 48 48 47 49 49 67
All coastwise routes 3 1,692 1,570 1,520 1,594 1,591 1,611 1,444 1,461 1,605 1,526 1,555
All cars 7,336 6,806 6,631 6,939 6,804 6,818 6,305 6,388 6,677 6,498 6,405
(b) Buses and coaches
Overseas route:
Belgium 3 2 2 1 4 4 4 3 4 3 2
Denmark - - - - - 1 - - - - -
France 167 157 153 155 141 152 128 114 110 106 89
Germany - - - - - 1 - - - - -
Irish Republic 18 19 16 17 16 16 17 15 15 14 12
Netherlands 7 7 6 8 7 5 8 7 7 5 5
Scandinavia and Baltic 1 - - 1 1 1 1 - - 1 -
Spain 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -
All overseas routes 196 187 178 183 169 181 159 142 137 131 109
5
Channel Tunnel 82 79 75 72 72 63 77 67 65 61 55
3
Coastwise route
Northern Ireland 4 14 15 14 16 17 17 15 15 15 10 28
Isle of Man 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Orkneys & Shetlands 4 - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Channel Islands - - - - - - - - - - -
Other - - - - - - 1 - - - -
All coastwise routes 3 16 16 16 17 19 18 16 18 16 12 31
All buses and coaches 212 203 194 201 188 199 175 159 153 143 139
1
Includes estimates for vehicles at minor ports.
2
Passenger cars (including minibuses with up to 16 seats) on shuttles for comparison, but numbers not included in totals
3
Excludes traffic to the Isle of Wight.
4
Includes vehicles counted at ports at both GB mainland and island ends of routes.
5
Passenger buses and coaches (excluding minibuses with less than 16 seats) on shuttles for comparison,
but numbers not included in totals.
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3.6 Ship arrivals at UK ports, by type and deadweight: 2009
Tankers Ro-Ro vessels
Deadweight 1- 5,000- 20,000- 100,000+ 1- 5,000- 20,000+

tonnes: 4,999 19,999 99,999 4,999 19,999
Thames and Kent
Colchester - - - - - - -
Brightlingsea - - - - - - -
Wallasea - - - - - - -
London 995 788 250 60 69 2,834 11
Medway 23 24 72 10 87 124 -
Whitstable - - - - - - -
Ramsgate 2 1 3 4 2,106 - -
Dover 1 - - - 7,661 12,731 -
Folkestone - - - - - - -
Other ports - 2 - - - - -
All Thames and Kent 1,021 815 325 74 9,923 15,689 11
Sussex and Hampshire
Newhaven - - - - 773 - -
Shoreham 66 - - - - - -
1
Portsmouth 185 91 7 - 2,317 1,279 -
1
Southampton 1,098 714 285 151 592 146 -
Cowes-IOW - - - - 20 - -
Other ports - - - - 1 - -
All Sussex and Hampshire 1,349 805 292 151 3,703 1,425 -
West Country
Poole 15 - - - 346 821 -
Weymouth 17 56 42 7 236 - -
Teignmouth - - - - - - -
Plymouth 74 138 7 - 413 - -
Fowey - 1 - - - - -
Par - - - - - - -
Falmouth 43 182 323 101 10 15 1
Other ports - - 2 - - - -
All West Country 149 377 374 108 1,005 836 1
Bristol Channel
Bridgwater - - - - - - -
Bristol 26 63 30 - - 78 -
Gloucester & Sharpness - - - - - - -
Newport - - - - 1 1 1
Cardiff 4 138 - - 1 - -
Barry 49 33 - - - - -
Port Talbot 3 6 - - - - -
Neath - - - - - - -
Swansea - 1 - - 1 - -
Other ports - - 1 - - - -
All Bristol Channel 82 241 31 - 3 79 1
West and North Wales
Milford Haven 569 855 354 198 17 692 -
Fishguard 1 - - - 949 - -
Holyhead 2 1 - - 1,431 1,429 -
Mostyn 1 - - - 10 2 -
Other ports - - - - - - -
All West and North Wales 573 856 354 198 2,407 2,123 -
Lancashire and Cumbria
Liverpool 170 101 43 114 671 2,239 101
Garston - - - - - - -
Manchester 408 595 19 - - - -
Fleetwood - - - - 752 - -
Lancaster - - - - - - -
Heysham 30 - - - 1,020 1,025 -
Barrow - 8 - - 3 - -
Workington - - - - 4 - -
Silloth 7 - - - - - -
Other ports - - - - - - -
All Lancashire and Cumbria 615 704 62 114 2,450 3,264 101
Scotland (West Coast)
Stranraer - - - - 2,135 - -
Cairnryan - - - - 2,456 73 -
Ayr - - - - - - -
Clyde 9 153 12 31 6 13 -
1
Excludes arrivals from the Isle of Wight.
See Notes to Tables for details of arrivals and types of vessel excluded
These figures fall outside the scope of National Statistics
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3.6 (continued) Ship arrivals at UK ports, by type and deadweight: 2009
Number of vessels
Fully cellular container vessels Other dry cargo vessels
1- 5,000- 20,000+ 1- 5,000- 20,000- 100,000+ Total all

4,999 19,999 4,999 19,999 99,999 vessels
Thames and Kent
- - - - - - - - Colchester
1 - - 604 - - - 605 Brightlingsea
- - - 31 1 - - 32 Wallasea
252 367 625 1,597 125 244 - 8,217 London
33 65 435 849 438 107 - 2,267 Medway
- - - 22 - - - 22 Whitstable
- - - 39 1 - - 2,156 Ramsgate
- 36 - 7 115 1 - 20,552 Dover
- - - - - - - - Folkestone
- - - 48 1 - - 51 Other ports
286 468 1,060 3,197 681 352 - 33,902 All Thames and Kent
1 - - 31 - - - 805 Newhaven
8 1 - 302 10 - - 387 Shoreham
2
- 38 - 32 159 - - 4,108 Portsmouth
22 197 560 599 349 321 1 5,035 Southampton2
- - - 39 2 - - 61 Cowes-IOW
- - - 19 - - - 20 Other ports
31 236 560 1,022 520 321 1 10,416 All Sussex and Hampshire
West Country
2 - - 140 9 - - 1,333 Poole
1 3 - 11 9 3 1 386 Weymouth
13 - - 207 - - - 220 Teignmouth
20 2 - 249 16 - - 919 Plymouth
- - - 20 6 - - 27 Fowey
- - - - - - - - Par
6 40 41 94 171 262 20 1,309 Falmouth
- - - 99 - 1 - 102 Other ports
42 45 41 820 211 266 21 4,296 All West Country
Bristol Channel
- - - 1 - - - 1 Bridgwater
20 100 19 233 243 161 - 973 Bristol
3 1 - 149 1 1 - 155 Gloucester & Sharpness
23 12 - 263 41 58 - 400 Newport
9 38 - 200 29 4 - 423 Cardiff
3 - - 16 2 - - 103 Barry
1 - 1 25 25 16 40 117 Port Talbot
- - - 1 - - - 1 Neath
8 - - 81 13 - - 104 Swansea
- - - - - - - 1 Other ports
67 151 20 969 354 240 40 2,278 All Bristol Channel
- 3 - 22 18 - - 2,728 Milford Haven
- - - - - - - 950 Fishguard
- - - - - 1 - 2,864 Holyhead
- 2 - - 2 - - 17 Mostyn
3 - - 18 - - - 21 Other ports
3 5 - 40 20 1 - 6,580 All West & North Wales
16 253 239 733 53 176 4 4,913 Liverpool
9 1 - 116 5 - - 131 Garston
16 3 - 259 106 1 - 1,407 Manchester
- - - - - - - 752 Fleetwood
3 - - 160 - - - 163 Lancaster
2 - - 9 - - - 2,086 Heysham
- - - 30 - - - 41 Barrow
3 1 - 49 4 - - 61 Workington
2 - - 68 - - - 77 Silloth
- - - - - - - - Other ports
51 258 239 1,424 168 177 4 9,631 All Lancashire & Cumbria
- - - - - - - 2,135 Stranraer
- - - - - - - 2,529 Cairnryan
3 - - 160 3 - - 166 Ayr
13 228 2 227 225 57 13 989 Clyde
Source: Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit and

individual ports for those vessels not counted by Lloyds
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Tankers Ro-Ro vessels
Deadweight 1- 5,000- 20,000- 100,000+ 1- 5,000- 20,000+
tonnes: 4,999 19,999 99,999 4,999 19,999
Scotland (West Coast) continued
Glensanda - - - - - - -
Other ports 34 15 1 4 238 - -
All Scotland (West Coast) 43 168 13 35 4,835 86 -
Scotland (East Coast)
Orkney 37 3 16 67 1,393 - -
Sullom Voe 7 4 59 119 - - -
Cromarty Firth 11 3 8 25 3 - -
Inverness 125 1 - - - - -
Peterhead 58 6 - - 11 - -
Aberdeen 349 37 - 1 681 - -
Montrose 3 2 - - - - -
Dundee 24 19 - 7 1 - -
Perth - - - - - - -
Forth 695 509 109 184 14 104 -
Scrabster 7 - - - 977 - -
Lerwick 62 1 - - 694 - -
Other ports - - - - 3 - -
All Scotland (East Coast) 1,378 585 192 403 3,777 104 -
North East
Berwick - - - - - - -
Blyth - - - - - - -
Tyne 23 5 - - 357 29 -
Sunderland 67 1 1 - 2 - -
Seaham - - - - - - -
Tees & Hartlepool 1,247 627 118 160 1 485 -
Whitby & Scarborough - - - - - - -
All North East 1,337 633 119 160 360 514 -
Humber
Hull 221 199 33 - 25 930 7
Goole 14 - - - - - -
Rivers Hull & Humber 8 - 29 91 - - -
Grimsby & Immingham 1,224 538 233 89 134 2,507 -
River Trent 16 - - - - - -
River Ouse - - 1 - - - -
All Humber 1,483 737 296 180 159 3,437 7
Wash and NE Anglia
Boston 7 - - - - - -
Wisbech - - - - - - -
Sutton Bridge - - - - - - -
King's Lynn 3 - 1 - 1 - -
Great Yarmouth 47 - - - - - -
Lowestoft 1 - 2 3 1 - -
Other W&NEA - - - - - - -
Haven
Felixstowe 7 5 1 2 100 745 -
Ipswich 56 18 - - 684 1 -
Mistley Quay - - - - - - -
Harwich 41 57 - - 16 1,554 -
Other Haven 12 57 183 162 - - -
All Haven 116 137 184 164 800 2,300 -
All ports of England 6,154 4,271 1,686 954 18,402 27,543 120
All ports of Wales 629 1,034 354 198 2,410 2,124 1
All ports of Scotland 1,421 753 205 438 8,612 190 -
All ports of Great Britain 8,204 6,058 2,245 1,590 29,424 29,857 121
Northern Ireland
Londonderry 25 43 3 - - - -
Larne - - - - 4,054 74 -
Belfast 84 218 15 - 2,494 1,016 -
Warrenpoint - - - - 35 506 -
Other ports - 1 - - - - -
All Northern Ireland 109 262 18 - 6,583 1,596 -
All ports of United Kingdom 8,313 6,320 2,263 1,590 36,007 31,453 121
1
Excludes arrivals from the Isle of Wight. See Notes to Tables for details of arrivals and types of vessel excluded
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Number of vessels
Fully cellular container vessels Other dry cargo vessels
1- 5,000- 20,000+ 1- 5,000- 20,000- 100,000+ Total all
4,999 19,999 4,999 19,999 99,999 vessels
- - - 9 32 56 - 97 Glensanda
1 - 2 245 1 15 5 561 Other ports
17 228 4 641 261 128 18 6,477 All Scotland (West Coast)
1 1 - 110 2 1 3 1,634 Orkney
- - - 3 4 - 8 204 Sullom Voe
1 - - 87 9 2 - 149 Cromarty Firth
- - - 92 - - - 218 Inverness
4 2 - 59 7 - - 147 Peterhead
9 45 1 313 38 2 - 1,476 Aberdeen
7 - - 111 11 - - 134 Montrose
5 2 - 121 10 - - 189 Dundee
- - - 74 - - - 74 Perth
246 192 27 416 74 48 2 2,620 Forth
- 1 - 1 - - - 986 Scrabster
2 - - 172 10 2 - 943 Lerwick
1 - - 77 - - - 81 Other ports
276 243 28 1,636 165 55 13 8,855 All Scotland (East Coast)
North East
5 - - 22 - - - 27 Berwick
45 4 - 152 83 1 - 285 Blyth
65 71 1 242 93 66 - 952 Tyne
3 - - 95 18 - - 187 Sunderland
6 - - 134 2 - - 142 Seaham
117 508 9 596 101 76 61 4,106 Tees & Hartlepool
- - - - - - - - Whitby & Scarborough
241 583 10 1,241 297 143 61 5,699 All North East
Humber
33 50 - 585 151 65 - 2,299 Hull
177 2 - 630 6 - - 829 Goole
17 1 - 373 9 - - 528 Rivers Hull & Humber
140 390 1 1,321 412 238 92 7,319 Grimsby & Immingham
23 - - 612 3 - - 654 River Trent
2 - - 140 - - - 143 River Ouse
392 443 1 3,661 581 303 92 11,772 All Humber
Wash and NE Anglia
7 - - 361 - - - 375 Boston
1 - - 22 - - - 23 Wisbech
7 1 - 197 - - - 205 Sutton Bridge
18 - - 281 1 - - 305 King's Lynn
7 - - 121 4 7 - 186 Great Yarmouth
4 1 - 76 5 - - 93 Lowestoft
- - 1 - - 1 - 2 Other W&NEA
Haven
92 579 1,815 34 20 1 - 3,401 Felixstowe
15 21 - 413 90 - - 1,298 Ipswich
2 - - 54 - - - 56 Mistley Quay
7 32 12 250 26 1 - 1,996 Harwich
1 5 6 7 3 3 1 440 Other ports
117 637 1,833 758 139 5 1 7,191 All Haven
1,227 2,773 3,764 13,564 2,851 1,737 180 85,226 All ports of England
47 55 1 626 130 79 40 7,728 All ports of Wales
293 471 32 2,277 426 183 31 15,332 All ports of Scotland
1,567 3,299 3,797 16,467 3,407 1,999 251 108,286 All ports of Great Britian
Northern Ireland
8 1 - 204 13 13 - 310 Londonderry
- - - 13 - - - 4,141 Larne
33 392 30 982 69 37 1 5,371 Belfast
22 87 - 146 4 - - 800 Warrenpoint
- - - 68 60 1 - 130 Other ports
63 480 30 1,413 146 51 1 10,752 All Northern Ireland
1,630 3,779 3,827 17,880 3,553 2,050 252 119,038 All ports of United Kingdom
Source: Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit and

individual ports for those vessels not counted by Lloyds
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3.7 Ship arrivals at UK ports: 2002 - 2009
Number of vessels
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Thames and Kent

Colchester 2 - - - - 1 2 -
Brightlingsea 317 890 956 1,053 557 362 565 605
Wallasea 93 85 84 75 86 73 65 32
London 10,312 11,719 11,390 11,515 10,412 9,750 9,446 8,217
Medway 3,683 3,568 3,329 3,903 3,452 3,127 2,812 2,267
Whitstable 92 63 64 61 87 59 48 22
Ramsgate 2,286 2,567 2,757 2,951 2,571 2,743 2,585 2,156
Dover 27,554 27,135 25,436 23,777 23,080 23,001 21,987 20,552
Folkestone 1 8 5 6 1 2 - -
Other ports 54 35 38 34 36 38 27 51
All Thames and Kent 44,394 46,070 44,059 43,375 40,282 39,156 37,537 33,902

Newhaven 1,205 1,338 1,203 894 1,034 743 1,047 805
Shoreham 527 511 431 387 427 487 374 387
Portsmouth 5,086 4,438 5,084 4,469 3,302 3,541 3,588 4,108
Southampton 4,646 4,401 5,157 5,894 5,447 5,307 5,264 5,035
Cowes-IOW 112 125 111 110 64 66 62 61
Other ports 90 42 29 41 49 54 59 20
All Sussex and Hampshire 11,666 10,855 12,015 11,795 10,323 10,198 10,394 10,416
West Country
Poole 1,830 1,836 1,716 1,620 1,756 1,623 1,348 1,333
Weymouth 346 352 359 391 367 374 306 386
Teignmouth 385 377 328 317 367 346 308 220
Plymouth 1,103 1,262 1,203 1,108 1,123 1,132 1,085 919
Fowey 444 418 368 386 333 318 94 27
Par 325 273 167 177 126 35 - -
Falmouth 393 356 498 529 614 952 1,470 1,309
Other ports 216 204 147 87 69 158 102 102
All West Country 5,042 5,078 4,786 4,615 4,755 4,938 4,713 4,296
Bristol Channel
Bridgwater 15 14 19 11 15 1
Bristol 1,516 1,643 1,560 1,437 1,363 1,265 1,180 973
Gloucester & Sharpness 231 197 201 183 168 166 157 155
Newport 560 650 761 690 634 555 459 400
Cardiff 553 633 592 583 639 652 614 423
Barry 163 160 162 140 169 158 133 103
Port Talbot 73 131 193 204 208 200 216 117
Neath 58 93 62 50 69 62 18 1
Swansea 423 431 401 339 329 183 130 104
Other ports 17 33 27 38 21 25 13 1
All Bristol Channel 3,609 3,985 3,978 3,675 3,615 3,266 2,920 2,278

Milford Haven 3,224 3,456 3,456 3,360 2,809 2,955 2,986 2,728
Fishguard 1,125 1,162 987 1,109 999 985 998 950
Holyhead 3,291 3,419 3,212 3,194 2,773 2,933 2,895 2,864
Mostyn 708 697 284 97 95 78 114 17
Other ports 201 195 142 124 135 97 42 21
All West and North Wales 8,549 8,929 8,081 7,884 6,811 7,048 7,035 6,580

Liverpool 4,998 5,181 5,283 5,252 5,715 6,759 5,548 4,913
Garston 178 171 144 138 125 110 96 131
Manchester 1,711 1,574 1,672 1,875 2,051 1,942 1,449 1,407
Fleetwood 938 909 951 888 919 931 461 752
Lancaster 212 225 172 145 160 151 134 163
Heysham 2,939 2,390 2,624 2,701 2,884 2,835 2,490 2,086
Barrow 83 85 69 48 33 50 71 41
Workington 185 102 73 91 53 66 63 61
Silloth 81 84 92 81 77 78 75 77
Other ports 1 1 - 1 - - - -
All Lancashire and Cumbria 11,326 10,722 11,080 11,220 12,017 12,922 10,387 9,631

Stranraer 2,411 2,347 2,363 2,261 2,232 2,219 2,174 2,135
Cairnryan 3,295 2,680 2,651 2,522 2,546 2,540 2,543 2,529
Ayr 139 131 166 177 208 160 223 166
Clyde 1,027 1,084 1,084 1,111 1,099 1,147 1,134 989
See Notes to Tables for details of arrivals and types of vessel excluded
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3.7 (continued) Ship arrivals at UK ports: 2002 - 2009
Number of vessels
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Scotland (West Coast) continued

Glensanda 192 143 173 229 192 273 153 97
Other ports 2,079 1,583 1,558 1,250 1,223 1,166 1,041 561
All Scotland (West Coast) 9,143 7,968 7,995 7,550 7,500 7,505 7,268 6,477
Orkney 1,467 1,816 1,772 1,709 1,679 1,692 1,565 1,634
Sullom Voe 334 344 309 280 294 252 267 204
Cromarty Firth 153 133 149 147 175 187 169 149
Inverness 333 337 316 267 223 294 267 218
Peterhead 319 311 241 225 212 190 231 147
Aberdeen 1,692 1,590 1,625 1,611 1,643 1,569 1,549 1,476
Montrose 329 329 334 282 267 205 233 134
Dundee 376 351 335 342 364 293 271 189
Perth 93 97 113 95 110 100 93 74
Forth 3,797 4,110 3,784 3,827 3,585 3,424 3,338 2,620
Scrabster 810 1,072 990 971 975 1,032 963 986
Lerwick 1,052 1,147 1,054 1,001 912 945 963 943
Other ports 167 127 108 98 111 111 93 81
All Scotland (East Coast) 10,922 11,764 11,130 10,855 10,550 10,294 10,002 8,855
North East
Berwick 75 97 58 52 61 45 53 27
Blyth 320 463 442 429 395 358 346 285
Tyne 1,667 1,622 1,685 1,604 1,597 1,557 1,473 952
Sunderland 288 300 290 128 119 213 151 187
Seaham 206 218 203 238 223 216 178 142
Tees & Hartlepool 4,596 4,912 5,054 5,154 5,227 5,176 4,771 4,106
Whitby & Scarborough - 1 - 1 - - - -
Other ports - - - - - - - -
All North East 7,152 7,613 7,732 7,606 7,622 7,565 6,972 5,699
Humber
Hull 3,496 3,586 3,769 3,632 3,270 3,027 2,859 2,299
Goole 1,112 948 1,075 1,282 1,145 1,034 1,005 829
Rivers Hull & Humber 500 546 394 496 433 434 495 528
Grimsby & Immingham 8,744 8,886 8,753 8,720 8,456 8,260 7,970 7,319
River Trent 1,334 1,315 1,364 1,100 1,190 1,261 1,073 654
River Ouse 135 166 151 147 179 188 131 143
Other ports - - -
All Humber 15,321 15,447 15,506 15,377 14,673 14,204 13,533 11,772
Wash and NE Anglia
Boston 456 595 486 430 473 526 407 375
Wisbech 43 38 37 33 48 68 39 23
Sutton Bridge 120 239 289 257 277 326 249 205
King's Lynn 543 552 287 86 185 262 372 305
Great Yarmouth 220 278 266 209 273 266 273 186
Lowestoft 175 179 115 68 126 84 71 93
Other ports 2 - - 2 - 1 1 2
All Wash and NE Anglia 1,559 1,881 1,480 1,085 1,382 1,533 1,412 1,189
Haven
Felixstowe 6,013 4,758 4,406 4,253 4,380 4,007 3,603 3,401
Ipswich 1,866 2,157 2,004 1,715 1,666 1,105 1,108 1,298
Mistley Quay 83 90 67 82 85 91 82 56
Harwich 2,354 2,912 3,017 2,930 2,870 2,409 2,208 1,996
Other ports - - 2 8 39 33 33 440
All Haven 10,316 9,917 9,496 8,988 9,040 7,645 7,034 7,191
All ports of England 108,555 109,470 107,961 105,730 101,661 99,617 93,332 85,226
All ports of Wales 10,379 11,027 10,252 9,890 8,859 8,858 8,605 7,728
All ports of Scotland 20,065 19,732 19,125 18,405 18,050 17,799 17,270 15,332
All ports of Great Britain 138,999 140,229 137,338 134,025 128,570 126,274 119,207 108,286
Northern Ireland
Londonderry 249 312 422 400 476 475 439 310
Larne 4,955 4,196 4,266 4,138 4,153 4,218 4,186 4,141
Belfast 7,467 6,929 6,898 6,242 6,187 6,033 5,645 5,371
Warrenpoint 1,038 1,006 952 1,146 1,310 1,130 914 800
Other ports 219 224 232 231 212 142 160 130
All Northern Ireland 13,928 12,667 12,770 12,157 12,338 11,998 11,344 10,752
All ports of United Kingdom 152,927 152,896 150,108 146,182 140,908 138,272 130,551 119,038
See Notes to Tables for details of arrivals and types of vessel excluded Source: Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit and
These figures fall outside the scope of National Statistics individual ports for those vessels not counted by Lloyds
67
3.8.1 Aberdeen
Foreign and domestic traffic : 2009
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas - - - - - - -
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 7 - 7 1,036 - 1,036 1,044
Other liquid bulk products 210 5 215 54 752 806 1,022
All liquid bulk traffic 217 5 223 1,091 752 1,843 2,065
Dry bulk
Ores 36 36 72 - - - 72
Coal - - - - - - -
Agricultural products - 108 108 3 5 8 115
Other dry bulk 52 10 62 42 40 82 144
All dry bulk traffic 88 153 242 45 45 89 331
All bulks
Bulk fuels 7 - 7 1,036 - 1,036 1,044
Other bulks 298 159 457 99 797 896 1,352
All bulk traffic 305 159 464 1,135 797 1,932 2,396
Other general cargo

