Accredited official statistics

Port freight statistics: October to December 2017

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for October to December 2017.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 14 March 2018

Documents

Port freight statistics: October to December 2017 report

PDF, 339 KB, 2 pages

Port freight statistics: October to December 2017 tables

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Port freight tables user feedback exercise

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Port freight table structure proposal

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Details

Alongside this quarterly publication we are proposing changes to the quarterly and annual port freight table structure, please see the user feedback exercise documents on this page which set out the proposed changes. We welcome any comments by 6 April 2018. You can contact us by email or phone 07970 313964 or fill out our short survey.

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled at major UK sea ports.

Comparing October to December 2017 with the same period in 2016:

• the total freight tonnage through UK major ports decreased by 1% to 115.0 million tonnes
• the total volume of unitised traffic through UK major ports decreased 1% to 5.6 million units

Comparing the rolling year to December 2017 with the same period in 2016:

• the total tonnage through UK major ports decreased 1% to 468.8 million tonnes
• the total volume of unitised traffic decreased 1% to 23.8 million units

Detailed final annual statistics for 2017 will be published in summer 2018.

Contact us

Maritime and shipping statistics

Email maritime.stats@dft.gov.uk

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Published 14 March 2018