Port freight quarterly statistics: July to September 2020
Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for July to September 2020.
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When comparing July to September 2020 with July to September 2019 through UK major ports:
- total freight tonnage decreased by 10% to 102.4 million tonnes
- inward tonnage decreased by 9% to 66.7 million tonnes
- outward tonnage decreased by 13% to 35.7 million tonnes
- total volume of unitised traffic decreased by 26% to 4.9 million units
- inward units decreased by 24% to 2.6 million units
- outward units decreased by 28% to 2.3 million units
When comparing the rolling year to September 2020 with September 2019 through UK major ports:
- total tonnage decreased by 8% to 435.9 million tonnes
- total volume of unitised traffic decreased by 22% to 18.4 million units
Detailed final annual statistics for 2020 will be published in summer 2021.
Further information about these statistics is available, including:
- background information on quarterly port freight statistics
- notes and definitions for all port freight statistics
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