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Port freight quarterly statistics: January to March 2026
Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for January to March 2026.
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When comparing January to March 2026 with January to March 2025 through UK major ports:
- total freight tonnage decreased by 3% to 104.7 million tonnes
- inward tonnage showed little change, decreasing by less than 1% to 72.3 million tonnes
- outward tonnage decreased by 7% to 32.5 million tonnes
- total volume of unitised traffic showed little change, decreasing by less than 1% to 4.7 million units
- inward units increased by 1% to 2.6 million units
- outward units decreased by 2% to 2.1 million units
When comparing the rolling year to March 2026 with March 2025 through UK major ports:
- total tonnage decreased by 2% to 416.7 million tonnes
- total volume of unitised traffic, showed little change, increasing by less than 1% to 21.4 million units
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Published 10 June 2026