Forestry products 15 11 26 - - - 26
Iron and steel products 151 210 361 20 22 42 404
General cargo & containers <20' 10 43 53 453 893 1,346 1,399
All other general cargo traffic 176 264 440 473 915 1,389 1,829
Containers
20' containers 3 5 8 25 92 117 125
40' containers 4 3 6 - - - 6
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
All container traffic 6 8 14 25 92 117 132
Road goods vehicles and trailers - - - 3 3 6 6
Import/export motor vehicles - - - - 2 2 2
Other mobile self-propelled units - - - - - - -
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic - - - 3 5 8 8

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 6 4 11 83 98 181 192
Unaccompanied caravans,
agricultural and industrial vehicles - - - - - - -
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port
trailers, and barges - - - 14 - 14 14
Other mobile non self-propelled units - - - - - - -
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 6 4 11 97 98 195 205
All traffic 494 435 930 1,733 1,908 3,640 4,570
The spreadsheet versions of this table on the DfT web site include additional information in terms of
numbers of units, and the option to filter the data to more easily select the particular information wanted.
www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/ - see ‘Maritime’
68
3.8.2 Belfast
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 11 - 11 50 - 50 61
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 453 - 453 1,859 - 1,859 2,313
Other liquid bulk products 144 3 147 2 - 2 149
All liquid bulk traffic 608 3 610 1,911 - 1,911 2,522
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal 213 12 225 21 4 25 250
Agricultural products 1,236 7 1,243 477 3 480 1,723
Other dry bulk 289 232 521 64 578 642 1,163
All dry bulk traffic 1,738 251 1,988 562 585 1,147 3,136
All bulks
Bulk fuels 676 12 688 1,931 4 1,935 2,623
Other bulks 1,669 241 1,910 543 581 1,124 3,034
All bulk traffic 2,345 253 2,599 2,474 585 3,059 5,657
Other general cargo

Forestry products 114 - 114 3 3 6 120
Iron and steel products 34 - 34 10 10 19 53
General cargo & containers <20' 88 3 91 - 40 40 131
All other general cargo traffic 236 3 239 13 52 65 304
Containers
20' containers 212 53 266 155 22 177 442
40' containers 262 318 580 102 125 227 807
Containers >20' & <40' 46 - 46 6 - 6 52
Containers >40' 153 82 235 39 5 44 279
All container traffic 673 454 1,127 302 151 454 1,581
Road goods vehicles and trailers - - - 807 896 1,703 1,703
Import/export motor vehicles - - - 55 11 66 66
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic - - - 862 907 1,769 1,769

Unaccompanied road goods trailers - - - 1,500 1,236 2,735 2,735
agricultural and industrial vehicles - - - 2 2 3 3
trailers, and barges - - - - - - -
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic - - - 1,501 1,237 2,738 2,738
All traffic 3,254 710 3,965 5,152 2,933 8,085 12,050
69
3.8.3 Boston
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products - - - - - - -
Other liquid bulk products 9 - 9 - - - 9
All liquid bulk traffic 9 - 9 - - - 9
Dry bulk
Ores - 25 25 - - - 25
Coal - - - - - - -
Agricultural products 5 193 198 - 50 50 248
Other dry bulk 64 - 64 - - - 64
All dry bulk traffic 69 218 287 - 50 50 336
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks 78 218 296 - 50 50 346
All bulk traffic 78 218 296 - 50 50 346
Other general cargo

Forestry products 154 - 154 - - - 154
Iron and steel products 203 - 203 - - - 203
General cargo & containers <20' - - - - - - -
All other general cargo traffic 356 - 357 - - - 357
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
All container traffic - - - - - - -
Road goods vehicles and trailers - - - - - - -
Import/export motor vehicles - - - - - - -
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic - - - - - - -

Unaccompanied road goods trailers - - - - - - -
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic - - - - - - -
All traffic 434 218 653 - 50 50 702
70
3.8.4 Bristol
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 1,065 - 1,065 358 - 358 1,423
Other liquid bulk products 194 - 194 1 - 1 195
All liquid bulk traffic 1,259 - 1,259 359 - 359 1,618
Dry bulk
Ores 199 265 464 - - - 464
Coal 3,648 - 3,648 - - - 3,648
Other dry bulk 366 76 441 513 - 513 954
All dry bulk traffic 4,734 637 5,370 513 96 609 5,979
All bulks
Bulk fuels 4,712 - 4,712 358 - 358 5,071
Other bulks 1,280 637 1,917 513 96 609 2,526
All bulk traffic 5,993 637 6,630 872 96 968 7,597
Other general cargo

Iron and steel products 77 2 79 - - - 79
General cargo & containers <20' 1 - 1 - - - 1
All other general cargo traffic 130 2 133 - - - 133
Containers
20' containers 235 107 342 - - - 342
40' containers 215 111 326 - - - 326
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' 29 4 33 - - - 33
All container traffic 479 222 700 - - - 700
Import/export motor vehicles 309 111 420 - - - 420
Other mobile self-propelled units 11 11 22 - - - 22
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 320 122 442 - - - 442

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 1 1 2 - - - 2
agricultural and industrial vehicles - 1 1 - - - 1
trailers, and barges 110 14 124 - - - 124
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 111 16 127 - - - 127
All traffic 7,032 999 8,032 872 96 968 8,999
71
3.8.5 Cairnryan
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Other liquid bulk products - - - - - - -
All liquid bulk traffic - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Agricultural products - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk - - - - - - -
All dry bulk traffic - - - - - - -
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks - - - - - - -
All bulk traffic - - - - - - -
Other general cargo

Forestry products - - - - - - -
Iron and steel products - - - - - - -
All other general cargo traffic - - - - - - -
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
Road goods vehicles and trailers - - - 680 824 1,504 1,504
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic - - - 680 824 1,504 1,504

Unaccompanied road goods trailers - - - 372 535 907 907
agricultural and industrial vehicles - - - - 1 1 1
Other mobile non self-propelled units - - - 71 89 160 160
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic - - - 444 624 1,068 1,068
All traffic - - - 1,123 1,448 2,572 2,572
72
3.8.6 Cardiff
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 98 - 98 1,104 1 1,105 1,203
All liquid bulk traffic 137 - 137 1,104 1 1,105 1,242
Dry bulk
Ores - 121 121 - - - 121
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 23 2 26 249 4 252 278
All bulks
Bulk fuels 98 - 98 1,104 1 1,105 1,203
Other bulks 62 123 186 249 4 252 438
All bulk traffic 160 123 284 1,353 5 1,357 1,641
Other general cargo

Iron and steel products 103 108 211 - 9 9 220
All other general cargo traffic 129 108 237 - 9 9 246
Containers - - - - - - -
20' containers 25 17 41 - - - 41
40' containers 9 36 45 - 1 1 46
Containers >20' & <40' - 1 1 - - - 1
Containers >40' 4 14 17 - - - 17
All container traffic 37 67 104 - 1 1 105

All traffic 326 299 625 1,353 14 1,367 1,992
73
3.8.7 Clyde
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil 2,694 - 2,694 164 - 164 2,858
Oil products 623 374 997 36 795 831 1,827
All liquid bulk traffic 3,317 374 3,691 200 795 995 4,685
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal 4,904 68 4,971 - 1,015 1,015 5,986
Agricultural products 316 12 327 3 7 10 337
Other dry bulk 81 - 81 500 - 500 581
All dry bulk traffic 5,300 80 5,379 503 1,022 1,525 6,904
All bulks
Bulk fuels 8,220 442 8,662 200 1,810 2,010 10,672
Other bulks 396 12 408 503 7 510 918
All bulk traffic 8,616 454 9,070 703 1,816 2,520 11,590
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers 11 50 61 3 16 19 79
40' containers 27 289 316 10 42 52 368
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 8,758 868 9,626 716 2,210 2,926 12,552
74
3.8.8 Cromarty Firth
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil 91 1,357 1,448 1,093 160 1,253 2,701
Oil products 9 - 9 4 - 4 14
All liquid bulk traffic 110 1,357 1,467 1,100 160 1,260 2,727
Dry bulk
Ores - 9 9 - - - 9
Coal 16 - 16 - - - 16
Agricultural products 1 - 1 3 - 3 4
Other dry bulk 45 - 45 - - - 45
All dry bulk traffic 62 9 70 3 - 3 73
All bulks
Bulk fuels 116 1,357 1,473 1,097 160 1,257 2,730
Other bulks 56 9 64 6 - 6 70
All bulk traffic 171 1,366 1,537 1,103 160 1,263 2,800
Other general cargo

Forestry products - 5 5 2 - 2 7
General cargo & containers <20' - 3 3 - 11 11 14
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 195 1,393 1,588 1,105 172 1,276 2,864
75
3.8.9 Dover
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Agricultural products - 20 20 - - - 20
Other dry bulk - - - 152 - 152 152
All dry bulk traffic - 20 20 152 - 152 171
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks - 20 20 152 - 152 171
All bulk traffic - 20 20 152 - 152 171
Other general cargo

General cargo & containers <20' 215 5 220 - - - 220
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
All container traffic - - 1 - - - 1
Road goods vehicles and trailers 14,982 9,189 24,171 - - - 24,171
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 14,984 9,191 24,175 - - - 24,175

agricultural and industrial vehicles 7 11 17 - - - 17
All traffic 15,616 9,320 24,935 152 - 152 25,087
76
3.8.10 Dundee
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil 286 - 286 - - - 286
Oil products 53 96 149 4 5 9 158
All liquid bulk traffic 346 96 442 4 5 9 451
Dry bulk
Ores 11 - 11 - - - 11
Coal 4 - 4 - - - 4
Other dry bulk 165 - 165 9 - 9 175
All bulks
Bulk fuels 343 96 439 4 5 9 448
Other bulks 199 45 244 39 19 58 302
All bulk traffic 542 141 683 43 25 68 751
Other general cargo

Forestry products 43 - 43 2 - 2 46
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 587 151 738 45 26 72 810
77
3.8.11 Felixstowe
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 11 - 11 - - - 11
All liquid bulk traffic 11 - 11 - - - 11
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 10 - 10 - - - 10
All dry bulk traffic 10 - 10 - - - 10
All bulks
Bulk fuels 11 - 11 - - - 11
Other bulks 10 - 10 - - - 10
All bulk traffic 21 - 21 - - - 21
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers 4,971 3,867 8,838 52 79 131 8,969
40' containers 7,315 5,125 12,440 283 246 530 12,969
Containers >20' & <40' 21 2 23 - - - 23
Containers >40' 77 36 112 1 6 7 119
All container traffic 12,383 9,030 21,413 337 331 668 22,082
Road goods vehicles and trailers 63 52 115 - - - 115

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 1,309 725 2,034 - - - 2,034
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 1,309 725 2,034 - - - 2,034
All traffic 13,789 9,810 23,599 337 331 668 24,267
78
3.8.12 Fishguard
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

agricultural and industrial vehicles - 1 2 - - - 2
All traffic 224 142 366 - - - 366
79
3.8.13 Fleetwood
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
Import/export motor vehicles - - - - 4 4 4

agricultural and industrial vehicles - - - - 1 1 1
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic - - - 429 477 906 906
All traffic - - - 665 663 1,327 1,327
80
3.8.14 Forth
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 6 1,294 1,300 3 736 739 2,039
Crude oil - 18,161 18,161 - 5,460 5,460 23,621
Oil products 886 2,738 3,624 403 1,405 1,808 5,432
Other liquid bulk products 115 410 525 6 290 296 821
All liquid bulk traffic 1,007 22,604 23,611 412 7,891 8,303 31,913
Dry bulk
Ores - 27 27 - - - 27
Coal 1,345 - 1,345 1 - 1 1,346
Agricultural products 57 19 76 11 - 11 86
Other dry bulk 194 19 213 162 6 167 381
All bulks
Bulk fuels 2,237 22,194 24,430 407 7,601 8,008 32,438
Other bulks 366 476 842 178 295 474 1,315
All bulk traffic 2,603 22,669 25,272 586 7,896 8,482 33,754
Other general cargo

General cargo & containers <20' 17 5 22 4 7 11 33
Containers
20' containers 130 427 556 73 45 119 675
40' containers 234 562 796 171 224 395 1,191
Containers >20' & <40' 33 120 153 - - - 153
Containers >40' 72 91 163 1 2 4 167
All container traffic 470 1,199 1,669 245 272 517 2,186
Import/export motor vehicles 7 - 7 - - - 7

All traffic 3,474 24,200 27,674 835 8,181 9,016 36,690
81
3.8.15 Fowey
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 45 698 743 - 30 30 774
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks 45 698 743 - 30 30 774
All bulk traffic 45 698 743 - 30 30 774
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 45 698 743 - 30 30 774
82
3.8.16 Glensanda
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk - 4,152 4,152 - 1,439 1,439 5,591
All dry bulk traffic - 4,152 4,152 - 1,439 1,439 5,591
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks - 4,152 4,152 - 1,439 1,439 5,591
All bulk traffic - 4,152 4,152 - 1,439 1,439 5,591
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic - 4,152 4,152 - 1,439 1,439 5,591
83
3.8.17 Goole
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
All liquid bulk traffic 23 - 23 2 - 2 25
Dry bulk
Ores 5 3 7 - - - 7
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 211 6 216 - 4 4 221
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks 238 8 247 2 4 6 253
All bulk traffic 238 8 247 2 4 6 253
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers 24 40 63 - - - 63
40' containers 71 16 87 - - - 87
Containers >20' & <40' 11 2 12 - - - 12
Containers >40' 176 81 257 - - - 257

All traffic 1,266 363 1,629 2 4 6 1,635
84
3.8.18 Great Yarmouth
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products - - - 149 - 149 149
Dry bulk
Ores - 7 7 - - - 7
Coal - - - 24 - 24 24
Other dry bulk 189 3 192 11 - 11 203
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - 173 - 173 173
Other bulks 219 36 255 139 2 140 396
All bulk traffic 219 36 255 312 2 314 569
Other general cargo

General cargo & containers <20' 1 - 1 66 - 66 67
All other general cargo traffic 23 1 24 66 - 66 90
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 242 37 279 378 2 380 659
85
3.8.19 Grimsby & Immingham
Thousand tonnes

Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 66 175 241 45 3 48 289
Crude oil 3,826 - 3,826 3,398 - 3,398 7,224
Oil products 5,490 4,785 10,276 760 1,429 2,189 12,465
Other liquid bulk products 838 168 1,006 39 86 125 1,130
Dry bulk
Ores 3,821 37 3,859 - - - 3,859
Coal 11,986 572 12,557 - - - 12,557
Agricultural products 964 466 1,430 7 40 47 1,477
Other dry bulk 687 34 721 12 106 118 839
All dry bulk traffic 17,458 1,109 18,567 19 146 165 18,732
All bulks
Bulk fuels 21,368 5,532 26,900 4,203 1,432 5,634 32,535
Other bulks 6,310 705 7,015 57 233 290 7,305
All bulk traffic 27,679 6,237 33,915 4,260 1,664 5,924 39,839
Other general cargo

Forestry products 268 1 270 - 2 2 272
All other general cargo traffic 730 268 999 4 8 13 1,011
Containers
20' containers 225 72 297 - - - 297
40' containers 342 127 469 - - - 469
Containers >20' & <40' 5 4 8 - - - 8
Containers >40' 166 41 206 - - - 206
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 1,163 640 1,803 - - - 1,803

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 4,061 3,253 7,314 - - - 7,314
trailers, and barges 2,111 1,512 3,623 - - - 3,623
Other mobile non self-propelled units 1 - 2 - - - 2
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 6,208 4,865 11,074 - - - 11,074
All traffic 36,517 12,254 48,771 4,264 1,673 5,937 54,708
86
3.8.20 Harwich
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 13 - 13 4 - 4 17
All liquid bulk traffic 138 155 293 52 17 68 362
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Agricultural products 4 64 67 - - - 67
All dry bulk traffic 4 64 67 - - - 67
All bulks
Bulk fuels 13 - 13 4 - 4 17
Other bulks 129 219 348 48 17 64 412
All bulk traffic 141 219 360 52 17 68 429
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers 3 9 12 - - - 12
40' containers 3 5 8 - - - 8
Containers >20' & <40' - 1 1 - - - 1
Containers >40' - 3 4 - - - 4
Road goods vehicles and trailers 767 249 1,015 - - - 1,015
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 771 282 1,053 - - - 1,053

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 863 310 1,174 - - - 1,174
Other mobile non self-propelled units - 1 1 - - - 1
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 985 359 1,343 - - - 1,343
All traffic 1,975 899 2,874 52 17 68 2,942
87
3.8.21 Heysham
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products - - - 8 - 8 8
All liquid bulk traffic - - - 8 - 8 8
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - 8 - 8 8
All bulk traffic - - - 8 - 8 8
Other general cargo

General cargo & containers <20' - - - 19 76 95 95
All other general cargo traffic 38 - 38 19 76 95 133
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
Road goods vehicles and trailers 11 7 18 178 178 356 374
Import/export motor vehicles - 2 2 2 16 18 20
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 11 9 20 180 194 374 394

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 133 143 276 1,133 1,143 2,276 2,552
agricultural and industrial vehicles - - - 5 9 14 14
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 133 143 276 1,138 1,152 2,290 2,566
All traffic 182 152 334 1,345 1,422 2,767 3,102
88
3.8.22 Holyhead
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Other liquid bulk products - - - 7 - 7 7
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 186 - 186 - - - 186
All dry bulk traffic 186 - 186 - - - 186
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks 186 - 186 7 - 7 193
All bulk traffic 186 - 186 7 - 7 193
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
Road goods vehicles and trailers 1,066 1,283 2,349 - - - 2,349
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 1,066 1,283 2,349 - - - 2,349

All traffic 1,375 1,470 2,845 7 - 7 2,852
89
3.8.23 Hull
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 245 - 245 - - - 245
All liquid bulk traffic 905 799 1,704 58 56 114 1,817
Dry bulk
Ores 37 141 179 - - - 179
Coal 1,335 32 1,367 - - - 1,367
Other dry bulk 522 12 534 147 2 149 684
All bulks
Bulk fuels 1,580 32 1,612 - - - 1,612
Other bulks 1,393 1,118 2,511 208 66 274 2,785
All bulk traffic 2,973 1,150 4,123 208 66 274 4,397
Other general cargo

General cargo & containers <20' 29 23 52 1 - 1 53
Containers
20' containers 141 35 175 - - - 175
40' containers 49 13 63 - - - 63
Containers >20' & <40' 103 3 106 - - - 106
Containers >40' 519 197 716 - - - 716
All container traffic 811 248 1,059 - - - 1,059

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 777 558 1,335 - - - 1,335
All traffic 7,004 2,493 9,496 209 66 274 9,771
90
3.8.24 Ipswich
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 106 - 106 139 40 180 286
All liquid bulk traffic 109 - 109 139 40 180 289
Dry bulk
Ores 13 10 23 - - - 23
Coal - - - - - - -
Agricultural products 208 663 870 3 129 132 1,002
Other dry bulk 390 5 395 200 14 215 610
All dry bulk traffic 611 677 1,288 203 143 346 1,634
All bulks
Bulk fuels 106 - 106 139 40 180 286
Other bulks 614 677 1,291 203 143 346 1,637
All bulk traffic 720 677 1,397 342 183 526 1,923
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers 1 2 3 - - - 3
40' containers 1 1 2 - - - 2
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

agricultural and industrial vehicles - - 1 - - - 1
All traffic 1,392 896 2,288 342 183 526 2,814
91
3.8.25 Larne
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - 10 10 10
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 6 - 6 1 - 1 8
All dry bulk traffic 6 - 6 1 10 11 17
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks 6 - 6 1 10 11 17
All bulk traffic 6 - 6 1 10 11 17
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
Road goods vehicles and trailers - - - 1,026 937 1,962 1,962
Import/export motor vehicles - - - 6 - 7 7
Other mobile self-propelled units - - - 3 1 3 3
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic - - - 1,035 938 1,972 1,972

Unaccompanied road goods trailers - - - 1,160 972 2,131 2,131
agricultural and industrial vehicles - - - 3 - 3 3
Other mobile non self-propelled units - - - 95 79 174 174
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic - - - 1,257 1,051 2,308 2,308
All traffic 6 - 6 2,293 1,998 4,291 4,297
92
3.8.26 Liverpool
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil 3,914 - 3,914 7,037 - 7,037 10,951
Oil products 123 14 137 155 2 157 295
All liquid bulk traffic 4,441 101 4,542 7,200 13 7,213 11,755
Dry bulk
Ores 56 1,808 1,863 113 - 113 1,976
Coal 1,981 - 1,981 - - - 1,981
Other dry bulk 209 34 243 453 35 488 731
All dry bulk traffic 4,502 1,849 6,351 595 86 681 7,032
All bulks
Bulk fuels 6,018 14 6,033 7,192 2 7,194 13,227
Other bulks 2,925 1,936 4,861 603 97 700 5,561
All bulk traffic 8,943 1,950 10,893 7,795 99 7,894 18,788
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers 884 478 1,362 18 137 155 1,517
40' containers 1,382 1,135 2,517 53 101 154 2,671
Containers >20' & <40' 1 4 6 - 1 1 7
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
Road goods vehicles and trailers 827 996 1,822 185 198 383 2,205
Import/export motor vehicles 7 13 20 1 35 37 57
Other mobile self-propelled units - 12 12 - - - 12
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 833 1,021 1,854 186 233 420 2,274

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 1,520 1,609 3,129 360 510 870 4,000
Other mobile non self-propelled units 16 8 24 2 8 10 35
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 1,593 1,781 3,374 362 519 881 4,255
All traffic 14,017 6,396 20,413 8,433 1,091 9,523 29,936
93
3.8.27 London
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 277 21 298 94 1 95 393
Crude oil 2,989 - 2,989 1,987 - 1,987 4,976
Oil products 9,328 1,490 10,817 1,341 362 1,703 12,520
All liquid bulk traffic 13,076 1,720 14,796 3,460 430 3,890 18,686
Dry bulk
Ores 23 498 520 19 - 19 540
Coal 1,241 - 1,241 - - - 1,241
Other dry bulk 1,313 1 1,315 6,287 1 6,288 7,603
All dry bulk traffic 4,307 975 5,282 6,324 49 6,373 11,655
All bulks
Bulk fuels 13,834 1,511 15,345 3,422 363 3,785 19,130
Other bulks 3,549 1,184 4,733 6,362 116 6,478 11,211
All bulk traffic 17,383 2,695 20,078 9,784 479 10,263 30,341
Other general cargo

Forestry products 974 9 983 10 - 10 993
Iron and steel products 170 - 170 19 2 21 191
All other general cargo traffic 1,476 254 1,730 61 2 63 1,793
Containers
20' containers 592 534 1,127 - - - 1,127
40' containers 2,149 925 3,074 - - - 3,074
Containers >20' & <40' 58 18 76 - - - 76
Containers >40' 979 259 1,239 - - - 1,239
All container traffic 3,778 1,737 5,515 - - - 5,516

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 2,287 867 3,154 - - - 3,154
trailers, and barges 3,261 610 3,871 - - - 3,871
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 5,548 1,477 7,025 - - - 7,025
All traffic 28,724 6,392 35,116 9,844 482 10,326 45,442
94
3.8.28 Londonderry
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 565 - 565 51 - 51 616
Dry bulk
Ores - 11 11 - - - 11
Coal 287 27 314 27 16 43 358
Other dry bulk 109 14 123 39 5 44 168
All bulks
Bulk fuels 852 27 879 78 16 94 974
Other bulks 459 25 485 109 5 114 599
All bulk traffic 1,312 52 1,364 186 22 208 1,572
Other general cargo

