Ferries: Freight

(asked on 30th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the total tonnage handled at UK ports in each year since 2010 was roll-on roll-off freight.


Answered by
Lord Grayling Portrait
Lord Grayling
This question was answered on 6th November 2018

The proportion of total tonnage handled by UK major ports in each year from 2010 to 2017 that was roll-on roll-off freight is displayed in the table below:

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Roll-on Roll-off freight as a proportion of tonnage handled at all UK major ports

19%

19%

19%

19%

20%

21%

23%

23%

Source: Table PORT0201 available here https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/port-and-domestic-waterborne-freight-statistics-port

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