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Port freight statistics: provisional annual 2012

This publication presents provisional annual summary statistics on freight handled by UK sea ports.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 26 June 2013

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Port freight statistics: provisional annual 2012

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Details

Key tables are updated provisionally in June. Detailed final annual statistics will be published in September.

Key points:

Port Freight Traffic (tonnage)

• Total freight traffic for all ports in the UK decreased to 501.2 million tonnes, a 4% decline compared to 2011

• Major UK ports handled 489.8 million tonnes, a drop of 3% in comparison to 2011

• Minor ports tonnage decreased by 9% compared to 2011, down to 11.4 million tonnes

• Northern Ireland was the only country to see a slight year on year increase with tonnage rising to 23.5 million tonnes in 2012

Unitised Traffic through Major Ports

• Units handled by UK major ports fell for the second year running to 20.8 million units, a 3% decrease since 2011

• Scotland was the only country to have an increase in the number of units, increasing by 3% to a total of 1.2 million units

• Dover remained the busiest major port in terms of unitised traffic, handling 4.3 million units

Technical information

Technical notes and the pre-release access list on port freight statistics is available

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Published 26 June 2013