Forestry products 7 3 10 37 - 37 47
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 1,318 55 1,374 224 22 246 1,619
95
3.8.29 Manchester
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 34 44 79 9 9 18 96
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 921 1,991 2,913 429 475 904 3,816
All liquid bulk traffic 1,444 2,857 4,301 510 586 1,096 5,397
Dry bulk
Ores - 51 51 - - - 51
Coal 14 1 15 366 - 366 381
Agricultural products - - - 137 - 137 137
Other dry bulk 248 208 456 83 40 123 579
All dry bulk traffic 262 260 522 587 40 627 1,149
All bulks
Bulk fuels 969 2,037 3,006 804 484 1,288 4,294
Other bulks 737 1,080 1,817 293 142 436 2,253
All bulk traffic 1,706 3,117 4,823 1,097 626 1,723 6,547
Other general cargo

Iron and steel products 7 71 78 3 - 3 81
Containers
20' containers - 5 5 - - - 5
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
All container traffic - 5 5 - - - 5

All traffic 1,729 3,211 4,940 1,100 630 1,730 6,670
96
3.8.30 Medway
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 3,184 - 3,184 - - - 3,184
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 814 - 814 - - - 814
All liquid bulk traffic 4,425 - 4,425 - - - 4,425
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal 1,459 - 1,459 - - - 1,459
Agricultural products - 62 62 - 14 14 76
Other dry bulk 565 58 623 1,299 71 1,370 1,993
All dry bulk traffic 2,024 120 2,144 1,299 85 1,383 3,527
All bulks
Bulk fuels 5,457 - 5,457 - - - 5,457
Other bulks 992 120 1,112 1,299 85 1,383 2,495
All bulk traffic 6,449 120 6,570 1,299 85 1,383 7,953
Other general cargo

Forestry products 1,183 34 1,217 8 - 8 1,224
All other general cargo traffic 1,423 218 1,641 10 - 10 1,651
Containers
20' containers 626 462 1,088 - 1 1 1,089
40' containers 942 1,105 2,047 - 2 2 2,049
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
All container traffic 1,568 1,568 3,136 - 2 2 3,138

All traffic 9,790 1,963 11,753 1,309 87 1,396 13,150
97
3.8.31 Milford Haven
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 4,443 151 4,594 456 23 479 5,072
Crude oil 8,845 - 8,845 5,649 - 5,649 14,494
Oil products 3,611 10,185 13,795 165 4,817 4,982 18,778
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk - - - 37 - 37 37
All dry bulk traffic 6 - 6 45 - 45 52
All bulks
Bulk fuels 16,899 10,336 27,234 6,269 4,840 11,109 38,344
Other bulks 6 - 6 45 - 45 52
All bulk traffic 16,905 10,336 27,241 6,314 4,840 11,154 38,395
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 17,385 10,753 28,138 6,314 4,840 11,154 39,293
98
3.8.32 Newhaven
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 2 79 81 152 - 152 232
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks 2 79 81 152 - 152 232
All bulk traffic 2 79 81 152 - 152 232
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 402 308 710 152 - 152 861
99
3.8.33 Newport
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores 13 243 256 - - - 256
Coal 1,183 8 1,191 - - - 1,191
Other dry bulk 88 - 88 339 - 339 427
All dry bulk traffic 1,340 251 1,591 345 - 345 1,936
All bulks
Bulk fuels 1,183 8 1,191 - - - 1,191
Other bulks 157 243 400 345 - 345 744
All bulk traffic 1,340 251 1,591 345 - 345 1,936
Other general cargo

Iron and steel products 260 444 705 6 3 10 714
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 1,684 695 2,379 351 3 355 2,734
100
3.8.34 Orkney
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas - 19 19 - - - 19
Crude oil - 1,834 1,834 - 1,150 1,150 2,983
Oil products 2 - 2 23 - 23 24
All liquid bulk traffic 2 1,853 1,854 23 1,150 1,172 3,026
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - 5 5 5
Coal 1 - 1 - - - 1
Other dry bulk - - - 6 - 6 6
All dry bulk traffic 1 - 1 6 5 11 12
All bulks
Bulk fuels 3 1,853 1,855 23 1,150 1,172 3,027
Other bulks - - - 6 5 11 11
All bulk traffic 3 1,853 1,855 29 1,155 1,184 3,039
Other general cargo

General cargo & containers <20' 4 - 4 7 10 17 21
Containers
20' containers - - - 42 15 56 56
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
All container traffic - - - 42 15 56 56
Import/export motor vehicles - - - - - 1 1

agricultural and industrial vehicles - - - - - 1 1
trailers, and barges - - - - 8 8 8
All traffic 7 1,853 1,859 162 1,220 1,382 3,241
101
3.8.35 Peterhead
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 2 - 2 305 2 307 309
Other liquid bulk products 3 - 3 28 38 66 69
All liquid bulk traffic 5 - 5 333 39 373 377
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 7 2 10 13 19 32 42
All bulks
Bulk fuels 2 - 2 305 2 307 309
Other bulks 10 39 49 41 67 108 157
All bulk traffic 12 39 51 346 69 415 466
Other general cargo

Containers -
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 17 82 99 465 233 698 797
102
3.8.36 Plymouth
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 89 - 89 1,128 - 1,128 1,216
All liquid bulk traffic 89 - 89 1,128 - 1,128 1,216
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Agricultural products 172 - 172 - - - 172
Other dry bulk 85 216 302 38 133 171 473
All bulks
Bulk fuels 89 - 89 1,128 - 1,128 1,216
Other bulks 257 216 474 38 133 171 644
All bulk traffic 346 216 562 1,165 133 1,298 1,861
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 395 251 646 1,165 133 1,298 1,944
103
3.8.37 Poole
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 11 114 125 75 21 96 221
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks 15 128 143 75 23 98 241
All bulk traffic 15 128 143 75 23 98 241
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - 26 26 26
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
All container traffic - - - - 26 26 26

All traffic 557 447 1,004 75 48 123 1,127
104
3.8.38 Port Talbot
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores 3,154 - 3,154 - - - 3,154
Coal 1,734 - 1,734 54 - 54 1,788
Other dry bulk - - - 27 177 204 204
All dry bulk traffic 4,888 - 4,888 81 177 258 5,146
All bulks
Bulk fuels 1,734 - 1,734 54 - 54 1,788
Other bulks 3,154 - 3,154 27 177 204 3,358
All bulk traffic 4,888 - 4,888 81 177 258 5,146
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 4,896 2 4,898 81 177 258 5,156
105
3.8.39 Portsmouth
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk - - - 289 - 289 289
All dry bulk traffic - - - 289 - 289 289
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks - - - 289 - 289 289
All bulk traffic - - - 289 - 289 289
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers 118 104 222 - - - 222
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
Road goods vehicles and trailers 1,240 820 2,060 2 8 10 2,070
Import/export motor vehicles - - - 6 8 14 15
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 1,240 820 2,060 8 16 25 2,085

Unaccompanied road goods trailers 296 106 402 92 269 361 763
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic 296 107 403 92 269 361 764
All traffic 2,235 1,043 3,279 389 285 675 3,954
106
3.8.40 Ramsgate
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 14 - 14 2 - 2 16
All dry bulk traffic 14 - 14 2 - 2 16
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks 14 - 14 2 - 2 16
All bulk traffic 14 - 14 2 - 2 16
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
Road goods vehicles and trailers 828 503 1,330 - - - 1,330
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 828 503 1,330 - - - 1,330

All traffic 1,006 583 1,589 2 - 2 1,591
107
3.8.41 Rivers Hull and Humber
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil 3,966 - 3,966 4,522 - 4,522 8,488
All liquid bulk traffic 3,966 - 3,966 4,522 - 4,522 8,488
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 23 21 44 10 - 10 54
All bulks
Bulk fuels 3,966 - 3,966 4,522 - 4,522 8,488
Other bulks 539 238 777 13 29 41 818
All bulk traffic 4,505 238 4,743 4,535 29 4,563 9,306
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 4,664 238 4,902 4,535 29 4,563 9,466
108
3.8.42 River Trent
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Other liquid bulk products 29 2 31 - - - 31
All liquid bulk traffic 29 2 31 - - - 31
Dry bulk
Ores 59 - 59 7 - 7 66
Coal 22 101 123 - - - 123
Agricultural products 4 - 4 - - - 4
Other dry bulk 262 134 396 6 - 6 402
All bulks
Bulk fuels 22 101 123 - - - 123
Other bulks 354 136 490 13 - 13 503
All bulk traffic 375 237 613 13 - 13 625
Other general cargo

Iron and steel products 298 117 416 4 - 4 420
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 723 356 1,079 17 - 17 1,096
109
3.8.43 Shoreham
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products - - - 197 - 197 197
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 140 - 140 1,027 - 1,027 1,166
All dry bulk traffic 140 96 235 1,027 43 1,070 1,305
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - 197 - 197 197
Other bulks 140 96 235 1,027 43 1,070 1,305
All bulk traffic 140 96 235 1,223 43 1,266 1,502
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 362 105 467 1,225 43 1,268 1,735
110
3.8.44 Southampton
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 53 348 400 58 34 93 493
Crude oil 7,435 319 7,754 5,893 528 6,421 14,175
Oil products 4,037 6,213 10,250 832 448 1,280 11,530
Dry bulk
Ores 7 60 67 10 11 21 88
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 48 95 143 761 18 779 923
All dry bulk traffic 161 622 783 771 142 912 1,696
All bulks
Bulk fuels 11,524 6,880 18,405 6,784 1,010 7,793 26,198
Other bulks 352 1,159 1,511 794 147 941 2,452
All bulk traffic 11,876 8,040 19,916 7,578 1,156 8,734 28,650
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers 1,201 1,237 2,438 39 101 140 2,578
40' containers 2,259 2,616 4,874 69 21 91 4,965
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' 45 11 57 - - - 57
Import/export motor vehicles 263 626 889 - 1 1 890
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 263 626 889 - 1 1 890

Unaccompanied road goods trailers - 1 1 - - - 1
Other mobile non self-propelled units 2 1 2 - - - 2
All traffic 15,663 12,599 28,262 7,686 1,280 8,965 37,228
111
3.8.45 Stranraer
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic - - - 646 531 1,177 1,177
112
3.8.46 Sullom Voe
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas - 35 35 - - - 35
Crude oil - 5,152 5,152 840 5,190 6,030 11,181
All liquid bulk traffic - 5,187 5,187 840 5,190 6,030 11,217
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
All bulks
Bulk fuels - 5,187 5,187 840 5,190 6,030 11,217
All bulk traffic - 5,187 5,187 840 5,190 6,030 11,217
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic - 5,187 5,187 840 5,190 6,030 11,217
113
3.8.47 Sunderland
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products - - - 255 - 255 255
Dry bulk
Ores - - - - - - -
Coal - - - - - - -
Other dry bulk 80 143 223 - 1 1 224
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - 255 - 255 255
Other bulks 80 143 223 - 1 1 224
All bulk traffic 80 143 223 255 1 256 479
Other general cargo

Iron and steel products 82 - 82 1 - 1 82
General cargo & containers <20' 1 - 1 - 3 3 4
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 248 144 392 256 4 260 651
114
3.8.48 Swansea
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - 20 20 - - - 20
Coal 69 47 116 - 21 21 137
Other dry bulk 82 19 101 73 - 73 174
All bulks
Bulk fuels 69 47 116 - 21 21 137
Other bulks 82 39 121 73 - 73 194
All bulk traffic 151 86 237 73 21 94 331
Other general cargo

Forestry products 50 7 57 - 1 1 58
Containers
20' containers - - - - - - -
40' containers - - - - - - -
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -

All traffic 213 93 306 73 22 95 401
115
3.8.49 Tees and Hartlepool
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas 218 706 924 329 117 446 1,370
Crude oil 383 5,287 5,671 200 13,115 13,315 18,986
Oil products 1,444 346 1,789 96 206 301 2,091
Other liquid bulk products 982 1,323 2,305 278 260 538 2,843
All liquid bulk traffic 3,027 7,662 10,689 902 13,698 14,600 25,289
Dry bulk
Ores 3,644 31 3,676 - 5 5 3,681
Coal 3,253 82 3,335 - - - 3,335
Other dry bulk 271 547 819 141 370 511 1,330
All bulks
Bulk fuels 5,297 6,421 11,719 624 13,438 14,062 25,781
Other bulks 4,898 1,901 6,799 419 635 1,054 7,853
All bulk traffic 10,195 8,323 18,518 1,043 14,074 15,117 33,635
Other general cargo

Iron and steel products 136 1,669 1,805 - 9 9 1,814
All other general cargo traffic 352 1,685 2,037 2 20 22 2,059
Containers
20' containers 171 145 316 14 - 14 330
40' containers 227 329 556 59 1 60 616
Containers >20' & <40' 72 1 73 - - - 73
Containers >40' 154 59 213 2 - 2 215
All container traffic 624 534 1,158 75 1 77 1,234

trailers, and barges 1,041 524 1,565 - - - 1,565
All traffic 12,623 11,325 23,948 1,120 14,095 15,215 39,163
116
3.8.50 Tyne
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Oil products 7 6 13 27 - 27 39
Other liquid bulk products 7 23 30 3 - 3 33
All liquid bulk traffic 14 29 43 30 - 30 73
Dry bulk
Ores - 131 131 - - - 131
Coal 1,912 - 1,912 - - - 1,912
Other dry bulk 19 - 19 274 - 274 293
All bulks
Bulk fuels 1,918 6 1,925 27 - 27 1,951
Other bulks 28 233 262 277 2 280 541
All bulk traffic 1,947 239 2,186 304 2 306 2,492
Other general cargo

Containers
20' containers 8 2 10 4 1 4 14
40' containers 76 18 94 43 23 66 160
Containers >20' & <40' - - - - - - -
Containers >40' - - - - - - -
Import/export motor vehicles 78 295 373 - 1 1 374
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic 202 412 614 - 1 1 615

All traffic 2,409 737 3,146 360 34 394 3,540
117
3.8.51 Warrenpoint
Thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Crude oil - - - - - - -
Dry bulk
Ores - 25 25 - 5 5 31
Coal - - - - - - -
All bulks
Bulk fuels - - - - - - -
Other bulks 177 25 203 75 5 80 283
All bulk traffic 177 25 203 75 5 80 283
Other general cargo

General cargo & containers <20' - 4 4 - - - 4
Containers
20' containers 4 1 5 - - - 5
40' containers 1 - 1 - - - 1
Containers >20' & <40' 27 - 28 - - - 28
Containers >40' 54 35 89 - - - 89

Unaccompanied road goods trailers - - - 447 736 1,183 1,183
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic - - - 447 736 1,183 1,183
All traffic 360 66 426 600 814 1,414 1,841
118
3.9 Major ports, miscellaneous statistics: 2009
(a) All foreign and domestic traffic (c) Foreign and domestic non-oil traffic
Thousand Percent Thousand Percent

tonnes tonnes
Grimsby & Immingham 54,708 10.9 Grimsby & Immingham 34,731 12.7
London 45,442 9.1 London 27,553 10.0
Milford Haven 39,293 7.8 Dover 25,087 9.1
Tees and Hartlepool 39,163 7.8 Felixstowe 24,256 8.8
Southampton 37,228 7.4 Liverpool 18,691 6.8
Forth 36,690 7.3 Tees and Hartlepool 16,717 6.1
Liverpool 29,936 6.0 Southampton 11,030 4.0
Dover 25,087 5.0 Belfast 9,676 3.5
Felixstowe 24,267 4.8 Hull 9,526 3.5
Medway 13,150 2.6 Medway 9,151 3.3
Clyde 12,552 2.5
Belfast 12,050 2.4 All above ports 186,417 67.9
Sullom Voe 11,217 2.2
Hull 9,771 2.0 All major UK ports 274,487 100.0
Rivers Hull and Humber 9,466 1.9
Bristol 8,999 1.8
Manchester 6,670 1.3
Glensanda 5,591 1.1 (d) Foreign and coastwise road goods vehicles and trailers
Port Talbot 5,156 1.0
Aberdeen 4,570 0.9
Larne 4,297 0.9 Thousand Percent
Portsmouth 3,954 0.8 units
Tyne 3,540 0.7
Orkney 3,241 0.6
Heysham 3,102 0.6 Dover 2,291 35.2
Harwich 2,942 0.6 Grimsby & Immingham 503 7.7
Cromarty Firth 2,864 0.6 Liverpool 458 7.0
Holyhead 2,852 0.6 Larne 348 5.3
Ipswich 2,814 0.6 Belfast 308 4.7
Newport 2,734 0.5 London 278 4.3
Holyhead 273 4.2
All above ports 463,346 92.5 Portsmouth 250 3.8
Heysham 222 3.4
Other major UK ports 26,210 5.2 Harwich 219 3.4
Minor UK ports 11,307 2.3 All above ports 5,149 79.1
All ports of United Kingdom 500,863 100.0 All ports of United Kingdom 6,508 100.0
(b) Foreign and domestic oil and gas traffic (e) Foreign and coastwise container traffic

tonnes units
Milford Haven 38,344 17.8 Felixstowe 1,857 41.4

Forth 31,092 14.5 Southampton 840 18.7
Southampton 26,198 12.2 London 368 8.2
Tees and Hartlepool 22,446 10.4 Liverpool 358 8.0
Grimsby & Immingham 19,977 9.3 Medway 255 5.7
London 17,889 8.3 Forth 139 3.1
Liverpool 11,246 5.2 Belfast 125 2.8
Sullom Voe 11,217 5.2 Tees and Hartlepool 102 2.3
Rivers Hull and Humber 8,488 3.9 Hull 93 2.1
Clyde 4,685 2.2 Grimsby & Immingham 76 1.7
All above ports 191,583 89.1 All above ports 4,212 94.0
All major UK ports 215,069 100.0 All ports of United Kingdom 4,482 100.0
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3.9 (continued) Major ports, miscellaneous statistics: 2009
(f) Accompanied passenger cars (i) Foreign ports for main freight units loaded and unloaded

units units
Dover 2,674 41.7 Calais (France) 1,759 18.2

Portsmouth 679 10.6 Dublin (Irish Republic) 701 7.2
Holyhead 465 7.3 Zeebrugge (Belgium) 685 7.1
Belfast 276 4.3 Rotterdam (Netherlands) 675 7.0
Stranraer 244 3.8 Dunkerque (France) 516 5.3
Larne 223 3.5 Vlaardingen (Netherlands) 252 2.6
Hull 180 2.8 Shanghai (China) 215 2.2
Plymouth 165 2.6 Singapore (Singapore) 213 2.2
Liverpool 157 2.4 Hoek van Holland (Netherlands) 206 2.1
Cairnryan 154 2.4 Yantian (China) 178 1.8
All ports of United Kingdom 6,405 100.0 All foreign ports 9,673 100.0
(g) International Ro-Ro ferry passenger movements (j) Ship arrivals
Number of Percent Number Percent

passengers of vessels
Dover 13,067 60.4 Dover 20,552 17.3

Portsmouth 2,139 9.9 London 8,217 6.9
Holyhead 1,942 9.0 Grimsby & Immingham 7,319 6.1
Hull 936 4.3 Belfast 5,371 4.5
Harwich 585 2.7 Southampton 5,035 4.2
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 536 2.5 Liverpool 4,913 4.1
Fishguard 501 2.3 Larne 4,141 3.5
Plymouth 491 2.3 Portsmouth 4,108 3.5
Poole 391 1.8 Tees & Hartlepool 4,106 3.4
Pembroke 315 1.5 Felixstowe 3,401 2.9
All ports of United Kingdom 21,626 100.0 All ports of United Kingdom 119,038 100.0
(h) Foreign ports for tonnage loaded and unloaded
Thousand Percent
tonnes
Rotterdam (Netherlands) 30,270 8.4

Calais (France) 19,083 5.3
Dublin (Irish Republic) 11,678 3.2
Zeebrugge (Belgium) 10,630 2.9
Dunkerque (France) 7,469 2.1
Antwerpen (Belgium) 7,048 1.9
Murmansk (Russia) 6,771 1.9
Amsterdam (Netherlands) 6,766 1.9
Le Havre (France) 6,309 1.7
Riga (Latvia) 5,838 1.6
All above ports 111,861 30.9
All foreign ports 362,462 100.0
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3.10 Major ports traffic, by cargo category: 2009
(a) Bulk fuel (d) Oil Products (g) Agricultural products
Thousand Percent Thousand Percent Thousand Percent

tonnes tonnes tonnes
Milford Haven 38,344 15.1 Milford Haven 18,778 23.7 Liverpool 2,345 16.8
Grimsby & Immingham 32,535 12.8 London 12,520 15.8 London 2,272 16.3
Forth 32,438 12.7 Grimsby & Immingham 12,465 15.8 Belfast 1,723 12.3
Southampton 26,198 10.3 Southampton 11,530 14.6 Grimsby & Immingham 1,477 10.6
Tees and Hartlepool 25,781 10.1 Forth 5,432 6.9 Ipswich 1,002 7.2
London 19,130 7.5 Manchester 3,816 4.8 Bristol 913 6.5
Liverpool 13,227 5.2 Belfast 2,313 2.9 Rivers Hull and Humber 765 5.5
Sullom Voe 11,217 4.4 Tees and Hartlepool 2,091 2.6 Southampton 685 4.9
Clyde 10,672 4.2 Clyde 1,827 2.3 Londonderry 384 2.8
Rivers Hull and Humber 8,488 3.3 Bristol 1,423 1.8 Hull 350 2.5
All above ports 218,029 85.6 All above ports 72,195 91.3 All above ports 11,916 85.3
All major UK ports 254,681 100.0 All major UK ports 79,094 100.0 All major UK ports 13,966 100.0
(b) Liquefied gas (e) Coal (h) Forestry products

Milford Haven 5,072 38.9 Grimsby & Immingham 12,557 31.7 Medway 1,224 23.4
Medway 3,184 24.4 Clyde 5,986 15.1 London 993 18.9
Forth 2,039 15.6 Bristol 3,648 9.2 Hull 747 14.2
Tees and Hartlepool 1,370 10.5 Tees and Hartlepool 3,335 8.4 Grimsby & Immingham 272 5.2
Southampton 493 3.8 Liverpool 1,981 5.0 Goole 250 4.8
London 393 3.0 Tyne 1,912 4.8 Shoreham 196 3.7
Grimsby & Immingham 289 2.2 Port Talbot 1,788 4.5 Rivers Hull and Humber 159 3.0
Manchester 96 0.7 Medway 1,459 3.7 Boston 154 2.9
Belfast 61 0.5 Hull 1,367 3.5 Forth 142 2.7
Sullom Voe 35 0.3 Forth 1,346 3.4 Clyde 123 2.4
(c) Crude oil (f) Ores (i) Iron and steel products

Forth 23,621 19.2 Grimsby & Immingham 3,859 26.0 Tees and Hartlepool 1,814 29.3
Tees and Hartlepool 18,986 15.4 Tees and Hartlepool 3,681 24.8 Newport 714 11.6
Milford Haven 14,494 11.8 Port Talbot 3,154 21.3 Grimsby & Immingham 442 7.2
Southampton 14,175 11.5 Liverpool 1,976 13.3 River Trent 420 6.8
Sullom Voe 11,181 9.1 London 540 3.6 Aberdeen 404 6.5
Liverpool 10,951 8.9 Bristol 464 3.1 Goole 330 5.3
Rivers Hull and Humber 8,488 6.9 Newport 256 1.7 Liverpool 282 4.6
Grimsby & Immingham 7,224 5.9 Hull 179 1.2 Forth 268 4.3
London 4,976 4.0 Tyne 131 0.9 Cardiff 220 3.6
Orkney 2,983 2.4 Cardiff 121 0.8 Boston 203 3.3
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3.11 EU countries port traffic: 2008
Million tonnes
Percentage of
Inwards Outwards Total traffic total traffic
Belgium 140 104 244 6

Bulgaria 17 10 27 1
Cyprus 7 1 8 0
Denmark 61 45 106 3
Estonia 8 28 36 1
Finland 64 51 115 3
France 249 103 352 9
Germany 197 124 321 8
Greece 89 63 153 4
Irish Republic 36 15 51 1
Italy 359 168 526 13
Latvia 6 55 61 2
Lithuania 15 21 36 1
Malta 4 1 6 0
Netherlands 397 134 530 14
Poland 28 21 49 1
Portugal 44 22 65 2
Romania 30 21 51 1
Slovenia 12 5 17 0
Spain 290 126 416 11
Sweden 101 87 188 5
United Kingdom 347 216 562 14
All EU-27 countries 2,500 1,419 3,919 100
These figures fall outside the scope of National Statistics Source: Eurostat
3.12 Largest 20 European ports: 2008

(a) All cargo - by gross weight of goods handled (b) Containers - by containers handled (TEUs)
Port Country Million tonnes Port Country Thousand TEU
Rotterdam Netherlands 384 Rotterdam Netherlands 10,631

Antwerp Belgium 171 Hamburg Germany 9,767
Hamburg Germany 119 Antwerpen Belgium 8,379
Marseille France 93 Bremerhaven Germany 5,451
Le Havre France 76 Valencia Spain 3,606
Amsterdam Netherlands 74 Algeciras Spain 3,298
Grimsby & Immingham UK 65 Gioia Tauro Italy 3,165
Algeciras Spain 62 Felixstowe UK 3,131
London UK 53 Barcelona Spain 2,565
Bergen Norway 1 52 Le Havre France 2,512
Dunkirk France 51 Southampton UK 1,617
Valencia Spain 50 Genova Italy 1,462
Taranto Italy 50 Constanta Romania 1,405
Bremerhaven Germany 49 Zeebrugge Belgium 1,401
Genova Italy 47 Las Palmas Spain 1,312
Constanta Romania 46 La Spezia Italy 1,186
Tees & Hartlepool UK 45 London UK 983
Gothenburg Sweden 42 Marseille France 901
Barcelona Spain 42 Bilbao Spain 894
Southampton UK 41 Gothenburg Sweden 864
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Norway is not a member of the EU, but provides maritime statistics to Eurostat on a voluntary basis. Source: Eurostat
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Section 4: United Kingdom owned vessels
Statistics of vessels of 100 gt and over owned by UK companies from 2004 to 2009 are
presented in this section, with details of vessel types and whether UK registered. Over this
period, the number of UK owned trading vessels rose by 7 per cent while deadweight tonnage
rose by 32 per cent.
All UK owned vessels at the end of 2009

x There were 2,009 UK owned vessels at the end of December 2009, 94 fewer than a year
earlier. Gross tonnage rose by 2 per cent and deadweight tonnage fell by 2 per cent
between 2008 and 2009. [Table 4.1]
x 1,410 UK owned vessels (70 per cent) were registered in the UK, but they accounted for
only 42 per cent of gross tonnage and 35 per cent of deadweight. [Table 4.2]
UK owned trading vessels

x Of the 2,009 UK owned vessels 719 were trading vessels, of which 175 were tankers,
139 ro-ro vessels, 108 fully-cellular container ships and 49 passenger ships. The
remaining 248 vessels were dry cargo ships. Trading tonnage totalled 19.6 million gt and
21.5 million dwt. 599 of the 719 trading vessels were of 500 gt and over, and these
vessels accounted for virtually all the tonnage. [Tables 4.3 and 4.4]
x Of the 719 UK owned trading vessels 385 (7.2 million dwt) were registered in the UK, with
36 (2.4 million dwt) on the Crown Dependencies’ registers, 34 (1.1 million dwt) on the
Overseas Territories’ registers, and the remaining 264 (10.8 million dwt) on foreign
registers. [Table 4.5]
x 149 of the trading vessels (0.3 million gt and 0.2 million dwt) owned by UK companies
had been built in UK shipyards, while 203 vessels (3.7 million gt and 2.5 million dwt) had
been built in other EC shipyards, and 367 (15.6 million gt and 18.9 million dwt) elsewhere.
[Table 4.7]
x The average age of all UK owned trading vessels was 16 years, with the youngest type
being fully-cellular container ships at 8 years. [Table 4.8]
x 169 UK owned vessels were passenger vessels, with a total capacity of 96,212
passengers, including ro-ro passenger vessels certified to carry 56,381 passengers and
cruise vessels certified to carry 33,808. [Table 4.10]
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Chart 4.1 UK owned trading vessels by place of registration:
1990- 2009
Gross tons (thousands)
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Chart 4.2 UK owned trading vessels by vessel type:

31 December 2009 (100% = 19.6 million gt)
Specialised carrier
6%
Passenger
6%
Other general cargo
4% Liquid
33%
Ro-Ro
8%
Dry bulk
16%
Container (FC)
27%
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4.1 United Kingdom owned vessels 1
(100 gt and over) by vessel type at 31 December 2008 and 31 December 2009
Thousand deadweight tonnes

Number of ships Thousand gross tons (gt) (dwt)
% % %
Type of vessel 2008 2009 change 2008 2009 change 2008 2009 change
Oil tanker 137 128 -7% 2,699 2,655 -2% 4,810 4,726 -2%
Chemical tanker 8 10 25% 68 77 12% 110 123 12%
Liquefied gas carrier 34 38 12% 3,150 3,709 18% 2,485 2,893 16%
Tank barge 2 1 -50% 143 71 -50% 270 131 -51%
Other tanker 4 5 25% 1 3 195% 1 4 243%
Total liquid 185 182 -2% 6,061 6,514 7% 7,676 7,878 3%
Bulk/oil carrier 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
Bulk carrier 76 71 -7% 3,217 3,187 -1% 5,997 5,879 -2%
Total dry bulk 76 71 -7% 3,217 3,187 -1% 5,997 5,879 -2%
Specialised carrier 31 38 23% 962 1,253 30% 294 396 35%

Container (FC) 104 108 4% 4,886 5,341 9% 5,523 5,969 8%
Ro-Ro passenger 120 117 -3% 924 950 3% 212 217 2%
Ro-Ro cargo 42 43 2% 544 602 11% 326 363 11%
Reefer 17 20 18% 154 180 17% 160 190 19%
Gen cargo/passenger 4 4 0% 9 9 0% 4 4 0%
Gen cargo-single deck 139 100 -28% 796 418 -47% 1,158 633 -45%
Gen cargo-multi deck 31 23 -26% 145 86 -41% 187 110 -41%
General cargo barge 50 29 -42% 156 94 -40% 180 89 -51%
Total other dry cargo 538 482 -10% 8,576 8,933 4% 8,046 7,971 -1%
Cruise 25 23 -8% 1,360 1,206 -11% 153 129 -16%

Other passenger 47 33 -30% 14 10 -27% 3 4 12%
Total passenger 72 56 -22% 1,374 1,216 -11% 156 132 -15%
Fish processing
and catching 434 428 -1% 179 178 -1% 67 68 1%
Off-shore production and
support 182 194 7% 561 726 29% 580 721 24%
Tug 236 235 0% 68 65 -4% 30 31 2%
Research/survey 47 43 -9% 131 91 -31% 63 46 -28%
Dredger 66 62 -6% 163 159 -3% 233 225 -3%
Other nes 267 256 -4% 1,154 848 -27% 1,445 935 -35%
Total miscellaneous 1,232 1,218 -1% 2,256 2,067 -8% 2,419 2,025 -16%
Total all vessels 2,103 2,009 -4% 21,483 21,917 2% 24,293 23,886 -2%
1
. All UK owned vessels, trading and non-trading (see Notes to Tables) Source: IHS - Fairplay
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4.2 United Kingdom owned vessels 1
(100 gt and over) by vessel type and registry at 31 December 2009
Number of vessels/tonnage in thousands
United Kingdom Crown Dependencies Foreign Total

and
Overseas Territories
Type of vessel No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt
Oil tanker 56 518 833 16 793 1,498 56 1,344 2,395 128 2,655 4,726
Chemical tanker 3 24 42 0 0 0 7 52 81 10 77 123
Liquefied gas carrier 7 489 381 12 1,174 971 19 2,046 1,542 38 3,709 2,893
Tank barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 71 131 1 71 131
Other tanker 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 3 4
Total liquid 70 1,032 1,257 28 1,966 2,468 84 3,515 4,152 182 6,514 7,878
Bulk/oil carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulk carrier 21 664 1,181 8 288 523 42 2,235 4,176 71 3,187 5,879
Total dry bulk 21 664 1,181 8 288 523 42 2,235 4,176 71 3,187 5,879
Specialised carrier 33 1,127 347 0 0 0 5 126 49 38 1,253 396

Container (FC) 64 3,417 3,808 11 404 425 33 1,520 1,736 108 5,341 5,969
Ro-Ro passenger 103 752 173 3 43 14 11 155 30 117 950 217
Ro-Ro cargo 31 395 220 1 8 4 11 200 139 43 602 363
Reefer 2 25 30 0 0 0 18 155 160 20 180 190
Gen cargo/passenger 4 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 4
Gen cargo-single deck 50 134 203 9 36 55 41 248 375 100 418 633
Gen cargo-multi deck 10 49 59 2 4 6 11 33 45 23 86 110
General cargo barge 22 41 73 0 0 0 7 53 16 29 94 89
Total
other dry cargo 319 5,949 4,917 26 494 504 137 2,491 2,550 482 8,933 7,971
Cruise 8 493 54 7 471 47 8 241 27 23 1,206 129

Other passenger 29 9 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 33 10 4
Total passenger 37 503 58 8 471 47 11 242 27 56 1,216 132
Fish processing 394 149 52 1 2 2 33 26 14 428 178 68

and catching
Off-shore production 100 229 267 33 142 127 61 356 327 194 726 721
and support
Tug 205 57 27 4 2 1 26 6 2 235 65 31
Research/survey 27 49 22 2 6 3 14 36 21 43 91 46
Dredger 51 90 133 0 0 0 11 69 93 62 159 225
Other nes 186 489 548 30 191 271 40 168 117 256 848 935
Total
miscellaneous 963 1,062 1,049 70 343 403 185 662 573 1,218 2,067 2,025
Total all vessels 1,410 9,211 8,462 140 3,562 3,946 459 9,145 11,478 2,009 21,917 23,886
1. All uk owned vessels, trading and non-trading (see Notes to Tables). Source: IHS - Fairplay
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4.3 United Kingdom owned trading vessels
Analysis by size range and parent company at 31 December 2009
(i) Vessels on the United Kingdom register

100 gt and over 500 gt and over
No gt dwt No gt dwt
UK owned with
UK parent company 294 4,124 4,055 201 4,099 4,034
UK owned with
foreign parent company 91 3,907 3,180 86 3,906 3,179
Total UK owned 385 8,031 7,235 287 8,005 7,213
Foreign owned with

Total owned with

(ii) Vessels on all registers
100 gt and over 500 gt and over
No gt dwt No gt dwt
UK owned with
UK owned with
foreign parent company 233 7,973 7,405 222 7,971 7,403
Total UK owned 719 19,609 21,534 599 19,577 21,507
Foreign owned with

Total owned with

These figures fall outside the scope of National Statistics Source: IHS - Fairplay
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4.4 United Kingdom owned trading vessels: 2004 - 2009
Liquid Dry bulk Specialised carrier Container (FC)
End year No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt
(a) 100 gt and over by vessel type

Registered in United Kingdom
2004 87 1,180 1,310 9 265 482 13 28 20 49 2,289 2,497

2005 81 1,063 1,205 11 402 752 15 208 70 47 2,228 2,508
2006 80 1,046 1,172 11 403 751 21 467 142 60 2,931 3,289
2007 76 977 1,072 16 580 1,055 24 742 221 59 2,995 3,364
2008 71 1,008 1,121 17 671 1,208 28 842 251 57 2,856 3,244
2009 64 970 1,161 16 663 1,179 33 1,127 347 64 3,417 3,808
Registered elsewhere
2004 83 3,324 5,389 42 2,022 3,818 4 55 22 29 746 852

2005 88 3,085 4,861 49 2,351 4,593 4 55 22 28 1,069 1,200
2006 93 3,629 4,919 49 2,211 4,171 5 129 48 31 1,323 1,469
2007 92 4,277 5,414 47 2,206 4,173 2 59 22 42 1,898 2,127
2008 98 4,827 6,154 53 2,544 4,785 3 120 44 47 2,030 2,280
2009 111 5,411 6,489 49 2,522 4,697 5 126 49 44 1,924 2,161
Total owned
2004 170 4,504 6,698 51 2,287 4,300 17 83 42 78 3,035 3,349

2005 169 4,147 6,066 60 2,753 5,345 19 263 91 75 3,297 3,708
2006 173 4,676 6,091 60 2,614 4,922 26 596 190 91 4,254 4,758
2007 168 5,254 6,485 63 2,786 5,228 26 800 242 101 4,893 5,491
2008 162 5,797 7,315 69 3,207 5,964 36 1,248 391 104 4,886 5,523
2009 175 6,381 7,650 65 3,185 5,876 38 1,253 396 108 5,341 5,969
(b) 500 gt and over by vessel type

2004 65 1,174 1,301 9 265 482 7 26 19 49 2,289 2,497

2005 60 1,056 1,196 11 402 752 9 206 69 47 2,228 2,508
2006 69 1,090 1,229 8 245 436 7 27 21 62 2,828 3,140
2007 55 971 1,062 16 580 1,055 18 740 220 59 2,995 3,364
2008 51 1,002 1,112 17 671 1,208 21 840 250 57 2,856 3,244
2009 46 965 1,153 16 663 1,179 24 1,125 345 64 3,417 3,808
2004 80 3,323 5,387 42 2,022 3,818 2 55 21 29 746 852

2005 84 3,083 4,858 49 2,351 4,593 2 55 21 28 1,069 1,200
2006 89 3,628 4,916 49 2,211 4,171 3 128 47 31 1,323 1,469
2007 88 4,275 5,412 47 2,206 4,173 1 59 21 42 1,898 2,127
2008 94 4,825 6,152 53 2,544 4,785 2 120 43 47 2,030 2,280
2009 107 5,409 6,487 49 2,522 4,697 2 125 48 44 1,924 2,161
Total owned
2004 145 4,497 6,687 51 2,287 4,300 9 81 40 78 3,035 3,349

2005 144 4,139 6,054 60 2,753 5,345 11 261 90 75 3,297 3,708
2006 149 4,668 6,080 60 2,614 4,922 17 594 189 91 4,254 4,758
2007 143 5,246 6,474 63 2,786 5,228 19 798 241 101 4,893 5,491
2008 145 5,827 7,265 70 3,214 5,994 23 960 293 104 4,886 5,523
2009 153 6,374 7,640 65 3,185 5,876 26 1,250 394 108 5,341 5,969
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4.4 (continued) United Kingdom owned trading vessels: 2004 - 2009
Ro-Ro Other general cargo Passenger Total trading
End year No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt

2004 120 1,166 406 81 247 342 36 467 51 395 5,643 5,107
2005 111 1,046 350 80 274 369 37 520 70 382 5,739 5,325
2006 110 1,011 363 84 345 469 36 454 64 402 6,657 6,251
2007 113 1,098 388 86 339 466 35 448 62 409 7,179 6,627
2008 113 1,048 367 78 267 362 36 573 71 400 7,264 6,625
2009 113 1,139 389 65 216 295 30 499 55 385 8,031 7,235
2004 22 315 113 89 701 992 7 127 14 276 7,291 11,198

2005 26 367 158 99 647 874 12 406 48 306 7,980 11,755
2006 23 332 119 95 626 838 11 467 50 307 8,718 11,613
2007 25 356 129 104 739 1,009 17 646 78 329 10,180 12,952
2008 27 411 167 109 836 1,146 17 793 82 354 11,560 14,659
2009 26 406 187 80 476 641 19 714 74 334 11,577 14,299
Total owned
2004 142 1,481 518 170 949 1,334 43 594 65 671 12,934 16,305
2005 137 1,413 508 179 920 1,244 49 926 118 688 13,719 17,080
2006 133 1,343 481 179 972 1,307 47 921 114 709 15,376 17,864
2007 138 1,454 517 190 1,078 1,475 52 1,094 140 738 17,360 19,579
2008 140 1,459 535 187 1,103 1,509 53 1,366 153 754 18,825 21,284
2009 139 1,544 576 145 692 937 49 1,212 130 719 19,609 21,534

2004 86 1,157 402 61 242 335 10 462 50 287 5,615 5,086

2005 78 1,037 347 60 269 362 10 514 70 275 5,712 5,305
2006 87 1,226 425 65 257 354 18 899 106 316 6,573 5,712
2007 82 1,089 384 66 335 460 9 442 61 305 7,152 6,607
2008 83 1,040 364 56 261 355 10 568 71 295 7,237 6,603
2009 83 1,130 386 44 211 288 10 494 55 287 8,005 7,213
2004 20 315 112 77 698 988 5 127 14 255 7,285 11,191

2005 24 367 158 86 643 870 9 405 48 282 7,973 11,748
2006 21 332 118 82 622 833 9 467 50 284 8,711 11,605
2007 23 356 129 92 735 1,005 14 646 78 307 10,174 12,945
2008 24 411 167 101 834 1,144 15 792 82 336 11,555 14,654
2009 23 405 187 72 474 639 15 713 74 312 11,572 14,294
Total owned
2004 106 1,472 514 138 940 1,323 15 588 64 542 12,900 16,277
2005 102 1,404 504 146 912 1,233 19 919 117 557 13,685 17,052
2006 98 1,334 478 146 963 1,296 18 915 114 579 15,341 17,836
2007 105 1,445 513 158 1,070 1,464 23 1,088 139 612 17,327 19,551
2008 107 1,450 531 157 1,095 1,499 25 1,360 153 631 18,792 21,257
2009 106 1,535 572 116 685 927 25 1,207 129 599 19,577 21,507
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(100 gt and over) by vessel type and registry at 31 December 2009
UK Crown Overseas Foreign All

Dependencies Territories registries
Type of vessel No dwt No dwt No dwt No dwt No dwt
Oil tanker 51 737 15 1,493 1 5 56 2,395 123 4,630

Chemical tanker 3 42 0 0 0 0 7 81 10 123
Liquefied gas carrier 7 381 5 423 7 548 19 1,542 38 2,893
Tank barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other tanker 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4
Total liquid 64 1,161 20 1,916 8 553 83 4,021 175 7,650
Bulk/oil carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulk carrier 16 1,179 5 409 3 113 41 4,175 65 5,876
Total dry bulk 16 1,179 5 409 3 113 41 4,175 65 5,876
Specialised carrier 33 347 0 0 0 0 5 49 38 396

Container (FC) 64 3,808 1 30 10 395 33 1,736 108 5,969
Ro-Ro passenger 93 171 0 0 3 14 11 30 107 215
Ro-Ro cargo 20 218 0 0 1 4 11 139 32 361
Reefer 2 30 0 0 0 0 18 160 20 190
Gen cargo/passenger 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Gen cargo-single deck 49 202 7 51 2 4 40 375 98 633
Gen cargo-multi deck 10 59 2 6 0 0 11 45 23 110
General cargo barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total other dry cargo 275 4,840 10 87 16 417 129 2,534 430 7,878
Cruise 8 54 0 0 7 47 8 27 23 129
Other passenger 22 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 26 1
Total passenger 30 55 1 0 7 47 11 27 49 130
Total trading 385 7,235 36 2,412 34 1,131 264 10,757 719 21,534
130
(500 gt and over) by vessel type and registry at
UK Crown Overseas Foreign All

Dependencies Terrirories registries
Type of vessel No dwt No dwt No dwt No dwt No dwt
Oil tanker 36 729 15 1,493 1 5 53 2,394 105 4,621

Chemical tanker 3 42 0 0 0 0 6 80 9 122
Liquefied gas carrier 7 381 5 423 7 548 19 1,542 38 2,893
Tank barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 3
Total liquid 46 1,153 20 1,916 8 553 79 4,018 153 7,640
Bulk/oil carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulk carrier 16 1,179 5 409 3 113 41 4,175 65 5,876
Total dry bulk 16 1,179 5 409 3 113 41 4,175 65 5,876
Specialised carrier 24 345 0 0 0 0 2 48 26 394

Container (FC) 64 3,808 1 30 10 395 33 1,736 108 5,969
Ro-Ro passenger 63 167 0 0 3 14 8 29 74 211
Ro-Ro cargo 20 218 0 0 1 4 11 139 32 361
Reefer 2 30 0 0 0 0 17 160 19 190
Gen cargo/passenger 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Gen cargo-single deck 30 195 7 51 2 4 33 373 72 623
Gen cargo-multi deck 10 59 2 6 0 0 11 45 23 110
General cargo barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total other dry cargo 215 4,827 10 87 16 417 115 2,531 356 7,862
Cruise 8 54 0 0 7 47 8 27 23 129
Other passenger 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total passenger 10 55 0 0 7 47 8 27 25 129
Total trading 287 7,213 35 2,412 34 1,131 243 10,751 599 21,507
131
(100gt and over) by country/area of build and type at 31 December 2009
UK built EC built Elsewhere built All vessels
Type of vessel No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt
Oil tanker 31 29 47 25 382 603 67 2,182 3,979 123 2,593 4,630

Chemical tanker 1 0 1 3 12 19 6 64 104 10 77 123
Liquefied gas carrier 0 0 0 2 99 75 36 3,610 2,818 38 3,709 2,893
Tank barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other tanker 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 3 4
Total liquid 35 30 49 30 494 697 110 5,857 6,904 175 6,381 7,650
Bulk/oil carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulk carrier 0 0 0 9 82 128 56 3,103 5,748 65 3,185 5,876
Total dry bulk 0 0 0 9 82 128 56 3,103 5,748 65 3,185 5,876
Specialised carrier 6 6 4 2 1 0 30 1,246 391 38 1,253 396

Container (FC) 0 0 0 21 781 867 87 4,560 5,102 108 5,341 5,969
Ro-Ro passenger 50 110 21 41 626 146 16 208 48 107 944 215
Ro-Ro cargo 2 46 27 18 346 215 12 208 120 32 601 361
Reefer 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 180 190 20 180 190
Gen cargo/passenger 2 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 4
Gen cargo-single deck 35 50 81 45 176 258 18 191 294 98 418 633
Gen cargo-multi deck 2 4 6 14 38 47 7 44 57 23 86 110
General cargo barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total other dry cargo 97 225 143 142 1,968 1,532 191 6,638 6,203 430 8,831 7,878
Cruise 1 2 0 21 1,175 126 1 29 3 23 1,206 129

Other passenger 16 2 1 1 0 0 9 3 1 26 6 1
Total passenger 17 5 1 22 1,176 126 10 32 3 49 1,212 130
Total trading 149 260 193 203 3,719 2,483 367 15,630 18,858 719 19,609 21,534
132
(100gt and over) by age and type at 31 December 2009
Number of vessels/thousand tonnes/deadweight percentages
Liquid Dry bulk Specialised Container (FC)

carrier
Age (years) Year of build No dwt % No dwt % No dwt % No dwt %
Under 5 2005 - onwards 69 3,692 48 23 2,874 49 20 318 80 31 2,020 34

5-6 2004 - 2003 25 1,091 14 12 980 17 3 20 5 21 1,246 21
7-9 2002 - 2000 14 1,656 22 6 349 6 1 0 0 25 1,574 26
10 - 12 1999 - 1997 16 153 2 1 74 1 2 48 12 9 422 7
13 - 14 1996 - 1995 2 299 4 2 82 1 3 1 0 4 113 2
15 - 19 1994 - 1990 7 348 5 4 702 12 0 0 0 8 214 4
20 - 24 1989 - 1985 4 47 1 3 146 2 5 8 2 8 337 6
25 - 29 1984 - 1980 8 50 1 9 613 10 2 1 0 1 32 1
30 and over 1979 and before 30 315 4 5 55 1 2 0 0 1 11 0
All ages 175 7,650 100 65 5,876 100 38 396 100 108 5,969 100
Average age (years) 13 11 10 8
Age (years) Year of build No dwt % No dwt % No dwt % No dwt %
Under 5 2005 - onwards 19 127 22 4 25 3 6 27 21 172 9,083 42

