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Port freight quarterly statistics: July to September 2020

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for July to September 2020.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
10 December 2020

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Details

When comparing July to September 2020 with July to September 2019 through UK major ports:

  • total freight tonnage decreased by 10% to 102.4 million tonnes
  • inward tonnage decreased by 9% to 66.7 million tonnes
  • outward tonnage decreased by 13% to 35.7 million tonnes
  • total volume of unitised traffic decreased by 26% to 4.9 million units
  • inward units decreased by 24% to 2.6 million units
  • outward units decreased by 28% to 2.3 million units

When comparing the rolling year to September 2020 with September 2019 through UK major ports:

  • total tonnage decreased by 8% to 435.9 million tonnes
  • total volume of unitised traffic decreased by 22% to 18.4 million units

Detailed final annual statistics for 2020 will be published in summer 2021.

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Published 10 December 2020