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Port freight quarterly statistics: October to December 2025

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for October to December 2025.

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When comparing October to December 2025 with October to December 2024 through UK major ports: 

  • total freight tonnage decreased by 4% to 103.2 million tonnes 

  • inward tonnage decreased by 3% to 70.3 million tonnes 

  • outward tonnage decreased by 7% to 32.9 million tonnes 

  • total volume of unitised traffic decreased by 1% to 4.9 million units 

  • inward units decreased by 1% to 2.7 million units 

  • outward units decreased by 2% to 2.3 million units 

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

  • total tonnage showed little change, decreasing less than 1% to 420.8 million tonnes 

  • total volume of unitised traffic increased by 1% to 21.4 million units

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Published 12 March 2026

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