Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: data tables (PORT)
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-11)

Data about the international and domestic movement of freight by water, produced by Department for Transport.

In the 2024 publication, some data for previous years has been revised following increased engagement with data providers, to improve the accuracy of our statistics. Some data for London between 2019 to 2023 and some 2019 data for Hull were revised. For more information on revisions, please go to the notes and definitions (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/maritime-and-shipping-statistics-information).

The release of Domestic Waterborne Freight (DWF) for 2024 has been postponed until December 2025. This includes internal and inland waterway figures, available in PORT0701 to PORT0705 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/port-and-domestic-waterborne-freight-statistics-port#domestic-freight). Domestic port freight statistics, including coastwise and one port traffic, have still been published and can be found in PORT0706 and PORT0707 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/port-and-domestic-waterborne-freight-statistics-port#domestic-freight).

Number of passengers on vessels are available in the sea passenger data collection (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maritime-and-shipping-statistics#sea-passenger-statistics).

Port and domestic waterborne freight table index and port list

Port and domestic waterborne freight statistics: table index (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6696a857ab418ab055592691/port-and-domestic-waterborne-freight-table-information.ods) (ODS, 27.1 KB)

Major and minor port list for freight statistics (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6888c795048fff613a4d5ae9/Major_and_Minor_Port_List_for_Freight_Statistics.ods) (ODS, 19 KB)

All port traffic totals: major and minor

PORT0101: All freight tonnage traffic by port and year (filter by direction) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e28b3a37b63e738fc1/port0101.ods) (ODS, 260 KB)

PORT0102: All freight tonnage traffic, international and domestic by direction and year (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e2048fff613a4d5b40/port0102.ods) (ODS, 60.9 KB)

PORT0103: All unitised freight traffic by cargo type and year (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e2e1a850d72c4091be/port0103.ods) (ODS, 56.7 KB)

PORT0104: All main freight units traffic by route and year (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e2a11f8599944091d0/port0104.ods) (ODS, 113 KB)

Major port traffic by cargo type

PORT0201: Freight traffic cargo types by year (filter by direction and route) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e2048fff613a4d5b41/port0201.ods) (ODS, 270 KB)

PORT0202: Unitised freight traffic cargo types by year (filter by direction and route) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e276f68cc8414d5b34/port0202.ods) (ODS, 339 KB)

PORT0203: Unitised main freight traffic by port, cargo type, metric and loaded status (filter by direction and year) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e276f68cc8414d5b35/port0203.ods) (ODS, 581 KB)

Major port traffic by route

PORT0204: International freight traffic by route and cargo type (filter by direction and year) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e28b3a37b63e738fc2/port0204.ods) (ODS, 4.1 MB)

PORT0205: Freight traffic by top routes and year (sort by year, filter by cargo type and direction) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e376f68cc8414d5b36/port0205.ods) (ODS, 5.01 MB)

PORT0206: Freight traffic by top 30 routes for each cargo type (sort by direction, filter by cargo type and year) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e3a11f8599944091d1/port0206.ods) (ODS, 2.97 MB)

Port level statistics

PORT0301: Freight traffic by port and year (filter by direction and cargo type) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e4a11f8599944091d2/port0301.ods) (ODS, 2.31 MB)

PORT0302: Freight traffic by port and route (filter by direction, cargo type and year) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e576f68cc8414d5b37/port0302.ods) (ODS, 10.1 MB)

PORT0303: Freight traffic by top 30 UK ports for each cargo type (sort by direction, filter by year, cargo type) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e56478525675738fb5/port0303.ods) (ODS, 2.87 MB)

PORT0304: Map of UK ports by tonnage and direction, for major ports over 2 million tonnes (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e5e1a850d72c4091bf/port0304.ods) (ODS, 831 KB)

PORT0400: Individual UK major port freight traffic by cargo type and route (filter by port and year) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e58b3a37b63e738fc3/port0400.ods) (ODS, 3.63 MB)

PORT0499: UK major port freight traffic: port level downloadable dataset (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6890c8e525ba7325501b09e0/port0499.ods) (ODS, 10 MB)

Quarterly trends

From December 2023, we have discontinued PORT0501 from the quarterly port freight statistics due to low user engagement. PORT0501 presented tonnage and unit totals at the national level as indices. National level tonnage and unit totals will remain available in PORT0502.

Following user feedback, the department are trialling publishing estimates of cargo group alongside the quarterly Port Freight Statistics, in a proposed third quarterly table PORT0503.

This new data is regarded as statistics in development, awaiting user feedback and further quality assurance to provide timely estimates. You can provide feedback about this change by filling in this form (https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/user-research-quarterly-cargo-breakdown/). We continue to welcome any feedback on any aspect of the port freight statistics (see contact details (#contact-details)).

PORT0502: UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2009 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6939a0326a12691d48491d86/port0502.ods) (ODS, 237 KB)

PORT0503: UK major port traffic, total tonnage and units, by port: quarterly from 2018 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6939a0436a12691d48491d87/port0503.ods) (ODS, 971 KB)

Ship information (vessels, arrival, flags)

PORT0601: UK ports, ship arrivals by type and deadweight (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e6048fff613a4d5b42/port0601.ods) (ODS, 1.17 MB)

PORT0602: UK ports: ship arrivals (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e6a11f8599944091d4/port0602.ods) (ODS, 645 KB)

PORT0604: UK major port freight traffic, by nationality of parent owner of carrying vessel (sort by route type, filter by cargo type and year) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e676f68cc8414d5b38/port0604.ods) (ODS, 2.22 MB)

PORT0605: UK major port freight traffic, by flag of carrying vessel (sort by route type, filter by cargo type and year) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e7e1a850d72c4091c1/port0605.ods) (ODS, 7.51 MB)

Domestic freight

PORT0701: Waterborne transport in the UK: goods lifted and moved by traffic type (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6698eaf4fc8e12ac3edaff38/port0701.ods) (ODS, 16.8 KB)

PORT0702: Waterborne transport in the UK: goods lifted and moved by cargo category and traffic type (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6698eaf40808eaf43b50d1c6/port0702.ods) (ODS, 10.9 KB)

PORT0703: Internal inland waters traffic: goods lifted and moved by region and cargo category (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6698eaf4a3c2a28abb50d1f1/port0703.ods) (ODS, 8.6 KB)

PORT0704: Major inland waterway routes, goods lifted (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6698eaf4ab418ab0555927e8/port0704.ods) (ODS, 22.9 KB)

PORT0705: Major inland waterway routes, goods moved (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6698eaf4fc8e12ac3edaff39/port0705.ods) (ODS, 20.7 KB)

PORT0706: Domestic port freight traffic by coastwise or one port traffic, cargo group and UK country (filter by direction and year) (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e66478525675738fb6/port0706.ods) (ODS, 435 KB)

PORT0707: Domestic port freight traffic coastwise between Great Britain and Northern Ireland by route, port and year (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6889d7e6e1a850d72c4091c0/port0707.ods) (ODS, 355 KB)

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