The Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on port traffic, and UK and world fleet statistics in Maritime Statistics 2006.
Port freight traffic in 2006
* UK ports handled 584 million tonnes (Mt) of freight traffic in 2006, one million tonnes lower than in 2005.
* Inwards traffic rose by 11 Mt to 365 Mt (3 per cent higher) whilst outwards traffic fell by 12 Mt to 219 Mt (5 per cent lower).
* Bulk traffic fell by 5 Mt (one per cent lower than in 2005) whilst container and roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) traffic increased by 5 Mt (3 per cent higher).
* Container traffic increased by 129 thousand units (3 per cent higher). Road goods vehicles and unaccompanied trailers increased by 380 thousand units (6 per cent higher).
* Leading ports by tonnage in 2006 (positions unchanged from 2005) were:
* Inwards traffic rose by 11 Mt to 365 Mt (3 per cent higher) whilst outwards traffic fell by 12 Mt to 219 Mt (5 per cent lower).
* Bulk traffic fell by 5 Mt (one per cent lower than in 2005) whilst container and roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) traffic increased by 5 Mt (3 per cent higher).
* Container traffic increased by 129 thousand units (3 per cent higher). Road goods vehicles and unaccompanied trailers increased by 380 thousand units (6 per cent higher).
* Leading ports by tonnage in 2006 (positions unchanged from 2005) were:
Grimsby & Immingham 64.0 Mt Tees & Hartlepool 53.3 Mt London 51.9 Mt Southampton 40.6 Mt Milford Haven 34.3 Mt
* Dover, the leading ro-ro port, handled 2.3 million road goods vehicles and unaccompanied trailer units (14 per cent higher than in 2005). Felixstowe, the leading container port, handled 1.9 million containers (3.0 million TEU), representing a nine per cent increase on last year.
Other port statistics in 2006
* International sea passenger journeys fell by one per cent to 24.5 million passengers.
* Accompanied passenger car traffic rose by one per cent to 6.4 million vehicles.
* The number of ship arrivals fell by 4 per cent to 141 thousand.
* Accompanied passenger car traffic rose by one per cent to 6.4 million vehicles.
* The number of ship arrivals fell by 4 per cent to 141 thousand.
Merchant fleet statistics at end 2006
* The UK registered trading fleet increased by 21 to 629 ships during 2006. Overall deadweight tonnage totalled 12.3 million tonnes (7 per cent higher than in 2005).
* The UK registered trading fleet included 135 tankers, 132 ro-ro vessels, 153 container vessels and 37 passenger vessels.
* The trading fleet owned by UK companies increased by five per cent to 17.9 million deadweight tonnes.
* Of the 709 trading vessels owned by UK companies, 173 were tankers accounting for 34 per cent of total deadweight tonnage. There were also 133 ro-ro, 91 container and 47 passenger vessels. The number of container vessels increased by a fifth during 2006.
* World tonnage of trading vessels totalled 1,019 million deadweight tonnes.
* The UK registered trading fleet included 135 tankers, 132 ro-ro vessels, 153 container vessels and 37 passenger vessels.
* The trading fleet owned by UK companies increased by five per cent to 17.9 million deadweight tonnes.
* Of the 709 trading vessels owned by UK companies, 173 were tankers accounting for 34 per cent of total deadweight tonnage. There were also 133 ro-ro, 91 container and 47 passenger vessels. The number of container vessels increased by a fifth during 2006.
* World tonnage of trading vessels totalled 1,019 million deadweight tonnes.
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