Port freight quarterly statistics: April to June 2023
Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for April to June 2023.
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We are planning to discontinue table PORT0501 from the quarterly port freight statistics from quarter 3 (July to September) 2023 onwards due to low user engagement. PORT0501 presents tonnage and unit totals at the national level as indices. National level tonnage and unit totals will remain available in PORT0502. Please let us know if you use PORT0501 and would be negatively affected by its removal by contacting us at maritime statistics.
When comparing April to June 2023 with April to June 2022 through UK major ports:
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total freight tonnage decreased by 4% to 110.3 million tonnes
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inward tonnage decreased by 4% to 74 million tonnes
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outward tonnage decreased by 2% to 36.3 million tonnes
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total volume of unitised traffic increased by 5% to 5.4 million units
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inward units increased by 6% to 2.9 million units
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outward units increased by 4% to 2.5 million units
When comparing the rolling year to June 2023 with June 2022 through UK major ports:
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total tonnage decreased by 2% to 442.6 million tonnes
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total volume of unitised traffic increased by 6% to 20.5 million units
Detailed final annual statistics for 2023 will be published in summer 2024.
Further information about these statistics is available, including:
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background information on quarterly port freight statistics
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notes and definitions for all port freight statistics
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