Statistical data set

Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: data tables (PORT)

Data about the international and domestic movement of freight by water, produced by Department for Transport.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 22 August 2018
• Last updated: 11 December 2024 — See all updates

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Port and domestic waterborne freight table index

Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: table index (ODS, 27.1 KB)

All port traffic totals: major and minor

PORT0101: All freight tonnage traffic by port and year (filter by direction) (ODS, 243 KB)

PORT0102: All freight tonnage traffic, international and domestic by direction and year (ODS, 58 KB)

PORT0103: All unitised freight traffic by cargo type and year (ODS, 53 KB)

PORT0104: All main freight units traffic by route and year (ODS, 104 KB)

Major port traffic by cargo type

PORT0201: Freight traffic cargo types by year (filter by direction and route) (ODS, 259 KB)

PORT0202: Unitised freight traffic cargo types by year (filter by direction and route) (ODS, 322 KB)

PORT0203: Unitised main freight traffic by port, cargo type, metric and loaded status (filter by direction and year) (ODS, 560 KB)

Major port traffic by route

PORT0204: International freight traffic by route and cargo type (filter by direction and year) (ODS, 3.97 MB)

PORT0205: Freight traffic by top routes and year (sort by year, filter by cargo type and direction) (ODS, 4.85 MB)

PORT0206: Freight traffic by top 30 routes for each cargo type (sort by direction, filter by cargo type and year) (ODS, 2.84 MB)

Port level statistics

PORT0301: Freight traffic by port and year (filter by direction and cargo type) (ODS, 2.24 MB)

PORT0302: Freight traffic by port and route (filter by direction, cargo type and year) (ODS, 9.88 MB)

PORT0303: Freight traffic by top 30 UK ports for each cargo type (sort by direction, filter by year, cargo type) (ODS, 2.81 MB)

PORT0304: Map of UK ports by tonnage and direction, for major ports over 2 million tonnes (ODS, 2.88 MB)

PORT0400: Individual UK major port freight traffic by cargo type and route (filter by port and year) (ODS, 3.49 MB)

PORT0499: UK major port freight traffic: port level downloadable dataset (ODS, 9.76 MB)

Quarterly trends

From December 2023, we have discontinued PORT0501 from the quarterly port freight statistics due to low user engagement. PORT0501 presented tonnage and unit totals at the national level as indices. National level tonnage and unit totals will remain available in PORT0502.

Following user feedback, the department are trialling publishing estimates of cargo group alongside the quarterly Port Freight Statistics, in a proposed third quarterly table PORT0503.

This new data is regarded as statistics in development, awaiting user feedback and further quality assurance to provide timely estimates. You can provide feedback about this change by filling in this form. We continue to welcome any feedback on any aspect of the port freight statistics (see contact details).

PORT0502: UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2009 (ODS, 378 KB)

PORT0503: UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2018 (ODS, 795 KB)

Ship information (vessels, arrival, flags)

PORT0601: UK ports, ship arrivals by type and deadweight (ODS, 1.1 MB)

PORT0602: UK ports: ship arrivals (ODS, 609 KB)

PORT0604: UK major port freight traffic, by nationality of parent owner of carrying vessel (sort by route type, filter by cargo type and year) (ODS, 2.16 MB)

PORT0605: UK major port freight traffic, by flag of carrying vessel (sort by route type, filter by cargo type and year) (ODS, 7.14 MB)

Domestic freight

PORT0701: Waterborne transport in the UK: goods lifted and moved by traffic type (ODS, 16.8 KB)

PORT0702: Waterborne transport in the UK: goods lifted and moved by cargo category and traffic type (ODS, 10.9 KB)

PORT0703: Internal inland waters traffic: goods lifted and moved by region and cargo category (ODS, 8.6 KB)

PORT0704: Major inland waterway routes, goods lifted (ODS, 22.9 KB)

PORT0705: Major inland waterway routes, goods moved (ODS, 20.7 KB)

PORT0706: Domestic port freight traffic by coastwise or one port traffic, cargo group and UK country (filter by direction and year) (ODS, 422 KB)

PORT0707: Domestic port freight traffic coastwise between Great Britain and Northern Ireland by route, port and year (ODS, 334 KB)

Contact us

Maritime and shipping statistics

Email [email protected]

Media enquiries 0300 7777 878

Published 22 August 2018
Last updated 11 December 2024 + show all updates

1. 11 December 2024

   Quarterly data tables for UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port from 2009 and 2018 updated for July to September 2024.

2. 12 September 2024

   Data tables for UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, quarterly from 2009, and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2018 updated for the latest port freight quarterly report.

3. 17 July 2024

   Data tables updated for the latest port freight annual report.

4. 6 June 2024

   Data tables on UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port quarterly from 2009 and 2018 updated for the latest port freight quarterly statistics.

5. 6 March 2024

   UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port (quarterly from 2009) and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port (quarterly from 2018) updated for the latest quarterly report.

6. 6 December 2023

   Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, updated for the latest quarterly report for July to September 2023.

7. 6 September 2023

   Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, rolling 4 quarter totals: from 2000, UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2009 and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2018 updated for the April to June 2023 report.

8. 19 July 2023

   Data tables updated for the 2022 port freight annual report.

9. 7 June 2023

   Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, and UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port, updated for the latest quarterly report for January to March 2023.

10. 8 March 2023

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the October to December 2022 port freight report.

11. 7 December 2022

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the July to September 2022 port freight report.

12. 7 September 2022

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the April to June 2022 port freight report.

13. 27 July 2022

    Data tables updated for the 2021 port freight annual report.

14. 8 June 2022

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the January to March 2022 port freight report.

15. 16 March 2022

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the October to December 2021 port freight report.

16. 15 December 2021

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the July to September 2021 port freight report.

17. 8 September 2021

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for the April to June 2021 port freight report. Domestic freight tables updated for the latest report.

18. 14 July 2021

    Data tables and titles updated for the port freight annual statistics 2020 report.

19. 9 June 2021

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and quarterly data from 2018, updated for January to March 2021 port freight report.

20. 10 March 2021

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated and a new table showing quarterly data from 2018 (PORT0503) added for October to December 2020 port freight report.

21. 10 December 2020

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated for July to September 2020.

22. 9 September 2020

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated for April to June 2020.

23. 12 August 2020

    Data tables and index updated for the 2019 annual report.

24. 10 June 2020

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated for January to March 2020. Data table for UK ports, ship arrivals by type and deadweight has been updated.

25. 11 March 2020

    Data tables (quarterly trends) on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) updated for October to December 2019.

26. 11 December 2019

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices, including (tonnage and units) and individual major ports traffic, by cargo type and international or domestic updated.

27. 11 September 2019

    Updated tables for Port freight quarterly statistics: April to June 2019.

28. 21 August 2019

    Data tables for annual port and domestic waterborne freight statistics, 21 August 2019.

29. 12 June 2019

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices (tonnage and units) updated for January to March 2019.

30. 13 March 2019

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices (tonnage and units) updated for October to December 2018.

31. 12 December 2018

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices (tonnage and units) and table index, updated for July to September 2018.

32. 12 September 2018

    Data tables on UK major port traffic indices (tonnage and units), updated for April to June 2018.

33. 22 August 2018

    First published.