5-6 2004 - 2003 11 63 11 0 0 0 3 25 19 75 3,425 16
7-9 2002 - 2000 20 119 21 5 19 2 2 17 13 73 3,732 17
10 - 12 1999 - 1997 8 31 5 11 138 15 3 3 2 50 868 4
13 - 14 1996 - 1995 5 15 3 3 15 2 3 6 5 22 532 2
15 - 19 1994 - 1990 18 39 7 27 124 13 8 17 13 72 1,444 7
20 - 24 1989 - 1985 17 24 4 22 138 15 7 14 11 66 715 3
25 - 29 1984 - 1980 10 39 7 19 259 28 6 8 6 55 1,001 5
30 and over 1979 and before 31 119 21 54 220 23 11 14 11 134 735 3
All ages 139 576 100 145 937 100 49 130 100 719 21,534 100
Average age (years) 18 28 21 16
133
(100gt and over) Distribution of TEU capacity1 by vessel type at 31 December 2009
TEU capacity Dry bulk Container (FC) Ro-Ro Other trading Total trading
No. of TEU No. of TEU No. of TEU No. of TEU No. of TEU
vessels capacity vessels capacity vessels capacity vessels capacity vessels capacity
1 - 100 0 0 0 0 3 46 12 696 15 742
101 - 200 0 0 0 0 4 616 32 5,227 36 5,843
201 - 300 0 0 0 0 4 1,008 6 1,414 10 2,422
301 - 400 0 0 0 0 2 724 4 1,512 6 2,236
401 - 600 0 0 1 542 1 427 5 2,547 7 3,516
601 - 800 1 738 1 779 11 7,470 1 713 14 9,700
801 - 1100 1 940 7 6,947 5 4,932 3 2,974 16 15,793
1101 - 1400 0 0 4 5,110 0 0 0 0 4 5,110
1401 - 1700 0 0 3 4,668 0 0 4 6,217 7 10,885
1701 - 2000 0 0 4 7,736 0 0 0 0 4 7,736
2001 - 2500 0 0 8 17,936 0 0 1 2,303 9 20,239
2501 - 3000 0 0 3 8,358 0 0 0 0 3 8,358
Over 3000 0 0 77 423,509 0 0 0 0 77 423,509
Total 2 1,678 108 475,585 30 15,223 68 23,603 208 516,089
134
1
(100gt and over) Distribution of passenger capacity by vessel type at 31 December 2009
Passenger Ro-Ro Gen cargo/ Cruise Other Other Total

capacity passenger passenger passenger trading trading
No. of Pass No. of Pass No. of Pass No. of Pass No. of Pass No. of Pass
vessels capacity vessels capacity vessels capacity vessels capacity vessels capacity vessels capacity
1 - 12 1 12 0 0 0 0 2 24 18 206 21 242
13 - 100 11 894 0 0 2 103 3 130 0 0 16 1,127
101 - 200 19 2,990 1 128 0 0 5 747 0 0 25 3,865
201 - 300 18 4,104 1 261 0 0 7 1,868 0 0 26 6,233
301 - 400 9 3,136 1 359 0 0 2 730 0 0 12 4,225
401 - 500 5 2,160 0 0 0 0 2 970 0 0 7 3,130
501 - 600 4 2,200 1 600 2 1,086 0 0 0 0 7 3,886
601 - 700 5 3,366 0 0 2 1,291 0 0 0 0 7 4,657
701 - 900 16 13,461 0 0 3 2,437 0 0 0 0 19 15,898
901 - 1100 3 2,968 0 0 1 987 0 0 0 0 4 3,955
1101 - 1300 3 3,658 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3,658
1301 - 1500 2 2,876 0 0 1 1,400 0 0 0 0 3 4,276
1501 - 2000 3 5,800 0 0 7 13,197 0 0 0 0 10 18,997
Over 2000 4 8,756 0 0 5 13,307 0 0 0 0 9 22,063
Total 103 56,381 4 1,348 23 33,808 21 4,469 18 206 169 96,212
1
Excluding ships with passenger capacity unknown. Source: IHS - Fairplay
135
136
Section 5: United Kingdom & Crown Dependencies Registered
Vessels
This section contains statistics of vessels of 100 gt and over registered in the British
Islands (that is the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man and
the Channel Islands).
UK and Crown Dependency vessels at the end of 2009

x 1,984 vessels were registered in the UK at the end of December 2009, with gross
tonnage of 18 million and deadweight tonnage of 19 million. Of these, 701 (16.4 million
gt and 17.3 million dwt) were trading vessels registered in the United Kingdom. Trading
vessels registered in the Crown Dependencies totalled 288 (9.4 million gt and 15.7
million dwt). [Tables 5.1 and 5.2]
x There were 880 trading vessels in the British Islands’ fleets of 500 gt and over at the
end of 2009. Of these, 595 were registered in the UK and 285 in the Crown
Dependencies. The tonnage of the British Islands trading fleet was 25.8 million gt and
33 million dwt. [Table 5.4]
x The British Islands non-trading vessels totalled 1,473 (2.2 million gt and 2.3 million dwt)
at the end of December 2009. [Table 5.3]
x The UK registered trading fleet increased by 26 vessels and by 15 per cent in
deadweight tonnage between the end of 2008 and 2009. The number of vessels in the
Crown Dependencies fleet increased from 280 to 288 over the same period and the
deadweight tonnage increased by 12 per cent. [Table5.4]
x Tankers were the predominant type of vessel in the British Islands’ fleets (310). There
were also 216 fully-cellular container ships, 148 ro-ro vessels, 66 dry bulk vessels, 33
passenger ships, 43 specialised carrier and 173 other general cargo vessels.
[Table 5.4]
UK registered merchant vessels (500 gross tonnes and over) 1950-2009
x Between 1950 and 1986, the number of trading vessels in the UK fleet (which included
the then small Crown Dependency fleets) fell steadily from 3,092 to 545. The tonnage
of the fleet rose from 17.2 to 31.5 million gt between 1950 and 1975 before falling back
sharply to 7.7 million gt in 1986. [Table 5.5 (web only)]
x Between 1986, when ICST vessel types were introduced, and 1997 the UK fleet
decreased from 482 to 246 while tonnage decreased from 7.0 million gt to 2.7 million
gt. Since 1997 the UK registered trading fleet has grown again to 595 vessels and 16.4
million gt in 2009 [Table 5.4 (see web for pre-2004)]
x The average size of all UK registered trading vessels increased from 5,562 gt in 1950
to 27,524 gt in 2009. The average tanker size rose from 7,009 gt to 17,140 gt over the
same period. [Tables 5.4 and 5.5 (web only)]
137
Chart 5.1 UK and Crown Dependency registered trading
vessels by place of registration: 1990 - 2009
Gross tons
(thousands)
30,000
25,000
20,000
Registered in Crown
Dependencies
15,000
Registered in United
10,000 Kingdom
5,000
-
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
End year
Chart 5.2 UK and Crown Dependency registered

trading vessels by vessel type: 31 December 2009
(100% =25.8 million gt)
Other general cargo Passenger

3% 2%
Ro-Ro
7%
Liquid
35%
)Container (FC
35%
Dry bulk
Specialised carrier 13%
5%
138
5.1 (i) United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered vessels
(100 gt and over) by vessel type at 31 December 2009
Registered Registered Total British Islands

United Kingdom Crown Dependencies
Type of vessel No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt
Oil tanker 114 1,375 2,230 131 5,725 10,250 245 7,099 12,480
Chemical tanker 9 69 114 0 0 0 9 69 114
Liquefied gas carrier 13 561 473 45 1,289 1,201 58 1,850 1,675
Tank barge 2 72 139 0 0 0 2 72 139
Other tanker 5 2 2 0 0 0 5 2 2
Total liquid 143 2,078 2,958 176 7,014 11,452 319 9,092 14,410
Bulk/oil carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bulk carrier 36 1,499 2,794 35 1,956 3,716 71 3,455 6,510
Total dry bulk 36 1,499 2,794 35 1,956 3,716 71 3,455 6,510
Specialised carrier 38 1,311 399 5 49 13 43 1,360 412

Container (FC) 208 8,996 10,084 8 112 147 216 9,108 10,231
Ro-Ro passenger 123 1,141 271 2 18 5 125 1,160 276
Ro-Ro cargo 41 523 314 3 23 19 44 546 334
Reefer 8 57 70 3 15 18 11 72 88
Gen cargo/passenger 4 9 4 0 0 0 4 9 4
Gen cargo-single deck 90 357 522 41 188 263 131 545 784
Gen cargo-multi deck 14 56 69 14 62 84 28 118 153
General cargo barge 24 47 85 0 0 0 24 47 85
Total other dry cargo 550 12,497 11,818 76 468 549 626 12,965 12,367
Cruise 9 518 60 0 0 0 9 518 60

Other passenger 30 10 3 1 0 0 31 10 3
Total passenger 39 527 64 1 0 0 40 527 64
Fish processing and catching 420 158 54 4 0 0 424 158 54

support 130 367 395 61 334 322 191 701 717
Tug 248 72 33 5 2 1 253 74 34
Research/survey 28 50 23 2 4 2 30 53 25
Dredger 52 91 135 0 0 0 52 91 135
Other nes 338 637 679 118 287 333 456 923 1,012
Total miscellaneous 1,216 1,375 1,319 190 626 658 1,406 2,002 1,977
Total all vessels 1,984 17,976 18,952 478 10,064 16,375 2,462 28,040 35,327
139
5.1 (ii) United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered trading vessels

Oil tanker 109 1,313 2,134 131 5,725 10,250 240 7,038 12,384
Chemical tanker 9 69 114 0 0 0 9 69 114
Tank barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other tanker 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
Total liquid 134 1,943 2,722 176 7,014 11,452 310 8,957 14,174
Bulk carrier 31 1,497 2,791 35 1,956 3,716 66 3,453 6,507
Total dry bulk 31 1,497 2,791 35 1,956 3,716 66 3,453 6,507

Container (FC) 208 8,996 10,084 8 112 147 216 9,108 10,231
Ro-Ro passenger 113 1,135 269 2 18 5 115 1,153 274
Ro-Ro cargo 30 521 313 3 23 19 33 545 332
Reefer 8 57 70 3 15 18 11 72 88
Cruise 9 518 60 0 0 0 9 518 60

Other passenger 23 6 1 1 0 0 24 6 1
Total passenger 32 523 61 1 0 0 33 523 61
Total trading 701 16,405 17,303 288 9,438 15,717 989 25,843 33,020
140
5.2 (i) United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered vessels

Oil tanker 94 1,368 2,220 131 5,725 10,250 225 7,093 12,471
Chemical tanker 9 69 114 0 0 0 9 69 114
Tank barge 1 71 139 0 0 0 1 71 139
Other tanker 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
Total liquid 118 2,070 2,947 176 7,014 11,452 294 9,084 14,399
Bulk carrier 32 1,498 2,793 35 1,956 3,716 67 3,454 6,508
Total dry bulk 32 1,498 2,793 35 1,956 3,716 67 3,454 6,508

Container (FC) 208 8,996 10,084 8 112 147 216 9,108 10,231
Ro-Ro passenger 88 1,132 267 2 18 5 90 1,151 272
Ro-Ro cargo 31 522 314 3 23 19 34 545 333
Reefer 8 57 70 3 15 18 11 72 88
Cruise 9 518 60 0 0 0 9 518 60

Total passenger 14 522 63 0 0 0 14 522 63

Offshore production and
support 110 364 394 61 334 322 171 698 716
Tug 18 14 8 1 1 0 19 15 8
Research/survey 16 48 22 1 4 2 17 51 25
Dredger 36 88 132 0 0 0 36 88 132
Other nes 105 584 671 38 263 330 143 846 1,001
Total miscellaneous 334 1,173 1,269 101 601 654 435 1,774 1,923
Total all vessels 959 17,738 18,870 386 10,038 16,370 1,345 27,776 35,241
141
5.2 (ii) United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered trading vessels

Oil tanker 91 1,307 2,126 131 5,725 10,250 222 7,032 12,376
Chemical tanker 9 69 114 0 0 0 9 69 114
Tank barge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total liquid 113 1,937 2,713 176 7,014 11,452 289 8,951 14,164
Bulk carrier 31 1,497 2,791 35 1,956 3,716 66 3,453 6,507
Total dry bulk 31 1,497 2,791 35 1,956 3,716 66 3,453 6,507

Container (FC) 208 8,996 10,084 8 112 147 216 9,108 10,231
Ro-Ro passenger 82 1,126 265 2 18 5 84 1,145 270
Ro-Ro cargo 30 521 313 3 23 19 33 545 332
Reefer 8 57 70 3 15 18 11 72 88
Cruise 9 518 60 0 0 0 9 518 60

Other passenger 2 1 - 0 0 0 2 1 -
Total passenger 11 519 60 0 0 0 11 519 60
Total trading 595 16,377 17,279 285 9,437 15,716 880 25,814 32,995
142
5.3 United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered vessels
Non-trading vessels by size range and type at 31 December 2009
100 - 499 gt 500 gt and over All sizes
Oil tanker 2 1 1 3 61 95 5 62 96
Chemical tanker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liquefied gas carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tank barge 1 0 0 1 71 139 2 72 139
Other tanker 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1
Total liquid 4 1 1 5 133 235 9 134 236
Bulk carrier 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 3
Total dry bulk 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 3
Specialised carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Container (FC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ro-Ro passenger 4 1 0 6 6 2 10 7 2
Ro-Ro cargo 10 1 1 1 1 1 11 2 2
Reefer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total other dry cargo 25 5 5 21 51 84 46 56 89
Cruise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total passenger 4 1 0 3 3 2 7 4 2

suport 20 3 1 171 698 716 191 701 717
Tug 234 59 26 19 15 8 253 74 34
Research/survey 13 2 0 17 51 25 30 53 25
Dredger 16 3 3 36 88 132 52 91 135
Other nes 313 77 12 143 846 1,001 456 923 1,012
Total miscellaneous 971 228 54 435 1,774 1,923 1,406 2,002 1,977
Total non-trading 1,008 235 62 465 1,962 2,246 1,473 2,197 2,307
143
5.4 United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered trading vessels
2004 - 2009
Liquid Dry bulk Specialised carrier Container (FC)
No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt
2004 128 1,762 2,277 18 809 1,532 15 118 47 131 4,859 5,400
2005 129 1,715 2,266 21 1,064 2,049 18 297 97 144 5,280 5,922
2006 135 1,708 2,242 24 1,166 2,230 24 557 169 153 5,676 6,397
2007 134 1,568 1,984 31 1,372 2,583 28 878 260 165 6,143 6,954
2008 133 1,781 2,332 33 1,490 2,788 33 1,026 302 190 7,343 8,363
2009 134 1,943 2,722 31 1,497 2,791 38 1,311 399 208 8,996 10,084
Registered in Crown Dependencies
2004 140 4,460 7,393 31 1,493 2,842 5 49 13 15 213 263

2005 157 5,271 8,856 39 1,862 3,531 5 49 13 16 259 320
2006 160 5,834 9,687 34 1,673 3,179 5 49 13 17 224 276
2007 157 5,840 9,566 32 1,678 3,207 5 49 13 12 161 206
2008 164 6,412 10,333 31 1,590 3,035 5 49 13 12 160 206
2009 176 7,014 11,452 35 1,956 3,716 5 49 13 8 112 147
Total British Islands
2004 268 6,221 9,670 49 2,302 4,375 20 167 60 146 5,072 5,663
2005 286 6,985 11,121 60 2,926 5,580 23 346 110 160 5,539 6,241
2006 295 7,542 11,930 58 2,839 5,409 29 606 182 170 5,900 6,673
2007 291 7,407 11,550 63 3,050 5,791 33 927 273 177 6,304 7,160
2008 297 8,193 12,665 64 3,081 5,823 38 1,075 315 202 7,503 8,569
2009 310 8,957 14,174 66 3,453 6,507 43 1,360 412 216 9,108 10,231
2004 104 1,755 2,267 18 809 1,532 9 116 46 131 4,859 5,400
2005 106 1,708 2,256 21 1,064 2,049 11 296 96 144 5,280 5,922
2006 113 1,702 2,233 24 1,166 2,230 16 555 168 153 5,676 6,397
2007 111 1,561 1,975 31 1,372 2,583 21 876 259 165 6,143 6,954
2008 111 1,774 2,323 33 1,490 2,788 25 1,023 301 190 7,343 8,363
2009 113 1,937 2,713 31 1,497 2,791 28 1,308 397 208 8,996 10,084
2004 140 4,460 7,393 31 1,493 2,842 5 49 13 15 213 263

2005 157 5,271 8,856 39 1,862 3,531 5 49 13 16 259 320
2006 160 5,834 9,687 34 1,673 3,179 5 49 13 17 224 276
2007 157 5,840 9,566 32 1,678 3,207 5 49 13 12 161 206
2008 164 6,412 10,333 31 1,590 3,035 5 49 13 12 160 206
2009 176 7,014 11,452 35 1,956 3,716 5 49 13 8 112 147
2004 244 6,214 9,660 49 2,302 4,375 14 165 59 146 5,072 5,663
2005 263 6,978 11,112 60 2,926 5,580 16 345 109 160 5,539 6,241
2006 273 7,536 11,920 58 2,839 5,409 21 604 181 170 5,900 6,673
2007 268 7,401 11,540 63 3,050 5,791 26 925 272 177 6,304 7,160
2008 275 8,187 12,655 64 3,081 5,823 30 1,072 314 202 7,503 8,569
2009 289 8,951 14,164 66 3,453 6,507 33 1,357 410 216 9,108 10,231

Longer back series available in Table 5.5 (web only)
144
5.4 (continued) United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered trading vessels
2004 - 2009
No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt
2004 139 1,499 512 126 487 660 40 716 93 597 10,250 10,521
2005 137 1,513 513 121 497 668 38 544 76 608 10,911 11,591
2006 132 1,390 474 124 561 762 37 478 70 629 11,536 12,346
2007 133 1,463 498 117 475 650 38 633 83 646 12,532 13,012
2008 133 1,468 507 116 459 639 37 597 77 675 14,164 15,009
2009 143 1,656 582 115 479 664 32 523 61 701 16,405 17,303
2004 13 118 83 67 349 474 1 0 0 272 6,682 11,069

2005 10 86 65 75 394 534 1 0 0 303 7,920 13,318
2006 10 86 65 76 381 512 1 0 0 303 8,247 13,731
2007 9 80 60 68 294 398 2 0 0 285 8,101 13,449
2008 8 71 53 59 254 345 1 0 0 280 8,538 13,986
2009 5 42 24 58 265 365 1 0 0 288 9,438 15,717
2004 152 1,617 595 193 836 1,134 41 716 93 869 16,931 21,590
2005 147 1,598 578 196 891 1,202 39 544 76 911 18,831 24,909
2006 142 1,476 539 200 942 1,274 38 478 70 932 19,783 26,077
2007 142 1,543 557 185 769 1,047 40 633 83 931 20,633 26,462
2008 141 1,539 560 175 713 984 38 598 77 955 22,702 28,994
2009 148 1,698 606 173 744 1,029 33 523 61 989 25,843 33,020
2004 105 1,490 508 105 482 653 14 711 92 486 10,221 10,499
2005 103 1,503 510 100 492 661 11 539 76 496 10,882 11,569
2006 98 1,381 471 101 556 755 10 472 70 515 11,507 12,324
2007 101 1,454 494 95 470 643 12 627 82 536 12,503 12,990
2008 102 1,459 503 93 453 631 11 592 77 565 14,136 14,986
2009 112 1,648 578 92 473 656 11 519 61 595 16,377 17,279
2004 13 118 83 64 348 473 0 0 0 268 6,681 11,067

2005 10 86 65 72 393 532 0 0 0 299 7,919 13,316
2006 10 86 65 73 380 510 0 0 0 299 8,246 13,730
2007 9 80 60 65 293 396 0 0 0 280 8,100 13,448
2008 8 71 53 57 253 344 0 0 0 277 8,537 13,985
2009 5 42 24 56 264 364 0 0 0 285 9,437 15,716
2004 118 1,608 591 169 830 1,126 14 711 92 754 16,902 21,566
2005 113 1,589 574 172 885 1,193 11 539 76 795 18,801 24,885
2006 108 1,466 535 174 936 1,265 10 472 70 814 19,753 26,053
2007 110 1,534 554 160 763 1,039 12 627 82 816 20,603 26,438
2008 110 1,531 556 150 707 976 11 592 77 842 22,673 28,971
2009 117 1,689 603 148 737 1,020 11 519 61 880 25,814 32,995
145
Chart 6.1 World merchant fleet tonnage at
mid-year 1999 - 2009 and 1 January 2010
Million deadweight
tonnes
1500
1400
1300
1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
Chart 6.2 Principal merchant fleets at 1 January 2010

by flag (100% =1,249 million dwt)
Panama
23%
Others
31%
Liberia
11%
China
3%
Malta
5% Marshall Islands
Bahamas 6%
5% Hong Kong
Greece 6%
Singapore
5%
5%
146
Section 6: World Fleet and other statistics
This section presents statistics of trading vessels of 100 gt and over in the world fleet,
including the Overseas Territories’ and Red Ensign fleets, and tables on shipbuilding and ship
prices.
In terms of tonnage, the world trading fleet has risen between mid-year 1999 and 1 January
2010 by 65 per cent (gross tonnage) and 60 per cent (deadweight tonnage).
World registered fleets at the beginning of January 2010

x 1,141 vessels were registered in the Overseas Territories at the end of December 2009
with tonnage of 15.6 million gt and 17.5 million dwt. In terms of tonnage, the Bermudan
fleet is the largest of the Overseas Territories, with 10.2 million gt and 11.0 million dwt,
whilst the Cayman Islands have the largest number of vessels with 582. [Table 6.1]
x The tonnage of the world fleet of trading vessels at the beginning of January 2010 was
848 million gt and 1,249 million dwt, with the Red Ensign fleet (the UK, Crown
Dependencies’ and Overseas Territories’ fleets) accounting for 4.7 per cent of gross
tonnage and 3.9 per cent of deadweight tonnage. [Table 6.2]
x Panama was the largest flag at 287 million dwt, 23 per cent of world fleet deadweight
tonnage. Liberia was the second largest at 142 million dwt (11 per cent), followed by the
Marshall Islands with 76 million dwt (6 per cent), Hong Kong with 74 million dwt (6 per
cent) and Greece with 68 million dwt (5 per cent). [Table 6.3]
x Tankers accounted for 509 million dwt, 41 per cent of the world fleet deadweight tonnage.
Bulk carriers accounted for 252 million gt, 30 per cent of the world fleet gt. Container
vessels accounted for 146 million gt, 17 per cent of the world fleet gt and 169 per cent
higher than in mid-1999. [Table 6.3]
x The world order book at the end of 2009 was 302 million gt, of which 4.5 million gt (1.5
per cent) was for UK registration. In 2009, 78 million gt of new building was completed, of
which 3.2 million gt was registered in the UK (4.1 per cent). [Table 6.4]
147
6.1 Overseas Territories registered vessels
Analysis by trading type at 31 December 2009 (vessels of 100 gt and over)
Trading vessels Non-trading vessels Total all vessels
Registry No gt dwt No gt dwt No gt dwt
Anguilla 2 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 1
Bermuda 146 9,372 9,460 44 824 1,503 190 10,196 10,963
British Virgin Islands 7 1 1 26 22 11 33 23 11
Cayman Islands 113 2,704 3,783 469 475 230 582 3,179 4,013
Falkland Islands 0 0 0 26 47 35 26 47 35
Gibraltar 265 2,045 2,468 34 61 37 299 2,106 2,504
St Helena 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 1
Turks & Caicos Islands 2 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 0
Total 535 14,122 15,712 606 1,432 1,816 1,141 15,554 17,528
148
6.2 Red Ensign registered trading fleets: 1999 - 2009
UK, Crown Dependency and Overseas Territory fleets and percentages of world fleet (vessels of 100 gt and over)
Number of vessels/tonnage in thousands/percentage
Crown Red
Overseas
UK Dependency Territory Ensign World fleet
End year fleet % fleets % fleets % fleet % (=100%)
Number
1999 379 0.8 162 0.4 246 0.5 787 1.7 45,033
2000 417 0.9 171 0.4 287 0.6 875 1.9 45,321
2001 427 0.9 222 0.5 309 0.7 958 2.1 45,435
2002 497 1.1 228 0.5 348 0.8 1,073 2.3 46,083
2003 587 1.3 244 0.5 385 0.8 1,216 2.6 46,356
2004 597 1.3 272 0.6 412 0.9 1,281 2.8 46,446
2005 608 1.3 303 0.6 441 0.9 1,352 2.8 47,696
2006 629 1.3 303 0.6 479 1.0 1,411 2.9 49,352
2007 646 1.3 285 0.6 492 1.0 1,423 2.8 51,048
2008 675 1.3 280 0.5 513 1.0 1,468 2.8 52,556
2009 701 1.3 288 0.5 535 1.0 1,524 2.9 53,467
Gross tonnage
1999 3,200 0.6 4,267 0.8 7,812 1.5 15,279 2.9 518,542
2000 4,579 0.9 4,972 0.9 8,131 1.5 17,681 3.3 529,612
2001 5,035 0.9 5,648 1.0 8,052 1.5 18,735 3.4 545,733
2002 7,114 1.3 5,413 1.0 8,328 1.5 20,855 3.7 560,524
2003 9,971 1.7 6,039 1.1 8,527 1.5 24,537 4.3 575,035
2004 10,250 1.7 6,682 1.1 9,670 1.6 26,601 4.4 605,559
2005 10,911 1.7 7,920 1.2 10,992 1.7 29,823 4.6 646,187
2006 11,536 1.7 8,247 1.2 12,095 1.7 31,878 4.6 691,496
2007 12,532 1.7 8,101 1.1 12,973 1.7 33,605 4.5 742,212
2008 14,164 1.8 8,538 1.1 13,746 1.7 36,448 4.6 796,452
2009 16,405 1.9 9,438 1.1 14,122 1.7 39,965 4.7 847,844
Deadweight tonnage
1999 2,740 0.4 6,985 0.9 13,071 1.7 22,796 2.9 782,361
2000 3,757 0.5 8,316 1.0 13,033 1.6 25,105 3.2 792,496
2001 4,269 0.5 9,366 1.2 12,510 1.5 26,145 3.2 813,418
2002 6,686 0.8 8,943 1.1 12,087 1.5 27,716 3.3 828,845
2003 9,830 1.2 9,913 1.2 12,059 1.4 31,802 3.8 847,927
2004 10,521 1.2 11,069 1.2 12,516 1.4 34,105 3.8 894,325
2005 11,591 1.2 13,318 1.4 13,924 1.5 38,832 4.1 955,575
2006 12,346 1.2 13,731 1.3 14,800 1.5 40,877 4.0 1,019,242
2007 13,012 1.2 13,449 1.2 15,260 1.4 41,721 3.8 1,091,692
2008 15,009 1.3 13,986 1.2 15,863 1.4 44,858 3.8 1,165,205
2009 17,303 1.4 15,717 1.3 15,712 1.3 48,732 3.9 1,248,695
149
6.3 (i) World fleets
Growth of principal merchant fleets at mid-year
General cargo vessels

