Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe (RORO)
Source: gov.uk (2025-05-14)

Data about the roll-on, roll-off international road freight activity travelling to Europe and Ireland, produced by Department for Transport.

Whilst undertaking the standard quality review of the data supplied for 2024 quarter 2 (April to June) it became evident there were some issues with data from some ferry operators. Upon further investigation of the supplied 2024 Q2 data, it became apparent that the data did not comply with agreed RoRo definitions. There were inconsistencies in the reported data for powered vehicles due to differences in how certain operators recorded their figures.

Following the discovery of these discrepancies, investigations were conducted to determine the cause and timing of the issue, and it was discovered that the data inconsistencies affected published data from January 2022 up to December 2023.

The suppliers have re-provided data for the affected period, ensuring that only vehicles falling within the correct definitions are now included in the data supply, and revisions have been made to published data for January 2022 to December 2023.

Accessibility of tables The department is currently working to make our tables accessible for our users (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standards-for-official-statistics-published-by-the-department-for-transport). The data tables for these statistics are now accessible.

We would welcome any feedback on the accessibility of our tables, please email road freight statistics (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx).

Overall trends in road goods vehicles travelling to Europe

RORO0101: Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b7127e26cd2f713d8703b/roro0101.ods) (ODS, 22.2 KB)

Powered goods vehicles travelling to Europe by country of registration

Table RORO0201 was corrected due to some countries being assigned to the incorrect column, and aggregation of countries used in EU membership breakdown not matching note 5 in the table.

RORO0201: Powered goods vehicles by country of registration (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b7127155568d3da1d29e1/roro0201.ods) (ODS, 41 KB)

Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe by country of disembarkation and port group

RORO0301: All goods vehicles by country of disembarkation and port group (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b71273f1c73824ee3e53a/roro0301.ods) (ODS, 21.6 KB)

RORO0302: All goods vehicles from each port group, to each country of disembarkation (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b7127275cb67b18d8702e/roro0302.ods) (ODS, 26.7 KB)

RORO0401: Powered goods vehicles by country of disembarkation and port group (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b71279ef97b58cce3e52b/roro0401.ods) (ODS, 21.6 KB)

RORO0402: Powered goods vehicles from each port group, by country of disembarkation (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b71273f1c73824ee3e53b/roro0402.ods) (ODS, 23.9 KB)

RORO0501: Unaccompanied trailers by country of disembarkation and port group (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b71279ef97b58cce3e52c/roro0501.ods) (ODS, 20.3 KB)

RORO0502: Unaccompanied trailers from each port group, by country of disembarkation (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b7127155568d3da1d29e2/roro0502.ods) (ODS, 25.2 KB)

RORO0601: UK-registered vehicles by country of disembarkation and port group (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b712843d6699b3c1d29cc/roro0601.ods) (ODS, 20.2 KB)

RORO0701: Foreign-registered vehicles by country of disembarkation and port group (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b7128e26cd2f713d8703c/roro0701.ods) (ODS, 21.1 KB)

Active routes for road goods vehicles travelling to Europe

RORO0901: Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe, list of active routes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b71289ef97b58cce3e52d/roro0901.ods) (ODS, 24.8 KB)

Road goods vehicles travelling to the island of Ireland

RORO1001: Road goods vehicles travelling to the island of Ireland, by country of disembarkation and country of registration (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681b7128275cb67b18d8702f/roro1001.ods) (ODS, 26.1 KB)

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