National statistics

Port freight quarterly statistics: January to March 2019

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for January to March 2019.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
12 June 2019

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Port freight quarterly statistics: January to March 2019 data tables

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Details

Statistics on freight handled at major UK sea ports for January to March 2019.

When comparing January to March 2019 with January to March 2018 through UK major ports:

  • total freight tonnage increased by 6% to 119.3 million tonnes
  • inward tonnage increased by 10% to 77.7 million tonnes
  • outward tonnage fell by 1% to 41.6 million tonnes
  • total volume of unitised traffic increased by 3% to 5.4 million units
  • inward units increased by 5% to 2.9 million units
  • outward units held steady at 2.5 million units

When comparing the rolling year to March 2019 with March 2018 through UK major ports:

  • total tonnage increased by 2% to 477.6 million tonnes
  • total volume of unitised traffic decreased by 1% to 23.7 million units

Detailed final annual statistics for 2019 will be published in summer 2020.

Technical notes about these statistics are available, including:

  • background information on quarterly port freight statistics
  • notes and definitions for all port freight statistics

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Published 12 June 2019

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