Million gross tonnes (gt)
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Flag 1st Jan
World 92.7 93.5 93.1 92.5 92.1 92.2 94.0 97.1 101.4 106.9 109.0 108.8
European Community
R
as at 1/01/07 20.5 20.0 19.4 19.0 18.1 17.8 17.6 17.6 18.5 19.6 20.1 19.8
UK (inc IOM & CI) 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6
Cyprus 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.2 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5
Denmark 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
France 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Germany 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5
Greece 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Italy 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4
Malta 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.3
Netherlands 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.7 3.8 3.9
Spain 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Sweden 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.4
Antigua & Barbuda 1.4 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.3
Bahamas 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.3 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.9 7.3 7.3
Bermuda 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Brazil 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Cambodia 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5
Canada 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Cayman Islands 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6
China 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7
Hong Kong 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6
India 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3
Indonesia 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.1
Iran 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2
Japan 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.9
Korea (South) 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3
Kuwait 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Liberia 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.5 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.8
Malaysia 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Marshall Islands 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4
Norway 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3
Panama 16.0 16.9 17.1 17.4 17.5 17.5 18.7 20.2 21.1 23.6 23.4 23.0
Phillipines 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4
Russia 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8
St Vincent & the Grenadines 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.3
Singapore 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.9 3.9
Taiwan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Thailand 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9
Turkey 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6
USA 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.1 2.9 2.9
150
6.3 (ii) World fleets
Container vessels
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Flag 1st Jan
World 54.3 57.0 62.8 69.6 76.5 81.4 90.9 103.6 117.9 133.2 143.6 146.1
European Community
R
as at 1/01/07 16.8 17.6 19.1 20.1 22.5 24.3 29.2 31.7 34.4 37.2 41.6 42.1
UK (inc IOM & CI) 1.4 2.1 2.2 2.6 3.9 5.3 5.4 5.6 6.0 6.9 9.1 9.1
Cyprus 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.8 3.2 2.9 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.2
Denmark 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.5 5.0 5.5 5.7 6.0 6.0
France 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Germany 5.7 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.2 8.8 9.7 10.8 11.7 13.4 13.4
Greece 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.2
Italy 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0
Malta 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.7 2.3 2.4
Netherlands 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6
Spain 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1
Sweden 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Antigua & Barbuda 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.9 4.3 4.7 5.2 5.5 5.8
Bahamas 1.0 1.3 1.5 2.2 2.3 1.9 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.5
Bermuda 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
Brazil 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Cambodia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Canada 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cayman Islands 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
China 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.5 4.0 4.2
Hong Kong 0.9 1.3 1.5 2.4 2.4 2.9 3.2 4.3 6.3 7.0 8.2 8.5
India 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2
Indonesia 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6
Iran 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Japan 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.2
Korea (South) 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.5 0.7
Kuwait 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3
Liberia 4.7 5.4 7.2 9.2 10.7 11.7 12.3 16.5 21.2 25.5 26.4 28.2
Malaysia 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Norway 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
Panama 12.2 12.7 13.9 16.1 17.6 18.8 20.1 22.1 25.6 29.3 30.7 30.5
Phillipines 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Russia 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Singapore 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.6 5.5 7.4 8.3 8.9
Taiwan 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.5 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6
Thailand 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Turkey 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
USA 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.3 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.5
151
6.3 (iii) World fleets
Bulk carriers ( including Combination carriers)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Flag 1st Jan
World 160.2 159.4 165.1 170.0 171.8 176.9 187.7 199.1 210.4 225.2 238.6 251.9
European Community
R
as at 1/01/07 34.6 35.4 35.9 37.3 38.6 39.4 39.5 40.5 39.9 41.7 42.0 43.9
UK (inc IOM & CI) 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.6 2.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.5
Cyprus 11.0 11.3 11.4 12.1 12.5 11.8 10.7 10.7 9.5 8.9 7.9 7.9
Denmark 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
France 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Germany 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4
Greece 8.3 7.7 8.4 9.0 9.7 10.8 10.6 10.3 10.0 10.6 10.9 11.5
Italy 1.8 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.7
Malta 9.1 10.3 10.6 11.2 11.5 11.0 10.8 11.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Netherlands 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Spain 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sweden 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Antigua & Barbuda 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Bahamas 4.9 4.6 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.8 6.9 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.3 7.3
Bermuda 1.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7
Brazil 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Cambodia 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2
Canada 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2
Cayman Islands 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7
China 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.9 7.5 7.9 8.7 9.6 10.4 11.8 13.0
Hong Kong 4.3 6.2 8.2 9.1 11.1 13.3 16.7 17.4 18.0 19.3 20.5 22.2
India 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3
Indonesia 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.2
Iran 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.3
Japan 3.7 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.7 3.0 3.5
Korea (South) 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.3 4.6 5.1 6.4 7.6 7.5 7.8
Kuwait 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Liberia 16.7 13.3 12.7 11.5 10.4 10.6 10.8 11.5 12.5 14.6 16.9 19.2
Malaysia 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Norway 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.6 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3
Panama 42.3 44.5 47.7 51.2 51.3 52.6 57.4 63.0 69.6 74.6 80.3 84.6
Phillipines 5.4 4.6 4.0 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5
Russia 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Singapore 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.4 6.3 6.3 6.8 7.3 7.8 7.8
Taiwan 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0
Thailand 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6
Turkey 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.0
USA 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
152
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Tankers
Million deadweight (dwt)
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Flag 1st Jan
World 325.0 327.0 338.1 337.9 346.0 357.6 380.9 405.5 432.3 455.8 497.2 509.3
European Community
R
as at 1/01/07 75.1 79.1 84.6 83.3 83.8 85.1 83.2 87.0 92.7 103.9 115.7 118.7
UK (inc IOM & CI) 4.8 6.4 7.2 7.8 8.6 9.8 10.4 11.6 11.9 11.7 13.2 14.2
Cyprus 7.4 7.7 7.8 7.2 7.0 7.3 6.3 6.0 7.4 8.2 9.8 10.5
Denmark 1.7 2.5 2.9 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.9 5.6
France 5.0 4.5 4.9 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.8 6.1
Germany 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7
Greece 25.7 25.8 29.2 29.8 30.9 32.2 30.2 31.7 36.1 39.5 43.7 43.0
Italy 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.5 5.4 5.5 6.1 5.9 6.6 7.7 8.4
Malta 19.9 21.6 22.4 20.1 18.1 14.8 12.9 13.2 13.6 19.2 20.7 21.5
Netherlands 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1
Spain 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7
Sweden 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7
Antigua & Barbuda 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Bahamas 24.1 28.1 27.9 29.1 27.1 26.5 26.1 27.6 31.7 35.7 38.4 38.6
Bermuda 4.8 5.1 4.1 3.6 2.5 1.5 2.5 4.0 3.9 4.7 4.8 5.1
Brazil 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6
Cambodia 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Canada 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0
Cayman Islands 0.5 0.6 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.3 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3
China 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.9 5.4 7.0 7.6 7.7 8.3 9.0 9.6
Hong Kong 0.6 1.1 2.2 3.1 6.2 10.0 12.1 11.9 14.7 15.9 18.1 20.0
India 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.2 6.0 7.4 8.3 9.1 9.2 9.0 9.5 9.5
Indonesia 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.6 3.7
Iran 3.1 3.6 4.1 3.6 5.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Japan 12.2 10.7 8.6 8.5 7.8 7.3 7.2 6.8 6.8 6.3 6.8 7.6
Korea (South) 1.0 1.5 1.6 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.5 1.9 2.5 4.1 3.5 3.0
Kuwait 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.4
Liberia 56.1 43.9 44.2 41.5 42.3 47.3 51.1 55.9 59.7 61.8 67.1 69.9
Malaysia 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.4 4.0 5.3 5.6 6.6 7.3 8.1 8.2
Norway 22.6 21.4 21.3 20.5 19.1 15.6 13.6 14.1 14.2 14.0 13.5 12.3
Panama 49.2 54.6 61.7 62.7 62.2 58.0 61.0 64.5 69.8 73.6 79.7 80.4
Phillipines 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.9
Russia 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.4
Singapore 18.3 18.7 17.0 17.4 18.3 20.2 26.7 30.2 30.3 32.6 34.3 33.0
Taiwan 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2
Thailand 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.2
Turkey 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.8 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.8
USA 8.9 8.8 7.5 6.9 5.6 5.1 5.1 5.3 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.5
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All vessels
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Flag 1st Jan
World 514.4 521.3 540.9 554.4 571.0 589.7 626.2 669.9 717.4 770.7 823.8 847.8
European Community
R
as at 1/01/07 122.3 126.9 132.5 134.9 139.5 143.0 146.6 153.0 160.0 173.3 186.3 190.1
UK (inc IOM & CI) 6.9 8.8 9.9 11.3 14.4 17.3 18.0 19.3 20.2 21.4 25.0 25.8
Cyprus 22.8 23.2 22.7 23.0 22.7 21.6 19.8 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.5 20.2
Denmark 5.4 6.0 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.6 7.5 8.3 8.9 9.4 10.4 10.7
France 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.2 6.3
Germany 7.3 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.0 10.0 11.1 12.1 13.1 15.2 15.2
Greece 25.2 25.0 28.0 28.9 30.9 32.2 31.0 31.9 33.8 36.6 38.9 38.8
Italy 7.1 8.0 9.4 9.4 9.6 10.1 10.8 11.7 12.6 13.1 14.3 15.0
Malta 25.4 27.5 28.2 27.5 26.3 24.0 22.7 23.9 25.2 30.9 33.4 34.9
Netherlands 4.8 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 7.2 7.5 7.6
Spain 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3
Sweden 2.6 2.9 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.2 3.9
Antigua & Barbuda 3.1 3.8 4.3 4.8 5.5 6.2 6.9 7.4 8.1 9.0 9.7 10.0
Bahamas 27.2 30.3 31.5 33.0 33.8 33.5 35.3 37.9 40.7 43.9 45.5 45.7
Bermuda 4.7 5.9 5.5 5.2 4.9 5.0 6.4 7.9 8.3 9.0 9.2 9.4
Brazil 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0
Cambodia 0.8 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8
Canada 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.4
Cayman Islands 1.1 1.3 2.1 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.7
China 15.4 15.3 15.6 15.6 17.0 18.4 20.1 21.7 22.7 24.2 26.4 28.2
Hong Kong 6.3 8.9 11.8 14.2 18.4 23.5 28.6 30.3 34.6 37.6 41.7 45.0
India 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.7 7.3 7.9 8.4 8.3 8.5 8.3
Indonesia 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.9 4.6 4.5 5.5 6.6
Iran 3.2 3.6 4.1 3.8 4.6 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.8 1.2 0.9 0.9
Japan 16.3 14.9 13.3 12.9 12.4 12.1 11.8 11.6 11.5 12.0 12.9 13.7
Korea (South) 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.4 7.9 8.8 10.5 13.0 12.7 12.0
Kuwait 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 72.0 79.8 85.9 91.6
Liberia 60.2 50.6 51.9 50.9 49.7 53.1 56.0 63.8 72.0 79.8 85.9 91.6
Malaysia 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.7 6.4 6.8 7.3 7.4
Norway 21.9 21.4 21.5 21.5 20.9 18.7 17.0 16.8 16.7 16.6 16.0 15.3
Panama 100.7 107.8 116.6 123.5 125.2 125.8 134.8 146.1 160.3 173.9 184.5 189.0
Phillipines 8.0 7.0 6.3 5.7 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.0
Russia 6.5 5.9 5.8 5.7 6.4 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.1
Singapore 20.7 21.7 20.4 20.7 21.6 23.8 28.3 31.2 33.0 37.2 40.2 40.1
Taiwan 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.5 3.6 3.6 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5
Thailand 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.9 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5
Turkey 6.4 6.0 5.5 5.9 5.5 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.4 5.4
USA 12.5 12.5 11.5 11.2 10.6 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.4 10.6 10.6 10.7
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6.3 (vi) World fleets
All vessels
Million deadweight (dwt)
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Flag 1st Jan
World 778.4 782.0 809.2 824.5 843.8 870.2 925.7 988.8 1,056.9 1,128.8 1,209.0 1,248.7
European Community
R
as at 1/01/07 180.7 186.1 193.4 195.1 199.5 204.3 207.9 216.7 225.2 244.2 261.6 268.3
UK (inc IOM & CI) 8.7 11.0 12.4 14.2 17.8 21.6 23.8 25.5 26.3 27.4 31.2 33.0
Cyprus 35.4 36.1 35.6 36.3 36.3 34.9 31.7 31.1 30.9 30.8 30.5 31.5
Denmark 6.6 7.6 8.2 8.8 9.1 9.3 9.0 10.1 10.7 11.2 12.6 13.2
France 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.3 7.3 7.4 7.6 8.2 8.5
Germany 9.0 7.7 7.6 7.2 7.0 7.0 11.9 13.2 14.3 15.4 18.0 17.8
Greece 43.2 42.4 47.4 49.0 51.9 55.1 52.8 54.2 58.0 62.8 67.4 67.5
Italy 8.8 9.6 10.8 10.0 9.9 10.6 11.2 12.5 13.2 14.0 15.5 16.8
Malta 41.7 45.5 46.5 45.0 43.0 38.9 36.7 38.6 41.0 50.1 53.8 56.0
Netherlands 5.5 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.7 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.6 7.8 8.0 8.2
Spain 1.8 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2
Sweden 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.2
Antigua & Barbuda 4.0 4.9 5.5 6.3 7.1 8.1 9.1 9.7 10.7 11.8 12.6 13.0
Bahamas 41.5 45.3 46.7 48.1 46.7 45.8 47.7 51.4 54.9 58.7 60.1 60.3
Bermuda 7.7 9.6 8.6 8.0 6.9 5.9 7.2 8.7 8.6 9.3 9.4 9.5
Brazil 6.4 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.1 4.8 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.1
Cambodia 1.1 1.8 2.3 3.1 3.2 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4
Canada 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.0
Cayman Islands 1.7 2.1 3.3 3.3 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.8
China 22.9 22.8 23.1 23.3 25.4 27.4 30.3 32.8 34.4 36.9 40.4 43.5
Hong Kong 10.5 14.9 20.0 23.7 30.8 39.5 48.4 51.1 57.5 62.1 68.6 74.0
India 10.9 10.7 10.4 10.2 10.0 11.3 12.5 13.4 14.4 14.2 14.6 14.2
Indonesia 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.8 5.4 6.3 6.2 7.6 9.4
Iran 5.7 6.3 7.2 6.5 8.0 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.4 1.8 1.4 1.3
Japan 23.0 20.5 17.7 16.9 15.9 15.1 14.7 14.3 14.2 14.3 15.5 17.0
Korea (South) 7.8 8.5 8.8 9.3 9.9 10.3 12.6 14.1 17.1 21.3 20.6 19.9
Kuwait 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.6 4.0 3.9 3.8
Liberia 96.3 78.7 79.9 77.1 77.2 83.3 88.0 99.3 110.8 121.5 133.0 142.5
Malaysia 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.6 8.1 7.6 7.8 8.7 9.2 9.9 10.1
Norway 33.8 32.3 32.4 32.4 30.5 26.3 23.6 22.7 22.4 22.2 21.2 19.9
Panama 152.8 163.1 177.3 187.1 188.2 187.8 202.0 219.1 241.3 260.6 278.6 287.0
Phillipines 12.1 10.4 9.0 8.2 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.6 6.5 7.1 7.0
Russia 7.7 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.6 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.4
Singapore 33.1 34.2 32.0 32.8 34.1 37.3 45.4 49.9 52.1 57.4 61.4 60.8
Taiwan 8.3 8.1 7.4 7.1 5.9 5.7 5.4 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9
Thailand 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.9 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8
Turkey 10.3 9.7 8.6 9.3 8.5 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.4 8.0 7.9
USA 17.4 17.2 15.9 15.2 14.0 13.6 13.5 13.3 12.7 12.7 12.7 12.7
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6.4 (i) World fleets - merchant shipbuilding
Order book - all flags and for UK registration (all merchant vessels of 100 gross tons and over)
All flags Orders placed for UK registration
Tonnage Total for UK Percentage of In In overseas Percentage

End- on order registration world order UK yards yards in UK yards
year '000 gt '000 gt book (gt) '000 gt '000 gt (gt)
1985 25,862 391 1.5 315 76 80.6

1986 21,364 337 1.6 286 51 84.9
1987 22,542 198 0.9 144 54 72.7
1988 24,553 286 1.2 142 144 49.7
1989 31,055 413 1.3 149 264 36.1
1990 39,789 652 1.6 41 610 6.3
1991 43,164 984 2.3 518 466 52.6
1992 37,333 869 2.3 514 355 59.1
1993 39,242 802 2.0 508 294 63.3
1994 45,792 609 1.3 178 432 29.1
1995 48,511 291 0.6 20 271 7.0
1996 47,139 516 1.1 32 485 6.1
1997 55,681 717 1.3 67 650 9.4
1998 57,362 201 0.4 52 149 25.9
1999 59,418 1,057 1.8 58 999 5.5
2000 72,059 1,619 2.2 103 1,515 6.4
2001 76,609 2,307 3.0 150 2,157 6.5
2002 79,004 2,215 2.8 38 2,177 1.7
2003 113,627 2,637 2.3 7 2,630 0.2
2004 149,680 2,531 1.7 8 2,523 0.3
2005 167,540 2,796 1.7 4 2,791 0.2
2006 212,489 3,383 1.6 1 3,382 0.0
2007 338,580 6,406 1.9 2 6,404 0.0
2008 360,671 5,167 1.4 3 5,164 0.1
2009 302,470 4,513 1.5 2 4,511 0.0
6.4 (ii) World fleets - merchant shipbuilding

Completions - all flags and for UK registration (all merchant vessels of 100 gross tons and over)
All flags Tonnage completed for UK registration
During Tonnage Total for UK Percentage of In In overseas Percentage

the completed registration world com- UK yards yards in UK yards
year '000 gt '000 gt pletions (gt) '000 gt '000 gt (gt)
1985 17,604 141 0.8 124 17 87.9

1986 16,561 95 0.6 77 18 81.1
1987 12,015 260 2.2 194 66 74.6
1988 10,704 39 0.4 28 12 71.8
1989 12,852 111 0.9 27 84 24.3
1990 15,707 36 0.2 12 25 32.1
1991 15,937 76 0.5 21 54 27.6
1992 18,254 137 0.8 10 127 7.2
1993 19,811 293 1.5 13 280 4.3
1994 17,907 216 1.2 90 125 41.9
1995 19,837 525 2.6 9 516 1.7
1996 24,170 338 1.4 10 329 2.8
1997 22,305 115 0.5 24 90 21.3
1998 25,512 305 1.2 25 280 8.2
1999 26,186 383 1.5 12 371 3.2
2000 30,716 1,568 5.1 7 1,561 0.4
2001 29,877 650 2.2 10 640 1.5
2002 33,661 1,306 3.9 79 1,227 6.0
2003 35,400 2,213 6.3 37 2,176 1.7
2004 39,912 1,495 3.7 2 1,494 0.1
2005 47,536 1,713 3.6 4 1,709 0.2
2006 51,948 2,337 4.5 3 2,334 0.1
2007 57,120 1,766 3.1 1 1,765 0.1
2008 65,689 2,399 3.7 1 2,398 0.0
2009 77,548 3,175 4.1 1 3,174 0.0
Source : Prior to 1995, Lloyd's Register Shipbuilding Returns Source: IHS - Fairplay
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6.5 Ship prices
(i) New building - prices at the end of each year : 2004-2009

$ (US) million
Ship size Type 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
74,000 dwt Bulk carrier 35.0 36.0 38.0 51.0 42.0 35.0
170,000 dwt Bulk carrier 61.0 59.0 68.0 92.0 76.0 55.0
3,500 teu Container vessel 50.0 51.0 55.0 63.0 59.0 41.0
45,000 dwt 1 Tanker (double hulled) 38.0 42.0 47.0 51.0 45.0 35.0
110,000dwt Tanker (double hulled) 56.0 60.0 64.0 69.0 67.0 50.0
150,000 dwt Tanker (double hulled) 67.0 70.0 78.0 88.0 82.0 61.0
300,000 dwt Tanker (double hulled) 105.0 120.0 127.0 141.0 135.0 97.5
1
47,000 dwt from January 2006
The prices are for cash payment and refer to estimates for contracting at the end of the year.
(ii) Secondhand - average values at end of year : 2004-2009

