Scotland's marine economic statistics 2016

The publication presents economic statistics for industrial categories defined as part of the marine sector.


Table 29 : Freight water transport - All freight traffic through Scottish ports by Scottish Marine Region, 2008 to 2016

  Thousand tonnes
Scottish Marine Region 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Argyll 6,443 5,654 5,957 6,184 5,600 5,846 6,456 5,704 5,543
Clyde 15,358 13,364 13,591 13,977 15,839 15,358 16,679 12,872 9,158
Forth & Tay 40,963 38,146 36,083 29,525 26,926 27,956 25,955 28,340 28,722
Moray Firth 3,079 3,642 4,458 4,768 3,274 4,082 2,214 943 1,175
North Coast 236 252 262 277 240 264 285 252 247
North East 5,704 5,367 5,271 5,218 5,517 5,235 5,608 5,844 4,918
Orkney Islands 4,789 3,241 3,244 2,344 1,729 1,054 1,151 3,945 4,615
Outer Hebrides 240 236 258 298 284 213 242 232 217
Shetland Isles 15,198 11,808 11,862 10,760 12,082 7,250 8,055 6,915 6,837
Solway 4,118 3,749 3,652 3,918 4,425 4,501 4,407 4,712 5,097
West Highlands 218 121 182 143 222 234 330 209 162
Grand Total 96,346 85,580 84,818 77,413 76,138 71,992 71,381 69,968 66,691

Source: DfT Maritime and shipping statistics Table PORT0101

Note: Transport Scotland report freight tonnage through major and minor ports. These ports were assigned to SMRs.

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