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Port freight quarterly statistics: October to December 2019

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for October to December 2019.

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Port freight quarterly statistics: October to December 2019 data tables

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Details

When comparing October to December 2019 with October to December 2018 through UK major ports:

  • total volume of freight tonnage increased 1% to 123.4 million tonnes
  • total volume of unitised traffic decreased by 4% to 5.4 million units

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

  • total tonnage was stable with 472.8 million tonnes
  • total volume of unitised traffic decreased 3% to 23.1 million units

Further information about these statistics is available, including:

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

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