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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Published
20 December 2010
ISBN
9780755998449

Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, accidents, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport, finance, personal travel and international comparisons.

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Table 9.5 Foreign and domestic freight traffic by port and mode of appearance (major ports only)

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

thousand tonnes

West Coast:

Stranraer*

Liquid bulk

..

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dry bulk

..

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Container & roll on traffic

1,506

1,404

1,273

1,274

1,277

1,165

1,222

1,231

1,190

1,177

Other general cargo

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

All traffic

1,506

1,404

1,273

1,274

1,277

1,165

1,222

1,231

1,190

1,177

Cairnryan*

Liquid bulk

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Dry bulk

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Container & roll on traffic

2,283

2,014

2,099

2,328

2,849

3,274

3,145

3,163

2,928

2,572

Other general cargo

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

All traffic

2,283

2,014

2,099

2,328

2,849

3,274

3,145

3,163

2,928

2,572

Clyde

Liquid bulk

1,780

2,673

3,191

3,112

3,494

3,473

3,626

3,568

5,149

4,685

Dry bulk

4,333

7,451

5,661

5,072

6,872

11,334

10,397

7,249

8,095

6,904

Container & roll on traffic

878

534

346

426

406

370

398

469

439

447

Other general cargo

233

411

534

604

736

560

560

777

654

516

All traffic

7,224

11,069

9,733

9,214

11,507

15,737

14,981

12,063

14,338

12,552

Glensanda

Liquid bulk

-

1

4

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

Dry bulk

5,899

5,470

5,842

5,319

5,188

5,439

6,004

7,050

6,336

5,591

Container & roll on traffic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other general cargo

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

All traffic

5,899

5,471

5,846

5,322

5,189

5,439

6,004

7,050

6,336

5,591

East Coast:

Orkney

Liquid bulk

22,623

18,213

18,588

14,299

17,775

14,375

11,100

10,413

4,594

3,026

Dry bulk

54

58

55

18

20

15

12

10

6

12

Container & roll on traffic

100

87

131

70

116

115

115

153

161

181

Other general cargo

21

48

38

35

23

29

21

16

29

21

All traffic

22,798

18,407

18,812

14,422

17,934

14,534

11,249

10,592

4,789

3,241

Sullom Voe

Liquid bulk

38,204

31,166

29,376

26,360

23,939

20,494

19,417

16,537

14,507

11,217

Dry bulk

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Container & roll on traffic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other general cargo

-

-

-

-

-

47

30

36

32

-

All traffic

38,204

31,166

29,376

26,360

23,939

20,541

19,447

16,573

14,539

11,217

Cromarty Firth

Liquid bulk

2,116

1,920

2,424

3,321

2,974

3,156

3,026

3,336

2,100

2,727

Dry bulk

119

115

168

110

116

86

79

70

70

73

Container & roll on traffic

33

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other general cargo

61

96

67

70

118

84

101

97

81

64

All traffic

2,329

2,145

2,658

3,501

3,208

3,325

3,206

3,502

2,252

2,864

Peterhead*

Liquid bulk

568

723

735

522

298

503

532

377

440

377

Dry bulk

151

164

179

196

145

140

102

73

101

88

Container & roll on traffic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other general cargo

404

452

429

333

233

286

313

340

331

331

All traffic

1,123

1,339

1,343

1,050

676

928

947

790

871

797

Aberdeen

Liquid bulk

1,572

1,801

1,720

1,615

1,962

2,073

2,209

2,214

2,184

2,065

Dry bulk

322

380

295

269

330

394

373

371

308

331

Container & roll on traffic

110

239

262

272

309

354

317

334

355

345

Other general cargo

1,373

1,426

1,368

1,077

1,287

1,790

1,765

2,213

1,986

1,829

All traffic

3,377

3,845

3,645

3,233

3,888

4,609

4,663

5,131

4,833

4,570

Dundee*

Liquid bulk

411

493

512

477

494

664

594

530

501

451

Dry bulk

294

282

358

315

352

335

317

333

373

300

Container & roll on traffic

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other general cargo

342

326

233

225

212

223

291

172

104

59

All traffic

1,047

1,101

1,103

1,016

1,058

1,222

1,202

1,035

978

810

Forth

Liquid bulk

38,790

38,444

38,240

34,297

30,756

29,090

26,220

31,578

33,941

31,913

Dry bulk

1,137

1,221

1,182

1,418

980

1,596

2,264

2,051

1,994

1,840

Container & roll on traffic

606

835

1,688

2,078

2,388

2,361

2,407

2,582

2,627

2,494

Other general cargo

610

1,107

1,091

958

769

1,171

663

470

492

442

All traffic

41,143

41,607

42,202

38,752

34,892

34,218

31,556

36,681

39,054

36,690

* Cairnryan and Peterhead did not become "major ports" (in terms of the statistical survey) until 1997 and 1999 respectively Dundee and Stranraer also became major ports in 2000.

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