Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26

Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

Table 10.1 Waterborne freight lifted, discharged and moved, by type of traffic

(a) Waterborne freight lifted in Scotland, and moved, by type of traffic

Coastwise traffic ¹
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Freight lifted ( weight )	million tonnes
Liquid bulks	31.30	29.30	31.90	27.80\|	17.66	13.54	12.29	12.34	13.68	16.95	12.54
Coal	0.60	1.30	1.50	1.30	1.17	1.50	1.14	1.26	1.06	2.15	1.59
Other	4.20	4.00	6.30	6.20	5.85	5.59	5.77	5.91	5.75	6.44	6.45
Total	36.20	34.50	39.70	35.30\|	24.68	20.63	19.20	19.50	20.49	25.53	20.58
One Port traffic ²
To rigs	2.35	2.53	2.56	2.58	1.54	1.90	1.81	1.54	1.34	1.76	1.48
Sea dumped	1.86	1.88	0.32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4.21	4.41	2.88	2.58	1.54	1.90	1.81	1.54	1.34	1.76	1.48
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	0.03	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	-	-	-	-
Coastwise	4.62	4.34	4.80	4.56	5.63	4.62	3.96	4.05	3.92	4.77	4.19
One Port	1.52	1.50	-	-	0.03	-	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.11
Foreign	4.91	5.78	5.57	4.91	6.58	6.79	6.01	5.99	6.03	5.41	5.86
Total	11.08	11.62	10.37	9.47	12.24	11.41	10.01	10.06	9.97	10.19	10.16
All above traffic ³	45.35	44.69	48.15	42.79	32.80	29.32	27.03	27.03	27.86	32.70	27.92
Port exports ⁴	64.03\|	57.56	60.58\|	67.22\|	73.19	67.00	67.78	58.90	54.45	45.00	43.99
All freight lifted ⁵	104.47\|	96.47	103.16\|	105.10\|	99.41	89.53	88.80	79.94	76.28	72.29	66.06
Freight moved ( weight x distance )	million tonne-kilometres
Coastwise traffic ¹
Liquid bulks	26,440	23,350	25,480	23,020\|	15,750	11,450	10,340	10,460	10,580	13,523	10,550
Coal	130	350	390	510	160	410	180	360	170	391	368
Other	2,680	2,580	3,740	3,320	4,220	3,690	4,020	4,030	3,310	3,543	3,573
Total	29,250	26,280	29,610	26,850\|	20,100	15,600	14,540	14,850	14,060	17,457	14,491
One Port traffic ²
To rigs	560	560	530	600	1,540	1,900	1,810	1,540	1,270	1,762	1,482
Sea dumped	50	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	610	610	530	600	1,540	1,900	1,810	1,540	1,270	1,762	1,482
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coastwise	100	100	110	100	120	110	100	90	90	115	101
One Port	60	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign	130	150	150	140	160	170	150	140	140	135	146
Total	300	310	260	240	280	280	240	240	240	251	249
All above traffic ⁶	30,160	27,200	30,400	27,690	21,920	17,780	16,590	16,630	15,570	19,470	16,222
Port exports ⁷	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All freight ⁷	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

1. In this part of the table, coastwise traffic covers all coastwise cargo lifted in Scotland, regardless of its destination.
2. In this part of the table, one port traffic covers cargoes lifted in Scotland for offshore installations and for dumping at sea.
3. This is the total of Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic and the "Internal" and "Foreign" components of Inland Waterway traffic. To avoid double-counting of tonnages lifted, this total excludes the "Coastwise" and "One Port" components of Inland Waterway traffic.
4. These figures relate to major ports only. There were seven major ports in 1996; eight in 1997 and 1998; nine in 1999;and 11 in 2000 to 2006.
5. This is the total of Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic, the "Internal" component of Inland Waterway traffic, and Port exports. To avoid double-counting, this total excludes the "Coastwise", "One Port" and "Foreign" components of Inland Waterway traffic.
6. This is the total of Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic and Inland Waterway traffic. There is no double-counting because (for example) the tonne-kilometres for the "Coastwise" component of Inland Waterway traffic relate only to the distance travelled on inland waterways, and the tonne-kilometres for "Coastwise traffic" relate only to the distance travelled at sea.
7. Figures for tonne-kilometres are not available for exports (and, in any case, would not be relevant to Scottish transport statistics).

Fig.10.1 Foreign and domestic freight traffic by port

(b) Waterborne freight discharged in Scotland, and moved, by type of traffic

NB: these figures are incomplete - there is no information for inland waterway traffic discharged in Scotland

Coastwise traffic ¹
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Freight discharged ( weight )	million tonnes
Liquid bulks	3.10	3.50	4.20	4.20\|	3.44	4.08	3.48	3.19	3.56	4.29	3.56
Coal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01
Other	3.00	3.50	4.10	4.10	3.46	3.75	3.49	3.62	3.34	4.17	4.22
Total	6.10	7.00	8.40	8.30\|	6.90	7.83	6.98	6.83	6.90	8.46	7.79
One Port traffic ²
From rigs	-	-	3.85	3.51\|	11.73	7.48	13.35	12.74	10.24	9.57	8.31
Sea dredged	0.02	0.04	0.09	-	-	-	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Total	0.02	0.04	3.94	3.51\|	11.73	7.48	13.37	12.75	10.26	9.58	8.33
Inland waterway traffic ³	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Port imports ⁴	5.49\|	6.12	7.31\|	6.62\|	10.82	17.47	11.43	9.50	15.00	17.02	17.91
Freight moved ( weight x distance )	million tonne-kilometres
Coastwise traffic ¹
Liquid bulks	1,240	1,370	1,690	1,580\|	1,660	2,130	1,770	1,610	2,060	2,120	1,811
Coal	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	600	680	880	960	770	940	850	900	630	960	1048
Total	1,800	2,100	2,600	2,600\|	2,430	3,070	2,610	2,520	2,690	3,090	2,862
One Port traffic ²
From rigs	-	-	2,910	3,510\|	11,750	7,490	13,380	12,780	10,270	9,580	8,325
Sea dredged	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	2,910	3,510	11,750	7,490	13,380	12,780	10,270	9,580	8,325
Inland waterway traffic ³	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Port imports ⁵	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

1. In this part of the table, coastwise traffic covers all coastwise cargo discharged in Scotland, whether it was loaded in Scotland or elsewhere in the UK.
2. In this part of the table, one port traffic covers cargoes from offshore installations and sea dredged aggregates unloaded in Scotland.
3. Information about Inland Waterway traffic discharged in Scotland is not available from the statistics compiled by DfT.
4. These figures relate to major ports only (please see the notes on the Sources of the statistics). There were seven major ports in 1996; eight in 1997 and 1998; nine in 1999; and eleven in 2000 onwards
5. Figures for tonne-kilometres are not available for imports (and, in any case, would not be relevant to Scottish transport statistics).

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Table 10.1 Waterborne freight lifted, discharged and moved, by type of traffic