$ (US) million
Age of
Ship size Type vessel 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
52,000 dwt 2 Bulk carrier 5 years 30.0 26.5 40.5 75.5 25.0 28.0
70,000 dwt Bulk carrier 5 years 41.0 30.0 46.0 91.5 27.0 34.0
170,000 dwt Bulk carrier 5 years 65.0 58.0 81.0 152.0 47.0 54.0
1,700 teu Container vessel 5 years 33.0 32.0 31.0 38.0 20.0 14.5
30,000 dwt Tanker 15 years 13.5 14.5 13.5 14.0 8.5 3.5
80,000 dwt Tanker 15 years 24.5 19.5 22.5 27.0 17.0 6.5
150,000dwt Tanker 5 years 74.0 76.0 85.0 95.0 76.0 56.0
300,000dwt 3 Tanker 5 years 107.0 108.0 121.0 130.0 110.0 80.0
2
45,000 dwt before January 2005
3
280,000 dwt before January 2005
The prices are market value estimates at valid exchange rates for a charter free vessel in good condition with fairly
prompt delivery on a cash basis.
(iii) Breaking prices - average for the year per LDT : 2004-2009
$ (US)
Area 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Indian Sub-continent 398 395 405 521 589 319
These figures fall outside the scope of National Statistics Source: Fearnleys
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Notes to tables
All the tables in this report are now also available in spreadsheet form via the DfT Transport
Statistics web site (www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/ - see ‘Maritime’). The time series tables on
the web tables now include figures for as many previous years as are available, which cannot
be included in the published report for reasons of space. The spreadsheet versions of Table
3.8 on the web site (results for each major port) provide additional detail in terms of numbers
of units for unitised traffic, and allow users greater freedom to filter for the data they require.
This year Table 1.3 has a revised format and there is now an additional table (1.4a) which
summarises the results in Table 1.3 by Port Group. The Government Office Region (GOR)
table (1.4b) added for the first time last year has been slightly enhanced to give more
information on freight through the Port of London and the London GOR.
Sections 1 & 2 UK port freight traffic
Coverage
The statistics relate to traffic to and from ports in United Kingdom, unless otherwise stated,
and do not cover ports in the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
Sources
(a) From 2000 onwards
Supplied to a Collection Agent appointed by the Department for Transport (DfT) for
onward transmission to DfT:
(i) detailed quarterly returns from shipping lines or their agents of all freight traffic at
major UK ports, by vessel and route;
(ii) quarterly returns of inwards and outwards weight and units by port authorities or
other undertakings at major ports;
(iii) annual returns of inwards and outwards traffic only, by port authorities or other
undertakings at minor ports.
These returns were introduced by DfT to comply with regulations implementing an EC
Maritime Statistics Directive (Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of
the carriage of goods and passengers by sea, since recast as Directive 2009/42/EC).
(b) Prior to 2000
Supplied to DfT for ports in Great Britain from 1980 to 1999, to the Department of
Economic Development, Northern Ireland for ports in Northern Ireland from 1988 to
1999, and to the National Ports Council from 1965 to 1980:
(i) detailed annual traffic returns made by port authorities or other undertakings at
major ports;
(ii) annual returns of inwards and outwards traffic from port authorities or other
undertakings at minor ports.
The data collection system is described in more detail in Appendix A.
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Major and minor ports
From 2000, major ports are those with cargo volumes of at least 1 million tonnes annually
(plus a small number of ports with less tonnage). The current major ports are listed in
Appendix C. Prior to 2000 the threshold for ‘major’ ports was 2 million tonnes of cargo
annually. More detailed data are collected for major ports than for the remaining ‘minor’ ports,
and this is reflected in the statistics which can be produced. Tables 1.1-1.5 and 2.1-2.3 have
been supplemented by estimated breakdowns of the minor port traffic.
Weights
All weights are tonnes gross, including crates and other packaging. The tare weights of
containers, road goods vehicles, trailers and other items of transport equipment (i.e. the
unloaded weight of the vehicle or equipment itself) are excluded.
Geographical classification of traffic

UK port traffic is classified geographically according to where the goods were last loaded
or next unloaded at the other end of the sea journey. All traffic is either domestic or
foreign. Domestic traffic is either coastwise or one-port. Foreign traffic is either ‘short sea’
or ‘deep sea’, and ‘short sea’ traffic may be further divided according to whether or not it is
with another EU member state. A more detailed description of these terms is given in the
following table.
Geographical classification of UK port traffic
Domestic Coastwise Traffic between ports in the United Kingdom (and with the Isle of Man and
the Channel Islands). The totals of inwards and outwards coastwise traffic,
however, do not match exactly. This is mainly because traffic between
major and minor ports, or between major ports and ports in the Isle of Man
and the Channel Islands, are not recorded at both ends (as is the case with
coastwise traffic between major ports), but only at the major port end.
One-port Dredged sand, gravel etc, landed at a port for commercial purposes; and
traffic to and from UK offshore oil and gas installations (traffic with non-UK
offshore oil and gas installations is recorded as foreign traffic). Formerly
also included material shipped for dumping at sea, until this practice
ceased.
Foreign Short sea EU (as at 1 Jan Traffic with Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark
2007) (including Faroe Islands), Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (including Madeira and
Azores), Republic of Ireland, Romania, Spain
(including the Canary Islands), Slovenia, Sweden
Other Europe & Traffic with Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Croatia,

Mediterranean Egypt, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Israel, Lebanon,
Libya, Monaco, Morocco, Norway, Russia, Syria,
Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine
Deep Sea Rest of World Traffic with all countries of Africa (excluding
Mediterranean countries), America (both North and
South America), Asia (excluding Mediterranean and
Black Sea countries) and Australasia
Foreign and domestic traffic by port and port group (Table 1.3 and 1.4a)
The ports separately identified are generally those ports handling at least 100,000 tonnes,
where this is possible. The port groups are shown in Appendices B and D.
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All ports of United Kingdom, by Government Office Region (Table 1.4b)
The Port of London reports for some facilities along the lower reaches of the River Thames
which are in the South East and East of England Regions, as well as some in the London
Region. This is the only port which is ‘split’ between regions.
Major port traffic by flag or owner nationality of carrying vessel (Tables 1.12-1.13)
In Table 1.12 the flag denotes the country authorising the registry of the vessel (see also
Section 5). In Table 1.13 nationality refers to the nationality of the direct registered owner of
the vessel (see also Section 4).
Changes to classification of unitised traffic (Tables 2.1-2.10)

See Appendix A for a description of the data collection system. In addition, the following
effects of an important change to the categorisation of 'containers' and 'shipborne port-to-port
trailers' between 1999 and 2000 should be noted.
Containers can be lifted onto ships using conventional services at container ports (Lift-on/Lift-
off or LoLo) or they can be loaded onto Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) vessels – used principally for
road goods vehicles, road goods trailers or passenger cars etc. The latter method often
employs ‘port-to-port trailers’ used only within the port and which may return to the quay after
loading or stay with the ship (either returning empty from the destination port or with another
load).
Until 1999 LoLo containers were included in 'containers on LoLo and conventional services'
whilst RoRo containers were classified to 'containers on RoRo services'. From 2000 the
category ‘containers on RoRo services’ was discontinued and a new category introduced
called ‘rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers and barges’. Most containers previously
recorded by respondents as RoRo containers were subsequently recorded as 'rail wagons,
shipborne port-to-port trailers and barges' but it is believed others were recorded as
containers on LoLo services. The effect of this definitional change can be seen in Table 2.1 in
the report.
It was evident by 2005 that some respondents operating at RoRo ports were indeed
incorrectly reporting containers transported on port-to-port trailers as LoLo containers (rather
than 'rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers and barges') and had been doing so since the
start of the new data system in 2000. This was corrected for 2005 when data providers were
given further guidance.
This clarification resulted in a reduction of approximately 300,000 LoLo container units in
2005, with a similar increase in 'rail wagons, shipborne port-to-port trailers and barges'. The
discontinuity, which affected a number of East coast ports, is highlighted in the relevant
tables.
Revised estimates for 2000 to 2004 for containers and shipborne trailers, etc. are provided
in the following table.
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Containers and shipborne trailers, etc: 2000–2007 (thousand units)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Containers (original) 4,325 4,464 4,506 4,533 4,919 4,754 4,883 5,381
Shipborne trailers, etc. (original) 361 344 348 374 383 665 668 744
1
RoRo containers
Adjustment to containers -116 -157 -230 -265 -299

of which London 32 -74 -173 -158 -166
Adjustment to shipborne trailers, etc. 116 157 230 265 299
of which London -32 74 173 158 166
Containers (adjusted) 4,209 4,307 4,276 4,268 4,620 4,754 4,883 5,381
Shipborne trailers, etc. (adjusted) 477 501 578 639 682 665 668 744
1 Not separately identified after 1999
The adjustment shown was calculated using updated information obtained from ports
together with information from shipping lines and published sources. Comparative data is
shown for 2005-08. Note that the original figures for 2000-2004 have not been adjusted in
the main report tables.
It should be noted that in both the previous and current data collection systems containers
carried by road goods vehicle or road goods trailer are correctly classified as 'road goods
vehicles’ or 'unaccompanied trailers' and not as containers.
Major ports container traffic in TEUs and weight carried (Table 2.7)
TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) is a standardised measure to allow for the different sizes of
container boxes. The standard units taken for each size of container box are as follows:
Units
20 foot containers 1
40 foot containers 2
>20 foot and <40 foot 1.5
>40 foot 2.25
All ports container traffic in TEUs (Table 2.8)

For 2000 onwards TEUs have been calculated as set out in the note to Table 2.7. In 1999 and
earlier only two categories were used, 20 foot (defined to be in the range of 15 to 24 feet) and
40 foot (defined to be in the range 25 feet or over) and these were given standardised units 1
and 2 respectively to calculate TEUs. Thirty foot containers (the main alternative size to 20
and 40 foot), and units over 40 feet were both assigned to the 40 foot category with a
standard unit of 2.
Containers carried on board Ro-Ro vessels by shipborne port-to-port trailers are not included
from 2000 onwards, although some operators incorrectly continued to include them until 2004
(see 'Data Collected’ above for more information).
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Section 3 Other port statistics
International sea passenger movements (Tables 3.1 and 3.2)

The tables in this section have been compiled from statistics collected monthly from cruise
and ferry operators by DfT. They exclude domestic passengers (see table 3.3) but include
drivers of lorries, coaches and other vehicles. Information on cruise passengers was not
collected in 1997 or 1998 and details of foreign cruise port calls were discontinued after 2004.
Short-sea routes in these tables are generally routes between the UK and Belgium,
Denmark, Faroe Isles, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain
and Sweden.
Domestic sea passenger movements (Table 3.3)

This table has been compiled from monthly returns to DfT by domestic ferry operators and
supplemented by annual surveys of other operators conducted by DfT and the Scottish
Executive.
The statistics are grouped into:
(i) Sea crossings, i.e. mainland Britain to Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Orkney &
Shetland and Channel Islands, plus miscellaneous day cruises and crossings
(ii) Inter-island services, including those to and within the Isle of Wight, Caledonian
MacBrayne Clyde-Hebridean services and within Orkney & Shetland, and
(iii) River crossings, e.g. on the Mersey, Thames and other harbour crossings.
Accompanied passenger vehicles (Tables 3.4 and 3.5)

The information was supplied by ports up to 1999, and from 2000 onwards from the
breakdown of unitised traffic on the quarterly returns from shipping lines or agents,
supplemented from 1995 by estimates of traffic for the minor ports derived from the
Department for Transport annual domestic waterborne passenger survey and from other
published information.
Coastwise routes are the car ferry services between mainland Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, the Isle of Man, the West of Scotland Island of Lewis (between Ullapool and
Stornoway), Orkney & Shetland and the Channel Islands. Accompanied passenger vehicles
on short ferry routes, such as those between Scottish Islands, across river estuaries and to
the Isle of Wight, are not included in the tables.
Ship Arrivals (Tables 3.6 and 3.7)

These tables contain statistics of the arrivals of vessels at ports of the United Kingdom. The
main source is a commercial data set purchased by DfT from Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit,
supplemented by data from individual ports for those vessels not counted by Lloyd’s (mainly
regular ferry services calling more than once per day). Since the majority of the data are
sourced commercially they are regarded as outside the scope of National Statistics.
The arrivals recorded relate to movements of all sea-going vessels of 100 gt and over. They
include repeated voyages by the same vessel arriving at a port, whether or not for the loading
or unloading of cargo. They exclude:
1. vessels arriving at safe anchorages (because of bad weather or for instructions
about the pick up or discharge of cargo elsewhere);
2. vessels moving within a port or an estuary, such as the Solent;
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3. vessels of war and those carrying goods for government departments;
4. tugs and other vessels employed within the limit of the port or estuary;
5. other dredgers, supply and support ships, and research vessels;
6. fishing vessels; pleasure yachts; and
7. vessels entering a port to land sick or injured crew members (where known).
Ships recorded as passenger only or cruise ships are also excluded from the tables (ro-ro
passenger ships will be included by virtue of their ro-ro capability).
Ships which carry containers are only recorded as container vessels if they are fully cellular.
Other vessels that carry containers are recorded as ‘Other dry cargo vessels’ or ‘Ro-Ro
vessels’ as appropriate.
Individual statistics of major ports (Tables 3.8 to 3.10)

Detailed cargo statistics for the major ports are separately identified in individual Tables 3.8.
Leading ports for various categories of traffic and cargoes are separately identified in Tables
3.9 and 3.10. The spreadsheet versions of Table 3.8 on the DfT web site include additional
information in terms of numbers of units, and the option to filter the data to more easily select
the particular information wanted.
European port statistics (Tables 3.11 and 3.12)

These statistics are taken from the Eurostat statistical summary "Maritime Transport of Goods
and Passengers 1997-2008", and are based on data collected by Eurostat under the Maritime
Statistics Directive. The summary, together with more detailed results in an on-line database,
may be found on the Eurostat website at http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/. The Norwegian port of
Bergen is included in Table 3.12 because Norway voluntarily reports maritime statistics to
Eurostat – Norwegian port traffic is not included in the EU total in Table 3.11.
Sections 4 – 6 Merchant Fleet Statistics
All tables except 6.5

The merchant fleet statistics have been derived from information supplied to DfT by IHS
Fairplay or its predecessor companies. Statistics up to 1988 were derived from Lloyd’s
‘General Ship File’. Statistics from 1989 were derived from Lloyd’s ‘Ship Particulars File’.
Since the statistics are derived from a commercial data source they are considered to be
outside the scope of National Statistics.
Vessels
The statistics include all known sea-going ships (and a few non-seagoing vessels) of 100
gross tons (gt) and above. United States reserve fleet and Great Lakes fleet are included but
most naval vessels are excluded.
Vessel types
The ship type classifications used are mainly based on levels 3 and 4 of the 1994 revision of
the International Classification of Ship Types (ICST), as shown in Appendix E.
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The ICST classification was developed by an ad-hoc group of users of ship statistics,
working informally with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD), the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC) and Lloyd’s.
Trading vessels
Trading vessels are those which carry cargo or passengers for commercial purposes.
Certain vessel types, for example dredgers and fishing vessels, are therefore deemed to be
‘non-trading’. Other vessels, whilst constructed for ‘trading’ purposes, are also deemed to be
non-trading because they have been converted for a non-trading use, for example storage or
a floating restaurant, or because they are non-seagoing. This is an important distinction
because while trading vessels account for the vast majority of UK registered or owned
shipping tonnage, they account for a much smaller proportion of vessel numbers.
Registry
Ships are registered at ports, and registry (or ‘flag’) refers to the country of the port at which
a ship is registered. The breakdown of flags and flag groups by country is as follows:
UK Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Crown Isle of Man and the Channel Islands

Dependencies
Overseas Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar,
Territories Hong Kong (until 1 July 1997), Montserrat, St Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands
European Union United Kingdom (inc. Isle of Man & Channel Islands), Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark (inc. DIS, Faeroes and Greenland), Estonia, Finland, France
(at 1 Jan 2007)
(inc. French Antarctic Territory, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe,
Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, St Pierre & Miquelon and Wallis and
Futuna Islands), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Netherlands (inc. Netherlands Antilles and Aruba), Malta, Poland, Portugal (inc. Madeira,
MAR, Azores and Macao), Republic of Ireland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
Spain (inc. Canary Islands and CSR) and Sweden
Canada Canada (inc. Great Lakes fleet)
Norway Norway (inc. NIS)
USA USA (inc. Great Lakes fleet, American Samoa, Virgin Islands of the USA, Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico and USA reserve fleet (except for mid-year 1998))
UK ownership
UK owned (or directly owned) ships, wherever registered, are those for which the nationality
of the owner is United Kingdom (not including the Crown Dependencies). Where a vessel is
owned by a company, its nationality is deemed to be that of the country in which the
company is incorporated.
UK parent owned ships are those for which the nationality of the company having the
controlling interest in the direct owner is United Kingdom.
Units of measurement
Under the International Convention on the Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, gross
tonnage (GT) is defined as the following function of the total volume of all enclosed spaces in
the ship (V), in cubic metres:
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GT = K 1 V
where K 1 = 0.2 + 0.02log 10 V.
Although the Convention is fully in force, the old 'gross registered tons' measure may still be
the measure recorded on Lloyd’s Register-Fairplay World Fleet Database in a small
proportion of cases. This was directly related to the capacity of the space within the hull, and
of the enclosed spaces above the deck, which were available for cargo, stores, passengers
and crew, with certain exceptions. In practice, old and new tonnage measures are fairly
similar, except for ships with substantial exempt spaces under the old system, such as Ro-
Ro vessels.
Deadweight tonnes (dwt) is the weight of cargo, stores, fuel, passengers and crew carried by
the ship when loaded to her maximum summer loadline. Up to 1986, statistics were
compiled for imperial deadweight but from 1987 metric units are used (one deadweight ton
(imperial) = 1.016 deadweight tonnes).
TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) is a measure of the container-carrying capacity of a
vessel, in terms of the number of standard twenty-foot containers which it could carry.
Ship prices (Table 6.5)

These figures, which are priced in US dollars, are supplied by Fearnleys of Oslo, Norway.
Since the statistics are taken from a commercial source they are considered to be outside
the scope of National Statistics.
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Appendix A
Data collection system for maritime freight traffic
The current collection arrangements for port freight traffic statistics were introduced in 1
January 2000 to meet the requirements of the EC Maritime Statistics Directive (Council
Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods and
passengers by sea, recast as Directive 2009/42/EC).
This Appendix describes the current collection and analysis system, and describes the main
differences between these statistics and those which were collected before 2000.
Under the Directive, information is required quarterly on foreign and domestic tonnages and
freight units, for major ports (i.e. those that have over one million tonnes of freight per
annum) by route, flag and cargo type. Less information is required for smaller ports.
Most of the detailed freight information is collected from shipping lines, operators and
shipping agents, because the detailed route and ship flag information required by the
Directive is only generally available from them. The ports supply more limited information
quarterly and annually, which is used to provide control totals and also to publish more timely
provisional results.
The full guidance for data providers is available via a dedicated section of the DfT web site:
www.dft.gov.uk/ukmaritimestatistics/, including the forms, instructions for their completion and
code lists.
Shipping lines and agents information (MSD1)

Shipping lines or their agents complete detailed returns of their inwards and outwards traffic at
each major port for each ship, on each route, quarterly, on form MSD1. Major ports are those
handling more than 1 million tonnes a year, plus a few selected ports with less tonnage. The
returns give the gross weight of goods in tonnes of liquid bulks, dry bulks, unitised traffic and
other general cargo, by individual category. Additionally for unitised traffic, the returns give the
numbers of units, broken down where appropriate into those with cargo and those which are
empty. A full list of the cargo categories is given in Table 1 and a comparison with the
categories used in the previous system is at Table 2.
Ports information (MSD2, MSD2X and MSD5)

The port authorities or other undertakings at major ports complete quarterly (MSD2) returns
comprising four figures: the gross weight of goods inwards, the gross weight of goods
outwards, the total number of units inwards and the total number of units outwards. Units
include containers, road goods vehicles, passenger cars, unaccompanied trailers etc.
Results from the MSD2 returns have been used since the beginning of 2009 to produce
provisional quarterly port freight statistics which are published via the DfT Transport
Statistics web site.
More cargo details are supplied annually on form MSD2X, which uses the same cargo
type categories as the MSD1. The MSD2X results are used to provide more detailed
grossing totals for the final annual results, and are also the basis of the provisional annual
results published about 6 months after the year end on the DfT Transport Statistics web
site.
Minor ports provide information on total tonnages in and out, annually on form MSD5.
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Ports also provide quarterly returns listing the shipping agents, lines and operators active
at the port (MSD3) and giving data on ship arrivals and departures (MSD4).
Classification of port freight traffic for the EC Directive on statistical returns in

respect of the carriage of goods and passengers by sea (2009/42/EC)
Unitised Traffic
Category Description Code Statistics required for major ports
Weight
Number of units of
Loaded Empty Total goods
Containers 20 ft freight units 31 9 9 9 9

40 ft freight units 32 9 9 9 9
Freight units > 20 ft & < 40 ft 33 9 9 9 9
Freight units > 40 ft 34 9 9 9 9
Roll-on/Roll-off Road goods vehicles with or without 51 9 9 9 9
(self- propelled) accompanying trailers
Passenger cars, motorcycles and 52 9
accompanying trailers/caravans
Passenger buses 53 9
Import/Export motor vehicles 54 9 9
Live animals on the hoof 56 9 9
Other mobile self-propelled units 59 9 9 9 9
Roll-on/Roll-off Unaccompanied road goods trailers 61 9 9 9 9
(non self- & semi-trailers
propelled) Unaccompanied caravans and other 62 9 9
road, agricultural and industrial
vehicles
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port 63 9 9 9 9
trailers, and shipborne barges
engaged in goods transport
Other mobile non self-propelled units 69 9 9 9 9
Non-Unitised Traffic
Category Description Code Statistics required for major ports
Weight of goods
Liquid Bulk Liquefied gas 11 9
Crude oil 12 9
Oil products 13 9
Other liquid bulk products 19 9
Dry Bulk Ores 21 9
Coal 22 9
Agricultural products 23 9
Other dry bulk 29 9
Other general Forestry products 91 9
cargo Iron and steel products 92 9
Other general cargo & containers < 99 9
20 ft
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Validation and Quality Assurance procedures
Data are mainly reported electronically, either as bespoke XML files (the GESMES
system) or ASCII files, or via a web-based reporting tool (iSDES). A few senders still report
by email or other methods. The guidance for data providers may be found here:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/ukmaritimestatistics/. The data are sent to a Collection Agency
working on behalf of DfT, who collate the data, carry out initial validation checks, and also
operate a helpdesk and identify and follow up non-respondents. Validation checks at this
stage include checks on the validity of port codes and ship identities, and basic plausibility
checks on types and sizes of certain cargoes.
Once data are transmitted securely to DfT additional checks are carried out, including the
cross-comparison of MSD1, MDS2 and MSD2X records, and comparisons with previous
time periods. Major anomalies are followed up with data providers.
Grossing procedures
MDS2, MSD2X or MSD5 returns are normally received from virtually all significant
operators. It is not possible to measure the response rate for MSD1s except by comparing
the resulting traffic totals with those from the MSD2 or MSD2X returns.
The MSD2X data from ports are used as control totals to gross up the information supplied
by shipping lines and agents data, to estimate missing values. Each of the data variables
for each port on the MSD2X, ie. the cargo categories for unitised and non-unitised traffic (see
Table 1) are divided by the corresponding estimates provided by shipping lines and agents to
produce grossing factors. These factors are then applied to all corresponding MSD1 data
variables to provide grossed totals. This method allows the estimation of other variables, for
example traffic by cargo type by port of loading and unloading, vessel characteristics, flag etc,
which are unavailable from ports from the MSD2 or MSD2X. The grossing procedure applies
to traffic to and from major ports; information for minor ports is added in separately.
From 2000 all freight estimates shown in the tables which have a geographic element, eg.
imports, exports, foreign, domestic traffic, have been estimated by the grossing procedures
described above based on information supplied by shipping lines and agents. For 1999 and
earlier years this information has been estimated by ports but only approximately in many
cases. The new collection arrangements provide more reliable geographic information, ie.
estimates of imports, exports, foreign, coastwise, one-port traffic, traffic on individual
routes etc.
The overall effect of grossing, and the spread of grossing factors, are summarised in the
following table.
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Implied grossing factors for a range of traffic types
Total weight reported Published estimate Implied
on MSD1 forms after grossing grossing
(million tonnes) (million tonnes) factor
Total major ports: 2006 526.5 568.8 1.08
2007 521.2 566.6 1.09
2008 493.1 548.1 1.11
2009 455.8 489.6 1.07
2009 results for specific traffic types:
Inwards 277.9 296.6 1.07
Outwards 177.9 193.0 1.08
Liquid bulk 205.6 227.5 1.11
Dry bulk 95.9 99.0 1.03
Other general cargo 14.7 16.9 1.15
Lo-Lo containers 47.0 52.0 1.11
Ro-Ro 92.7 94.1 1.02
Domestic 119.6 127.1 1.06
Short Sea 237.8 254.2 1.07
Deep Sea 98.5 108.3 1.10
Major ports Smallest implied factor among ports 0.68
Lower quartile (port 13 of 52) 1.00
Median 1.03
Upper quartile (port 39 of 52) 1.08
Largest implied factor among ports 1.77
Publication arrangements and provisional results

Port freight statistics are published in three stages in order to put usable information in the
public domain as early as possible:
(1) Provisional quarterly results are published approximately 10 weeks after the end of the
quarter to which they relate. These statistics are based on the MSD2 forms provided by
major ports. Data are available for total weight of goods and number of units inwards and
outwards for each responding port. These figures may be subject to revision if subsequent
checks against MSD1 data provided by agents or MSD2X data provided by ports at the
year end highlight anomalies. Typically a very small number of ports do not provide data in
time for publication, in which case the national trend is estimated based on the trend for
those ports which have provided data for the latest quarter. Table P1 below shows how the
published quarterly indices for traffic at major ports have changed in each successive
quarter since Q1 2009. This illustrates the overall effect at national level of changes to the
provisional figures after their initial publication.
(2) Provisional annual results are published approximately 6 months after the end of the
calendar year to which they relate. These statistics are based on the MSD2X and MSD5
returns provided at the end of the year by each major port and minor port respectively. A
split into broad cargo type is available for each major port. Some additional quality checks
will have been possible, compared with the earlier quarterly data, but full checks of
MSD2/2X data against MSD1 data from shipping agents, and grossing of the final data will
not have been completed, so the data remain provisional at this stage. However, past
experience is that the figures for the vast majority of ports do not change further. Table P2
below compares the ‘provisional annual’ national totals as first published each year with
the final figures released subsequently, showing that the differences at national level have
usually been extremely small.
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(3) Final detailed results are published about 9 months after the year end. At this stage a
full reconciliation of port and shipping agent data will have been carried out, and the
grossing procedures described above completed and checked. The detailed results are
based on this grossed data. At this stage the full range of analyses, including those by
route and vessel type are available.
Table P1: Showing how port traffic indices have varied in successive
editions of Quarterly Port Statistics
Index value (Q4 2000 = 100)

Index Publication Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Date '08 '08 '08 '09 '09 '09 '09 '09 '10 '10
Total tons index
March 2009 101.0 100.4 99.7 98.5 96.4
June 2009 101.1 100.5 99.8 98.6 96.5 93.3
Sept 2009 101.1 100.5 99.8 98.6 96.5 93.3 91.1
Dec 2009 101.1 100.5 99.8 98.6 96.5 93.3 91.1 88.9
March 2010 101.1 100.5 99.8 98.6 96.7 93.6 91.6 89.5 88.8
June 2010 101.1 100.5 99.8 98.6 96.2 92.7 90.3 88.1 87.9 88.2
Total units index
March 2009 117.4 116.7 114.7 111.4 107.9
June 2009 117.6 117.0 115.2 112.0 108.3 103.8
Sept 2009 117.6 117.0 115.2 112.0 108.3 103.8 102.3
Dec 2009 117.6 117.0 115.2 112.0 107.1 102.8 101.4 100.4
March 2010 117.6 117.0 115.2 112.0 107.4 103.5 102.5 101.9 103.4
June 2010 117.6 117.0 115.2 112.0 107.2 103.1 101.9 101.0 102.5 104.0
Note: Figures before 2008 have not changed since quarterly series was first published in March 2009.
Table P2: Comparison of provisional and final annual totals: 2000-2009

million tonnes Per cent
Year Direction Provisional Final Difference difference
2009 In 307.9 303.6 -4.3 -1.4
Out 200.6 197.3 -3.3 -1.7
All 508.5 500.9 -7.6 -1.5
2008 In 346.5 346.5 0.0 0.0
Out 216.0 215.7 -0.3 -0.1
All 562.5 562.2 -0.3 -0.1
2007 In 358.0 357.8 -0.2 0.0
Out 223.1 223.7 0.6 0.3
All 581.1 581.5 0.4 0.1
2006 In 362.3 364.7 2.4 0.7
Out 217.9 218.6 0.7 0.3
All 580.2 583.3 3.1 0.5
2005 In 352.1 354.0 1.9 0.5
Out 229.4 230.5 1.1 0.5
All 581.6 584.5 2.9 0.5
2004 In 341.4 342.1 0.8 0.2
Out 230.7 230.6 0.0 0.0
All 572.1 572.8 0.7 0.1
2003 In 323.2 323.4 0.2 0.1
Out 231.5 231.9 0.4 0.2
All 554.7 555.3 0.6 0.1
2002 In 320.7 320.5 -0.2 -0.1
Out 237.6 237.5 -0.1 -0.1
All 558.3 557.9 -0.4 -0.1
2001 In 329.3 328.9 -0.4 -0.1
Out 236.4 237.5 1.1 0.5
All 565.7 566.4 0.7 0.1
2000 In 318.2 316.3 -1.9 -0.6
Out 258.9 256.7 -2.2 -0.9
All 577.1 573.1 -4.1 -0.7
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The previous system (1999 and earlier years)
Annual statistics on freight handled at GB ports have been collected by the Department for
Transport since 1980. (Statistics for Northern Ireland ports were collected by the Department
for Economic Development, Northern Ireland from 1988 to 1999, and have been collected by
DfT within the UK system since 2000). Prior to this, similar statistics were collected by the
National Ports Council from 1965. There were various relatively modest changes to the
collection system during this period, and these notes relate mainly to the previous data
collection system as it was in its final form, from 1995 to 1999.
Although the published data series from before 2000 are considered to be largely
comparable with the current system, the change in collection methodology resulted in some
discontinuities in the data between 2000 and previous years.
The current system includes more detail than previously on vessels and routes (in terms of
the port of loading/unloading) used, and on unitised traffic by weight; but less commodity
detail for non-unitised traffic.
Prior to 2000 all freight information was collected from ports annually. There was no
quarterly collection and no collection from shipping agents. A PS4 form was sent to major
ports asking for detailed information on weight of traffic in and out, by cargo category and
whether these were foreign, coastwise or one port cargoes. A detailed commodity analysis
was also required for bulk traffic, and a broad commodity analysis for coastwise traffic.
Separate information was required on unitised traffic ie. the number of number of units in and
out by unitised cargo categories and by broad route.
The major ports covered by the PS4 were taken to be ports with least 2 million tonnes of
cargo a year. A few selected ports with smaller volumes were also included, which were
required to provide only total weight of cargo, in and out, in a simplified form.
Main differences between the freight collection systems in 1995–1999 and from 2000
Difference Freight collection system from 2000 Freight collection system in 1995–1999
Traffic More detail on unitised traffic by weight (eg. Less detail on unitised traffic by weight but
breakdown by size of container) but less commodity more commodity detail on non-unitised
detail on non-unitised traffic. Change to traffic (see table below for full comparison)
definition of containers on Roll-on/Roll-off
services (see table below for full
comparison)
Route and Information on individual trips from shipping No information from shipping lines and
vessel lines and agents, including port of load and agents and no vessel data. Detailed
information unload, so geographic information should information annually from ports, but
be more accurate. Also vessel details aggregated – no individual trips identified,
available eg. LRN and flag. Summary data so geographic information is likely to be
only from ports, on traffic in and out of less accurate.
ports, quarterly.
Definition of Major ports (52 in 2000) are defined as Major ports (39 in 1999) defined as ports
major port ports with annual cargo volumes of at least 1 with annual cargo volumes of at least 2
million tonnes, plus a few selected ports with million tonnes, plus a few selected ports
less tonnage. Otherwise ports are classified with less tonnage. Otherwise ports
as minor ports. classified as minor ports.
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Comparison of cargo categories used in port statistics up to 1999 and from 2000
1) Weight of unitised cargo

Cargo categories in use until Cargo categories in use from 2000
1999
Containers on Lift-on/Lift-off or Containers 20 ft freight units
conventional services 40 ft freight units
Freight units > 20 ft & < 40 ft
Freight units > 40 ft
Containers on Roll-on/Roll-off Containers Only if lifted on or off vessel by crane. Container sub-
services categories as above.
Roll-on/ Roll-off If loaded aboard using any type of roll-on/roll-off trailer. Rail
(non self-propelled) wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and shipborne barges
engaged in goods transport
Powered road goods vehicles and Roll-on/ Roll-off Road goods vehicles with or without accompanying trailers
unaccompanied road goods (self-prop)
trailers
Roll-on/ Roll-off Unaccompanied road goods trailers & semi-trailers
(non self-prop)
Rail wagons and barges carried Roll-on/ Roll-off Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and shipborne
on ships (non self-prop) barges engaged in goods transport
Vehicles for import and export on Roll-on/ Roll-off Import/Export motor vehicles
Roll-on/Roll-off services (self- prop)
Other wheeled and Roll-on/Roll-off Roll-on/ Roll-off Other mobile self-propelled units
freight (self- prop)
Roll-on/ Roll-off Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and
(non self-prop) industrial vehicles
Other mobile non self-propelled units
2) Weight of non-unitised cargo

Cargo categories in use until 1999 Cargo categories in use from 2000
Liquid bulks Crude petroleum Liquid bulks Crude oil
Petroleum products and gas Oil products
Liquefied gas
Animal and vegetable oils and fats, beverages, Other liquid bulks
chemicals, chemical fertilisers, crude minerals, material
shipped for dumping at sea, sugar and sugar
preparations, and other liquid bulks
Dry bulks Ores and scrap Dry bulks Ores
Coal, coke and briquettes Coal
Foodstuffs and tobacco (including animal feeding stuff, Agricultural products
dairy products and eggs, fruit and vegetables, meat and
meat preparations, milled cereals and cereal
preparations, sugar and sugar preparations and unmilled
cereals), animal and vegetable oils and fats, and oil
seeds and nuts
Cement lime etc, chemicals, crude and manufactured Other dry bulks
fertilisers, crude minerals, iron and steel, material
shipped for dumping at sea, non-ferrous metals, other
non-metallic mineral manufactures, petroleum products
and gas, sea dredged aggregates, wood lumber and
cork, and other dry bulks
Semi-bulks Unitised forest products Other general Forestry products
cargo
Other semi-bulk traffic (for example, iron and steel, and Iron and steel
palletised cargo) products
Conventional traffic General cargo and
containers < 20 ft
Non-oil traffic with UK offshore installations
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3) Number of units
Cargo categories in use until 1999 Cargo categories in use from 2000
Containers on Lift-on/Lift-off 20 ft Containers 20 ft freight units
or conventional services
30/40 ft Containers 40 ft freight units
Freight units > 20 ft & < 40 ft
Freight units > 40 ft
Containers on Roll-on/Roll- 20 - 40 ft Roll-on/ Roll- Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and
off services off (non self- shipborne barges engaged in goods transport
propelled) (including containers loaded using special port
trailers/shipborne port to port trailers). Note –
number of roll-on/roll-off units is counted, as
opposed to the number of containers carried
(change from 2000)
Powered road goods vehicles Roll-on/ Roll- Road goods vehicles with or without
off (self-prop) accompanying trailers
Unaccompanied road goods trailers Roll-on/ Roll- Unaccompanied road goods trailers & semi-
off (non self- trailers
propelled)
Rail wagons and barges carried on Roll-on/ Roll- Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and
ships off (non self- shipborne barges engaged in goods transport
propelled)
Vehicles for import and export on Roll- Roll-on/ Roll- Import/Export motor vehicles
on/Roll-off services off (self-prop)
Accompanied passenger cars Roll-on/ Roll- Passenger cars, motorcycles and accompanying
off (self-prop) trailers/caravans
Accompanied passenger buses and Roll-on/ Roll- Passenger buses
coaches off (self-prop)
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Appendix B
List of port authorities and undertakings supplying port traffic returns
for 2009
Port group Port (* major port) Authority/undertaking
Thames and Kent Brightlingsea Wheelers (export) Ltd

Wallasea Baltic Distribution
London * Port of London Authority
Medway * (inc. Thamesport ) Medway Ports Ltd
Whitstable Canterbury City Council
Ramsgate * Thanet District Council
Dover * Dover Harbour Board
Folkestone Folkestone Harbour Company Ltd
Other ports Port of Rye
Sussex and Hampshire Newhaven * Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd

Shoreham * Shoreham Port Authority
Littlehampton Littlehampton Harbour Board
Portsmouth * Portsmouth Commercial Port
Southampton * Associated British Ports
Southampton * Southampton Container Terminals Ltd.
Cowes IOW Cowes Harbour Commissioners
Other ports Newport Harbour (Isle of Wight)
West Country Poole * Poole Harbour Commissioners

Teignmouth Associated British Ports
Plymouth * Associated British Ports
Plymouth * Cattewater Harbour Commissioners
Fowey * Fowey Harbour Commissioners
Par South Coast UK Ltd
Falmouth Falmouth Harbour Commissioners
Falmouth A & P Falmouth Ltd
Falmouth Falmouth Oil Services (1994) Ltd
Other ports Weymouth and Portland Borough Council
Other ports Portland Port Ltd.
Other ports Torbay Borough Authority
Other ports Carrick District Council – Truro
Other ports Carrick District Council – Penryn
Other ports Cemex Ltd – Dean Point
Other ports Penzance Harbour Authority
Other ports Newlyn Pier and Harbour Commissioners
Other ports Padstow Harbour Commissioners
Other ports West of England Quarry, Porthoustock
Bristol Channel Bridgwater Sedgemoor District Council

Bristol * Bristol Port Company
Gloucester and Sharpness British Waterways
Newport * Newport Harbour Commissioners
Newport * Associated British Ports
Cardiff * Associated British Ports
Barry Associated British Ports
Port Talbot * Associated British Ports
Neath Neath Harbour Commissioners
Swansea * Associated British Ports
Other ports Torridge District Council – Bideford
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West and North Wales Milford Haven * Milford Haven Port Authority
Fishguard * Stena Line Ltd
Holyhead * Stena Line Ports Ltd
Mostyn Port of Mostyn
Other ports North West Aggregates Ltd – Llanddulas
Other ports Port Penrhyn Plant Ltd
Lancs and Cumbria Liverpool * Mersey Docks & Harbour Company

Liverpool * Mersey Wharf – Bromborough
Garston Associated British Ports
Manchester * Manchester Ship Canal Company
Fleetwood * Associated British Ports
Lancaster Lancaster Port Commissioners
Heysham * Heysham Port Ltd
Barrow Associated British Ports
Workington Cumbria County Council
Silloth Associated British Ports
Scotland: West Coast Stranraer * Stena Line Ltd

Cairnryan * P&O European Ferries Ltd
Ayr Associated British Ports
Clyde * Clydeport Operations Ltd
Glensanda * Foster Yeoman Ltd
Other ports Associated British Ports – Troon
Other ports British Waterways – Ardrishaig & Corpach
Other ports Tarmac Northern Ltd – Lochaline
Other ports Stornoway Pier & Harbour Commission
Scotland: East Coast Orkney * Orkney Islands Council

Lerwick Lerwick Port Authority
Sullom Voe * Shetland Islands Council
Cromarty Firth * Cromarty Firth Port Authority
Inverness Inverness Harbour Trust
Peterhead * Peterhead Bay Authority
Peterhead * Peterhead Harbour Trustees/Peterhead Bay Authority
Aberdeen * Aberdeen Harbour Board
Montrose Montrose Port Authority
Dundee * Port of Dundee Ltd
Perth Perth & Kinross Council
Forth * Forth Ports plc
Other ports Wick Harbour Trust
Other ports Scrabster Harbour Trust
Other ports The Moray District Council – Buckie
Other ports Aberdeenshire Council – Macduff
Other ports The Moray District Council – Burghead
Other ports Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners
Other ports Tarmac Northern Ltd – Inverkeithing
Other ports Port Services (Inverkeithing) Ltd
North East Berwick Berwick Harbour Commission

Blyth Port of Blyth
Tyne * Port of Tyne Authority
Sunderland * Port of Sunderland Authority
Seaham Seaham Harbour Dock Company
Tees and Hartlepool * PD Teesport
Whitby and Scarborough Scarborough Borough Council – Whitby
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Humber Hull * Associated British Ports

Rivers Hull and Humber * New Holland Dock (Wharfingers) Ltd
Rivers Hull and Humber * New Holland Bulk Services Ltd
Rivers Hull and Humber * Karlshamns Ltd
Rivers Hull and Humber * Conocophillips Ltd – Tetney
River Trent * Flixborough Wharf Ltd
River Trent * Gunness Wharf Ltd
River Trent * Trenship Agency Ltd – Neap House Wharf
River Trent * J Wharton (Shipping) Ltd – Grove Wharf
River Trent * PD Port Services – Keadby
Goole * Associated British Ports
River Ouse PD Port Services – Howdendyke
River Ouse General Freight Company – Selby
Grimsby and Immingham * Associated British Ports
Grimsby and Immingham * Associated Petroleum Terminals (Immingham) Ltd
Grimsby and Immingham * Humber Sea Terminal
Grimsby and Immingham * Simon Cargo Ltd
Other ports Storefreight Services Ltd – Dutch River Wharf
Wash and Northern Boston * Port of Boston Ltd

East Anglia Wisbech Fenland District Council
Sutton Bridge Port Sutton Bridge Ltd
King's Lynn King's Lynn Conservancy Board
Great Yarmouth * Great Yarmouth Port Company Ltd
Lowestoft Associated British Ports
Other ports Wells Harbour Commissioners
Haven Felixstowe * Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company Ltd

Felixstowe * Maritime Cargo Processing Ltd
Ipswich * Associated British Ports
Mistley Quay Mistley Quay & Forwarding Co. Ltd
Harwich * Harwich International Port Ltd – Parkeston Quay
Harwich * Harwich Dock Co. Ltd – Navyard Wharf
Northern Ireland Londonderry * Londonderry Port & Harbour Commissioners

Coleraine Coleraine Harbour Commissioners
Larne * Larne Harbour Ltd
Carrickfergus Port not in use
Belfast * Belfast Harbour Commissioners
Warrenpoint * Warrenpoint Harbour Authority
Other ports Irish Salt Mining & Exploration Co. Ltd – Kilroot
Other ports AES Kilroot Power Ltd
Appendix C
List of major ports in 2009
Aberdeen Fishguard Hull Orkney Stranraer
Belfast Fleetwood Ipswich Peterhead Sullom Voe
Boston Forth Larne Plymouth Sunderland
Bristol Fowey Liverpool Poole Swansea
Cairnryan Glensanda London Port Talbot Tees & Hartlepool
Cardiff Goole Londonderry Portsmouth Tyne
Clyde Great Yarmouth Manchester Ramsgate Warrenpoint
Cromarty Firth Grimsby & Immingham Medway Rivers Hull & Humber
Dover Harwich Milford Haven River Trent
Dundee Heysham Newhaven Shoreham
Felixstowe Holyhead Newport Southampton
176
Appendix D
Ports, port groups and freight waterways
177
Appendix E
The International Classification of Ships by Type (ICST(94))
Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Level 0

Crude oil tanker
Crude/products tanker
Oil tanker 1
Oil products tanker
Oil/chemical tanker
Chemical tanker Chemical tanker 2
LNG carrier
LPG carrier Liquefied gas carrier 3
Other liquefied gas carrier
Single hull LIQUID
Double hull
Double-sided Tank barge 4
Double-bottomed
Other tank barge
Asphalt, bitumen carrier
Molasses tanker
Other tanker 5
Vegetable oil tanker
Other tanker nei
Ore/bulk/Oil
Ore/Oil Bulk/oil carrier 6
Bulk/Oil
DRY BULK
Ore carrier
Bulk/container carrier Bulk carrier 7
MERCHANT SHIP STRUCTURES

Other bulk carrier
Container (FC) Container (FC) 9
MARINE STRUCTURES
Barge carrier
Chemical carrier
Irradiated fuel carrier
Specialised carrier 8
Livestock carrier
Vehicle carrier
Other specialised carrier
Reefer 12
Ro-Ro passenger 10
Ro-Ro container 11
Other Ro-Ro cargo OTHER DRY CARGO
General cargo
Gen cargo/passenger 13
Gen cargo/single deck 14
Gen.cargo/container 15
Gen cargo/oth multi deck
Deck barge
Hopper barge
Lash/seabee barge
Dry cargo barge 16
Open dry cargo barge
Covered dry cargo barge
Other dry cargo barge
Cruise 17
Passenger
Other passenger 18
Fish processing Fish processing and
19
Fish catching catching
Off-shore drilling Offshore production and
20 MISCELLANEOUS
Off-shore support support
TYPES
Tug
Tow-boat (tug in MS) 21
Push-boat
Research/Survey 22
Dredger 23 Other types
Other nei 24
NAVAL (MILITARY CRAFT)
NON-SHIP STRUCTURES
Note: Shaded cells indicate the main groupings used in this report
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Other Maritime Statistics produced by the Department for Transport:

Summary port traffic statistics...................................................................................... 8

UK ports traffic: map of tonnages ................................................................................ 9

Summary fleet statistics .............................................................................. …………10

UK owned and managed fleet: clover leaf diagram................................................... 11

Part A: Port Traffic Statistics

Section 2: Unitised traffic ........................................................................................... 37

Section 3: Other port statistics including individual port tables ................................. 55

Part B: Merchant Fleet Statistics

Section 6: World fleets and other statistics ............................................................. 146

Notes to tables ....................................................................................................... 158

C. List of major ports in 2008................................................................................ 176

D. Map of ports, port groups and freight waterways ............................................ 177

E. Ship type classification for fleet statistics ......................................................... 178

Symbols and conventions used

1.1 All ports traffic: 1999–2009 19

1.2 All ports, by mode of appearance: 1999–2009 20

1.6 Major ports, by cargo category: 2000–2009 27

1.9 Major ports one-port traffic, by cargo category: 2009 29

1.11 Major ports, by area of loading or unloading: 2009 34

1.12 Major ports, by flag of carrying vessel: 2009 35

1.13 Major ports, by nationality of owner of vessel: 2009 36

1.14 Minor ports, foreign and domestic traffic: 2002–2009 36

Section 2: Unitised traffic

2.1 All ports, freight units by type of unit: 2000–2009 42

2.2 All ports, main freight units by route: 2000–2009 43

2.3 All ports, main freight units by port: 2005–2009 44

2.4 Major ports, unitised traffic, by category: 2009 45

2.5 Major ports, main freight units, by route: 2009 48

2.6 Major ports, main freight units, by port: 2009 49

2.8 All ports container traffic in TEUs: 2000–2009 52

2.9 Major ports import/export motor vehicles by port: 2007–2009 53

2.10 Major ports import/export motor vehicles by route: 2007–2009 53

Section 3: Other port statistics

3.2 UK international short sea passenger movements, by country: 1999–2009 59

3.3 Domestic waterborne passenger movements, by type of route: 1999–2009 59

3.4 Accompanied passenger vehicles, by port and port group: 1999–2009 60

3.5 Accompanied passenger vehicles, foreign and coastwise routes: 1999–2009 61

3.6 Ship arrivals at UK ports, by type and deadweight: 2009 62

3.7 Ship arrivals at UK ports: 2001–2009 66

Selected ports in descending order of traffic

3.10 Major ports traffic by cargo category: 2009 121

Selected ports in descending order of traffic

3.11 EU countries port traffic 2009 122

3.12 Largest 20 European ports 2009 122

Section 4: United Kingdom owned vessels

Section 5: United Kingdom and Crown Dependency registered vessels

5.1 (i) All vessels by type: 31 Dec 2009 139

Section 6: World fleets and other statistics