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Port freight quarterly statistics: July to September 2025

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for July to September 2025.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 11 December 2025

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Port Freight Quarterly Statistics: July to September 2025

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When comparing July to September 2025 with July to September 2024 through UK major ports:

• total freight tonnage increased by 1% to 104.1 million tonnes 

• inward tonnage increased by 3% to 70.2 million tonnes 

• outward tonnage decreased by 2% to 33.9 million tonnes 

• total volume of unitised traffic showed little change, decreasing by just under 1%, to 6.1 million units 

• inward units showed little change, increasing by just under 1%, to 3.3 million units 

• outward units decreased by 2% to 2.8 million units 

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

• total tonnage increased by 2% to 426.1 million tonnes 

• total volume of unitised traffic increased by 2% to 21.4 million units 

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Published 11 December 2025