Port freight quarterly statistics: July to September 2019
Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for July to September 2019.
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Statistics on freight handled at major UK sea ports for July to September 2019.
When comparing July to September 2019 with July to September 2018 through UK major ports:
- total freight tonnage fell by 4% to 112.8 million tonnes
- inward tonnage fell by 4% to 72.7 million tonnes
- outward tonnage fell by 4% to 40.1 million tonnes
- total volume of unitised traffic fell by 4% to 6.6 million units
- inward units fell by 3% to 3.4 million units
- outward units fell by 4% to 3.1 million units
When comparing the rolling year to September 2019 with September 2018 through UK major ports:
- total tonnage increased by 1% to 471.0 million tonnes
- total volume of unitised traffic decreased by 2% to 23.4 million units
Detailed final annual statistics for 2019 will be published in summer 2020.
Further information about these statistics is available, including:
- background information on quarterly port freight statistics
- notes and definitions for all port freight statistics
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