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Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: data tables (PORT)

Data about the international and domestic movement of freight by water, produced by Department for Transport.

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Department for Transport
Published:
22 August 2018
Last updated:
10 September 2026
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  1. Port freight quarterly statistics: April to June 2026 data tables published.

  2. Port freight annual statistics: 2025 data tables published.

  3. Port freight quarterly statistics: January to March 2026 data tables published.

  4. Port freight quarterly statistics: October to December 2025 data tables published.

  5. Data tables for Domestic Waterborne Freight Statistics: 2024 published.

  6. Data tables for port freight quarterly statistics: July to September 2025 published.

  7. Data tables for Port freight annual statistics: 2024 published.

  8. Quarterly data tables for UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port from 2009 and 2018 updated for January to March 2025.

  9. Quarterly data tables for UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port from 2009 and 2018 updated for October to December 2024.

  10. Quarterly data tables for UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port from 2009 and 2018 updated for July to September 2024.

  11. Data tables for UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, quarterly from 2009, and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2018 updated for the latest port freight quarterly report.

  12. Data tables updated for the latest port freight annual report.

  13. Data tables on UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port quarterly from 2009 and 2018 updated for the latest port freight quarterly statistics.

  14. UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port (quarterly from 2009) and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port (quarterly from 2018) updated for the latest quarterly report.

  15. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, updated for the latest quarterly report for July to September 2023.

  16. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, rolling 4 quarter totals: from 2000, UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2009 and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2018 updated for the April to June 2023 report.

  17. Data tables updated for the 2022 port freight annual report.

  18. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, updated for the latest quarterly report for January to March 2023.

  19. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the October to December 2022 port freight report.

  20. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the July to September 2022 port freight report.

  21. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the April to June 2022 port freight report.

  22. Data tables updated for the 2021 port freight annual report.

  23. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the January to March 2022 port freight report.

  24. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the October to December 2021 port freight report.

  25. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the July to September 2021 port freight report.

  26. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the April to June 2021 port freight report. Domestic freight tables updated for the latest report.

  27. Data tables and titles updated for the port freight annual statistics 2020 report.

  28. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for January to March 2021 port freight report.

  29. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated and a new table showing quarterly data from 2018 (PORT0503) added for October to December 2020 port freight report.

  30. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated for July to September 2020.

  31. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated for April to June 2020.

  32. Data tables and index updated for the 2019 annual report.

  33. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated for January to March 2020. Data table for UK ports, ship arrivals by type and deadweight has been updated.

  34. Data tables (quarterly trends) on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated for October to December 2019.

  35. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and individual major ports traffic, by cargo type and international or domestic updated.

  36. Updated tables for Port freight quarterly statistics: April to June 2019.

  37. Data tables for annual port and domestic waterborne freight statistics, 21 August 2019.

  38. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices (tonnage and units) updated for January to March 2019.

  39. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices (tonnage and units) updated for October to December 2018.

  40. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices (tonnage and units) and table index, updated for July to September 2018.

  41. Data tables on UK major port traffic indices (tonnage and units), updated for April to June 2018.

  42. First published.

Number of passengers on vessels are available in the sea passenger data collection.

Port and domestic waterborne freight table index and port list

Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: table index (ODS, 18.2 KB)

Major and minor port list for freight statistics (ODS, 19 KB)

All port traffic totals: major and minor

PORT0101: All freight tonnage traffic by port and year (filter by direction) (ODS, 1.02 MB)

PORT0102: All freight tonnage traffic, international and domestic by direction and year (ODS, 61.1 KB)

PORT0103: All unitised freight traffic by cargo type and year (ODS, 62.4 KB)

PORT0104: All main freight units traffic by route and year (ODS, 239 KB)

Major port traffic by cargo type

PORT0201: Freight traffic cargo types by year (filter by direction and route) (ODS, 277 KB)

PORT0202: Unitised freight traffic cargo types by year (filter by direction and route) (ODS, 316 KB)

PORT0203: Unitised main freight traffic by port, cargo type, metric and loaded status (filter by direction and year) (ODS, 578 KB)

Major port traffic by route

PORT0204: International freight traffic by route and cargo type (filter by direction and year) (ODS, 4.03 MB)

PORT0205: Freight traffic by top routes and year (sort by year, filter by cargo type and direction) (ODS, 5.51 MB)

PORT0206: Freight traffic by top 30 routes for each cargo type (sort by direction, filter by cargo type and year) (ODS, 3.21 MB)

Port level statistics

PORT0301: Freight traffic by port and year (filter by direction and cargo type) (ODS, 2.45 MB)

PORT0302: Freight traffic by port and route (filter by direction, cargo type and year) (ODS, 6.64 MB)

PORT0303: Freight traffic by top 30 UK ports for each cargo type (sort by direction, filter by year, cargo type) (ODS, 2.93 MB)

PORT0304: Map of UK ports by tonnage and direction, for major ports over 2 million tonnes (ODS, 493 KB)

PORT0400: Individual UK major port freight traffic by cargo type and route (filter by port and year) (ODS, 3.09 MB)

PORT0499: UK major port freight traffic: port level downloadable dataset (ODS, 8.92 MB)

PORT0503 is regarded as statistics in development, awaiting user feedback and further quality assurance to provide timely estimates. You can provide feedback about this change by filling in this form. We continue to welcome any feedback on any aspect of the port freight statistics (see contact details).

PORT0502: UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2009 (ODS, 243 KB)

PORT0503: UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2018 (ODS, 1.02 MB)

Ship information (vessels, arrival, flags)

Postponement of arrivals statistics publication

Following a user consultation period, the Department for Transport is postponing publication of the arrivals statistical outputs (reports and tables) until later this year to allow time for a full methodological review.

Therefore, these tables will only include data up to 2024. Further details can be found in the arrivals chapter.

PORT0601: UK ports, ship arrivals by type and deadweight (ODS, 1.17 MB)

PORT0602: UK ports: ship arrivals (ODS, 645 KB)

PORT0604: UK major port freight traffic, by nationality of parent owner of carrying vessel (sort by route type, filter by cargo type and year) (ODS, 2.22 MB)

PORT0605: UK major port freight traffic, by flag of carrying vessel (sort by route type, filter by cargo type and year) (ODS, 7.51 MB)

Domestic freight

PORT0701: Waterborne transport in the UK: goods lifted and moved by traffic type (ODS, 20.2 KB)

PORT0702: Waterborne transport in the UK: goods lifted and moved by cargo category and traffic type (ODS, 12.8 KB)

PORT0703: Internal inland waters traffic: goods lifted and moved by region and cargo category (ODS, 10.4 KB)

PORT0704: Major inland waterway routes, goods lifted (ODS, 25 KB)

PORT0705: Major inland waterway routes, goods moved (ODS, 24.3 KB)

PORT0706: Domestic port freight traffic by coastwise or one port traffic, cargo group and UK country (filter by direction and year) (ODS, 93 KB)

PORT0707: Domestic port freight traffic coastwise between Great Britain and Northern Ireland by route, port and year (ODS, 246 KB)

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