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Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics

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Description

Data tables detailing the international and domestic movement of freight by water. These statistics are produced by the Department for Transport.

Policy areas
Trade Transport
Update cadence
Annual
Subject area
Transport statistics
Publisher
Department for Transport
Published
22 August 2018
Data files
File Type Size
Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: table index ods —
Major and minor port list for freight statistics ods —
All freight tonnage traffic by port and year (filter by direction) ods —
All freight tonnage traffic, international and domestic by direction and year ods —
All unitised freight traffic by cargo type and year ods —
All main freight units traffic by route and year ods —
Freight traffic cargo types by year (filter by direction and route) ods —
Unitised freight traffic cargo types by year (filter by direction and route) ods —
Unitised main freight traffic by port, cargo type, metric and loaded status (filter by direction and year) ods —
International freight traffic by route and cargo type (filter by direction and year) ods —
Freight traffic by top routes and year (sort by year, filter by cargo type and direction) ods —
Freight traffic by top 30 routes for each cargo type (sort by direction, filter by cargo type and year) ods —
Freight traffic by port and year (filter by direction and cargo type) ods —
Freight traffic by port and route (filter by direction, cargo type and year) ods —
Freight traffic by top 30 UK ports for each cargo type (sort by direction, filter by year, cargo type) ods —
Map of UK ports by tonnage and direction, for major ports over 2 million tonnes ods —
Individual UK major port freight traffic by cargo type and route (filter by port and year) ods —
UK major port freight traffic: port level downloadable dataset ods —
UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2009 ods —
UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2018 ods —
UK ports, ship arrivals by type and deadweight ods —
UK ports: ship arrivals ods —
UK major port freight traffic, by nationality of parent owner of carrying vessel (sort by route type, filter by cargo type and year) ods —
UK major port freight traffic, by flag of carrying vessel (sort by route type, filter by cargo type and year) ods —
Waterborne transport in the UK: goods lifted and moved by traffic type ods —
Waterborne transport in the UK: goods lifted and moved by cargo category and traffic type ods —
Internal inland waters traffic: goods lifted and moved by region and cargo category ods —
Major inland waterway routes, goods lifted ods —
Major inland waterway routes, goods moved ods —
Domestic port freight traffic by coastwise or one port traffic, cargo group and UK country (filter by direction and year) ods —
Domestic port freight traffic coastwise between Great Britain and Northern Ireland by route, port and year ods —

Data files last checked: 28 May 2026

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