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Port freight quarterly statistics: January to March 2025

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for January to March 2025.

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When comparing January to March 2025 with January to March 2024 through UK major ports: 

  • total freight tonnage increased by 5% to 107.4 million tonnes 

  • inward tonnage increased by 7% to 72.8 million tonnes 

  • outward tonnage showed little change, increasing by just under 1%, to 34.6 million tonnes 

  • total volume of unitised traffic increased by 3% to 4.8 million units 

  • inward units increased by 3% to 2.6 million units 

  • outward units increased by 2% to 2.2 million units 

When comparing the rolling year to March 2025 with March 2024 through UK major ports:

  • total tonnage increased by 2% to 425.9 million tonnes 

  • total volume of unitised traffic increased by 2% to 21.3 million units 

Detailed final annual statistics for 2025 will be published in summer 2026.  Annual trends can be explored using our maritime statistics dashboard.

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Published 5 June 2025

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