Provisional Port Statistics 2008

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/maritime/ports/provportstats2008

The Department has published National Statistics on provisional figures for freight traffic at UK ports during in 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Provisional figures show that in 2008:
Total freight traffic through UK ports was 563 million tonnes (Mt), a fall of 3.3 per cent on 2007. Of this traffic, 549 Mt (over 97 per cent) was through the 52 major ports.
Inwards traffic fell by 3.1 per cent to 347 Mt, whilst outwards traffic fell by 3.5 per cent to 216 Mt.
Since 1988, total traffic has risen by 70 Mt (14 per cent). Inwards traffic increased by 28 per cent whilst outwards traffic decreased by 3 per cent.
Grimsby and Immingham maintained its position as the UK’s leading port in 2008 with 65.3 Mt (down 1Mt on 2007), followed by London with 53.0 Mt (virtually unchanged) and Tees and Hartlepool with 45.4 Mt (down 4.3 Mt).
The breakdown of major port traffic by cargo type in 2008 was: liquid bulk 44 per cent; dry bulk and other general cargo 27 per cent; lift-on lift-off (lo-lo) containers 11 per cent; and roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) cargo 18 per cent.
The top ten ports in 2008 in terms of tonnage were as follows:

Million Tonnes
Grimsby and Immingham
65.3
London
53.0
Tees and Hartlepool
45.4
Southampton
41.0
Forth
39.1
Milford Haven
35.9
Liverpool
32.2
Felixstowe
25.0
Dover
24.3
Medway
15.0