Oil Leak Deflates UK Port Figures
The British Governments Department for Transport , which has recently rejected a proposed new container terminal at the Port of Southampton and must pass judgement on three more large schemes, has published provisional National Statistics on freight traffic through UK ports in 2003.
These indicate that total freight traffic fell by 3.7 million tonnes (Mt) last year, representing a 0.7% drop on 2002. Crude oil traffic declined by 7% but all other traffic increased by 2%. Inward traffic rose by 2.4 Mt while outwards traffic fell by 6 Mt.
Grimsby and Immingham maintained its position as the UK’s leading port with 55.9 Mt in 2003, followed by Tees and Hartlepool in second place with 53.8 Mt. The top ten UK ports are rounded out by London at 51.0 Mt, Forth 38.7 Mt, Southampton 35.7 Mt, Milford Haven 32.7 Mt, Liverpool 31.7 Mt, Sullom Voe 26.4 Mt, Felixstowe 22.3 Mt, and Dover 18.8 Mt.
Copies of the provisional statistics are available from the Transport Statistics website at www. dft. gov. uk/transtat/maritime
MJ Information No: 19549
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