Accredited official statistics

Port freight statistics: January to March 2013

Statistics on freight handled by major UK ports.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 19 June 2013

Documents

Port freight statistics: January to March 2013 report

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Port freight statistics: January to March 2013 tables

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Details

Provisional annual statistics are updated in June and detailed final annual statistics are published in September.

When comparing January to March 2013 with January to March 2012:

• total major port traffic (tonnage) was 119 million tonnes, a decline of 3%.
• total tonnage fell despite a 1% increase in inward traffic, the first year on year increase since quarter 4 2011.
• the number of units handled during quarter 1 2013 was 4,567 thousand units, remaining constant.

For the rolling annual total, when comparing the four quarters ending January to March 2013 with the four quarters ending January to March 2012:

• total major port traffic (tonnage) has fallen by 4%. This continues the decline seen throughout 2012
• a total of 20,617 units were handled, a fall of 3% and continuing the decline seen in 2012

Technical information

Information on port freight statistics, including the pre-release access list and related technical documentation are available.

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Published 19 June 2013