Synopsis: |
This annual publication contains a compilation of statistics about passenger and freight traffic through UK ports, as well as on merchant ships owned or registered in the UK and the Crown Dependencies, and the world fleet. The key statistics include: total freight traffic through all UK ports totaled 582 million tonnes (of which 567 million tonnes or 97 per cent went through the 52 major UK ports), two million lower than in 2006; liquid bulk traffic (mostly crude oil and oil products) accounted for 43 per cent of the total, dry bulks (mostly coal) 23 per cent, container and roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) traffic 29 per cent and other cargo 5 per cent; and, grimsby and Immingham remained the UK's leading port, followed by London, Tees & Hartlepool, Southampton and Forth.It also includes: international sea passenger journeys rose to 24.8 million whilst accompanied car traffic rose to 65.7 million vehicles. There were 140,000 ship arrivals; the UK registered trading fleet increased by 17 to 646 vessels, of which 134 were tankers, 133 ro-ro vessels, 165 container vessels and 38 passenger vessels. Deadweight tonnage of this fleet totaled 13.0 million tonnes.738 trading vessels were owned by UK companies and, world tonnage of trading vessels totaled 1,092 million deadweight tonnes. |