Statistical data set

Sea passenger statistics: data tables (SPAS)

Data on UK international and domestic sea passengers, produced by Department for Transport.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 8 August 2018
• Last updated: 11 December 2024 — See all updates

Revision details

Following the discovery of some duplicate figures in our raw data affecting the number of passengers that travelled on cruise and long sea journeys, revisions were made to the 2023 and 2021 figures in the latest Sea passenger statistics.

The revision made to the cruise and long sea passenger figures has had a minor effect on the total number of sea passengers for 2023 and 2021. This change has not affected the overall trends. Tables SPAS0101, SPAS0107 and SPAS0201 and the web release have been updated with the revised figures and charts.

Passenger vehicle numbers are available in the port freight data collection. See data tables with a cargo breakdown for this information (for example, tables PORT0201 to PORT0203).

All UK international short sea, long sea and cruise passengers

SPAS0101: by UK port (ODS, 39.4 KB)

SPAS0107: by direction: monthly (ODS, 113 KB)

UK international short sea passengers

SPAS0102: by ferry route (ODS, 25.3 KB)

SPAS0108: by UK port and overseas country (ODS, 35.2 KB)

UK domestic sea passengers

SPAS0201: by type of route (ODS, 19.7 KB)

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Published 8 August 2018
Last updated 11 December 2024 + show all updates

1. 11 December 2024

   Following the discovery of some duplicate figures in our raw data affecting the number of passengers that travelled on cruise and long sea journeys, revisions were made to the 2023 and 2021 figures in the latest Sea passenger statistics. The revision made to the cruise and long sea passenger figures has had a minor effect on the total number of sea passengers for 2023 and 2021. This change has not affected the overall trends. Tables SPAS0101, SPAS0107 and SPAS0201 and the web release have been updated with the revised figures and charts.

2. 13 November 2024

   Data table "by direction" updated for the latest monthly data for September 2024.

3. 9 October 2024

   Data table "by direction" updated for the latest monthly data for August 2024.

4. 11 September 2024

   Data table "by direction" updated for the latest monthly data for July 2024.

5. 13 August 2024

   Data tables updated for the latest all routes release for 2023.

6. 10 July 2024

   Data table "by direction" updated for the latest monthly data for May 2024.

7. 12 June 2024

   Data table "by direction" updated for the latest monthly data for April 2024.

8. 8 May 2024

   Data table "by direction" updated to the latest monthly data for March 2024.

9. 10 April 2024

   Data table - by direction (SPAS0107) updated to the latest monthly data for February 2024.

10. 13 March 2024

    Data table - by direction (SPAS0107) updated to the latest monthly data for January 2024.

11. 14 February 2024

    Data table "by direction" updated to the latest monthly data for December 2023.

12. 10 January 2024

    Data table "by direction" updated to the latest monthly data for November 2023.

13. 13 December 2023

    Data table "by direction: monthly" updated to the latest data for October 2023.

14. 8 November 2023

    Data table "by direction: monthly" updated to the latest monthly data.

15. 11 October 2023

    Data table for "by direction: monthly", updated to the latest monthly data.

16. 13 September 2023

    Data table for "by direction: monthly", updated to the latest monthly data.

17. 9 August 2023

    Data table, by direction monthly, updated to the latest data (June 2023).

18. 26 July 2023

    Data tables by UK port, ferry route, direction, UK port and overseas country and type of route has been updated for the 2022 all routes annual report.

19. 12 July 2023

    Data table on "by direction: monthly", updated for May 2023.

20. 14 June 2023

    Data table on "by direction: monthly", updated for April 2023.

21. 10 May 2023

    Data table "by direction - monthly", updated for March 2023.

22. 12 April 2023

    Data table "by direction - monthly", updated for February 2023.

23. 8 March 2023

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for January 2023.

24. 8 February 2023

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for December 2022.

25. 11 January 2023

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for November 2022.

26. 14 December 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for October 2022.

27. 9 November 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for September 2022.

28. 12 October 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for August 2022.

29. 14 September 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for July 2022.

30. 10 August 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for June 2022.

31. 27 July 2022

    Data tables by UK port, ferry route, UK port and overseas country and type of route updated for the all routes 2021 report.

32. 13 July 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for May 2022.

33. 8 June 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for April 2022.

34. 11 May 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for March 2022.

35. 13 April 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for February 2022.

36. 9 March 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for January 2022.

37. 9 February 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for December 2021.

38. 12 January 2022

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for November 2021.

39. 8 December 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for October 2021.

40. 17 November 2021

    Data tables by UK port, ferry route, UK port and overseas country and type of route updated for the all routes 2020 report. The data table "by direction" updated to include monthly cruise and monthly long sea passenger numbers for 2020.

41. 10 November 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for September 2021.

42. 13 October 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for August 2021.

43. 8 September 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for July 2021.

44. 11 August 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for June 2021.

45. 14 July 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for May 2021.

46. 9 June 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for April 2021.

47. 12 May 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for March 2021.

48. 14 April 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for February 2021.

49. 10 March 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for January 2021.

50. 24 February 2021

    Data tables on by UK port, by ferry route, by UK port and overseas country updated for Sea passenger statistics 2020 - Short sea routes.

51. 10 February 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for December 2020.

52. 13 January 2021

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for November 2020.

53. 9 December 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for October 2020.

54. 11 November 2020

    Data tables by UK port, ferry route, UK port and overseas country and type of route updated for the all routes 2019 report. Monthly data table "by direction" updated for September 2020.

55. 14 October 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for August 2020.

56. 9 September 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for July 2020.

57. 12 August 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for June 2020.

58. 8 July 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for May 2020.

59. 10 June 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for April 2020.

60. 13 May 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for March 2020.

61. 8 April 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for February 2020.

62. 11 March 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for January 2020.

63. 26 February 2020

    Data tables updated for 'Sea passenger statistics 2019: Short sea routes'.

64. 12 February 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for December 2019.

65. 8 January 2020

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for November 2019.

66. 11 December 2019

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for October 2019.

67. 13 November 2019

    Data table "by direction - monthly" updated for September 2019.

68. 6 November 2019

    Data tables on UK port and by type of route, updated for the 2018 final report.

69. 9 October 2019

    Table "by direction - monthly" updated for August 2019.

70. 11 September 2019

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for July 2019.

71. 14 August 2019

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for June 2019.

72. 10 July 2019

    UK international sea passengers monthly (by direction) data table, updated for May 2019.

73. 12 June 2019

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for April 2019.

74. 8 May 2019

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for March 2019.

75. 10 April 2019

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for February 2019.

76. 13 March 2019

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for January 2019.

77. 20 February 2019

    Data tables by UK port, ferry route, UK and overseas country and type of route updated for the 2018 provisional report.

78. 13 February 2019

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for December 2018.

79. 9 January 2019

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for November 2018.

80. 12 December 2018

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for October 2018.

81. 14 November 2018

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for September 2018.

82. 7 November 2018

    Data tables updated for the 2017 sea passengers statistics release.

83. 10 October 2018

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for August 2018.

84. 12 September 2018

    UK international sea passengers monthly data table updated for July 2018.

85. 8 August 2018

    First published.