TSGB 2011: Maritime

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Summary

This chapter of Transport Statistics Great Britain presents statistics on maritime and inland waters transport.

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Key points

UK sea ports handled 512 million tonnes of freight traffic in 2010, an increase of 2 per cent on 2009, but 12 per cent lower than in the peak year of 2005.
Traffic on UK domestic waters accounted for 6 per cent (110 million tonnes) of all goods lifted in the UK, and 22 per cent (49 billion tonne-km) of all goods moved (2009 figures).
In 2010, there were 23.5 million international sea passenger journeys to and from the UK, up just under half a million on 2009. Dover was the busiest passenger seaport, handling 60 per cent of international sea passengers.

Table number	Table name	table number
TSGB0501	All UK port freight traffic, foreign, coastwise and one-port by direction: from 1965	PORT0104
TSGB0502	All UK major port freight traffic by cargo type and direction: from 1994	PORT0106
TSGB0503	All UK port freight traffic by region and country: from 2000	PORT0103
TSGB0504	All UK ports unitised freight traffic, by type of freight unit: from 1970	PORT0203
TSGB0505	UK major port unitised traffic, including non-freight units, foreign and domestic by unit type	PORT0205
TSGB0506	Accompanied passenger vehicles by port: from 1999	SPAS0401
TSGB0507	Accompanied passenger vehicles by route: from 1999	SPAS0402
TSGB0508	Waterborne transport within the United Kingdom: from 1990	–
TSGB0509	Map of principal ports, port groups and freight waterways	–
TSGB0510	Traffic on major rivers and other inland waterway routes: from 1994	–
TSGB0511	UK international short sea passengers by overseas country: from 1950	SPAS0103
TSGB0512	UK international sea passengers by port: from 1950	SPAS0101
TSGB0513	UK and Crown Dependency registered trading vessels of 500gt and over: from 1950 onwards	–
TSGB0514	UK and Crown Dependency registered trading vessels of 500gt and over: from 1999	–
TSGB0515	United Kingdom owned trading vessels of 500gt and over: from 1999	–
TSGB0516	United Kingdom shipping industry: international revenue and expenditure: from 1999	–
TSGB0517	Marine accident casualties: from 1999	–
TSGB0518	UK HM Coastguard statistics, search and rescue operations: from 1999	–

Technical information

Full guidance on the methods used to compile these statistics and their sources can be found in the Transport Statistics Great Britain 2011 Notes and Definitions: