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Port freight quarterly statistics: October to December 2024

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for October to December 2024.

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Department for Transport
Published
12 March 2025

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Port freight quarterly statistics: October to December 2024

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From December 2023, we have discontinuedĀ PORT0501Ā from the quarterly port freight statisticsĀ due to low user engagement.Ā PORT0501Ā presented tonnage and unit totals at the national level as indices. National level tonnage and unit totals will remain available inĀ PORT0502.

We continue to welcome any feedback on any aspect of the port freight statistics.

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).ĢżOSRĀ sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to. You are welcome toĀ contact usĀ directly with any comments about how we meet these standards.

When comparing October to December 2024 with October to December 2023 through UK major ports :Ģż

  • total freight tonnage increased by 4% to 108.3 million tonnesĀ 

  • inward tonnage increased by 5% to 73 million tonnesĀ 

  • outward tonnage increased by 3% to 35.3 million tonnesĀ 

  • total volume of unitised traffic increased by 2% to 5 million unitsĀ 

  • inward units increased by 3% to 2.7 million unitsĀ 

  • outward units increased by 1% to 2.3 million unitsĀ 

When comparing the rolling year to December 2024 with December 2023 through UK major ports:Ģż

  • total tonnage decreased by 1% to 422.8 million tonnesĀ 

  • total volume of unitised traffic increased by 2% to 21.1 million units

Detailed final annual statistics for 2024 will be published in summer 2025. Annual trends can be explored using ourĀ .

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