Table 10.5 Foreign and domestic freight traffic at the eight major ports, 1997
|
West Coast |
East Coast |
Total |
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|
Imports/ inwards |
Exports/ outwards |
Total |
Imports/ inwards |
Exports/ outwards |
Total |
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|
thousand tonnes |
|||||||
| Foreign traffic |
2,173 |
3,278 |
5,451 |
3,950 |
54,283 |
58,234 |
63,685 |
| Domestic traffic |
1,674 |
6,997 |
8,672 |
4,469 |
30,948 |
35,417 |
44,089 |
| All traffic |
3,847 |
10,275 |
14,122 |
8,419 |
85,231 |
93,651 |
107,774 |
Table 10.6 All traffic at the eight major ports by mode of appearance and bulk commodity, 1997
|
Foreign traffic |
All foreign traffic |
Domestic traffic |
All domestic traffic |
All foreign &domestic traffic |
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|
Imports |
Exports |
Inwards |
Outwards |
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|
thousand tonnes |
|||||||
| All liquid bulk traffic |
1,571 |
53,344 |
54,916 |
3,647 |
31,385 |
35,032 |
89,948 |
| of which: Sugar and sugar preparations |
99 |
- |
99 |
20 |
- |
20 |
119 |
| Other foodstuffs and tobacco |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
| Beverages |
30 |
- |
30 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
34 |
| Animal and vegetable oils and fats |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
2 |
| Chemicals other than fertilisers |
182 |
474 |
656 |
53 |
142 |
195 |
851 |
| Crude petroleum |
295 |
49,244 |
49,359 |
1,840 |
24,508 |
26,347 |
75,886 |
| of which direct from North Sea |
- |
- |
- |
1,811 |
- |
1,811 |
1,811 |
| Petroleum products and gas |
965 |
3,625 |
4,589 |
1,731 |
4,858 |
6,589 |
11,178 |
| Material shipped for dumping at sea |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1,875 |
1,875 |
1,875 |
| All dry bulk traffic |
3,144 |
3,345 |
6,489 |
300 |
2,897 |
3,197 |
9,687 |
| of which: Unmilled cereals |
301 |
64 |
365 |
15 |
19 |
34 |
399 |
| Milled cereals and cereals preparations |
5 |
6 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
| Fresh fruit and vegetables |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
| Animal feeding stuffs |
220 |
14 |
234 |
16 |
9 |
25 |
259 |
| Sugar and sugar preparations |
66 |
- |
66 |
- |
- |
- |
66 |
| Wood, lumber and cork |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6 |
6 |
6 |
| Ores and scrap |
371 |
422 |
793 |
1 |
- |
1 |
794 |
| Crude fertilisers |
11 |
- |
11 |
13 |
- |
13 |
24 |
| Crude minerals - clay |
28 |
- |
28 |
2 |
- |
2 |
30 |
| Crude minerals - other than clay |
239 |
2,643 |
2,882 |
133 |
1,769 |
1,903 |
4,785 |
| Oil, seeds and nuts |
2 |
3 |
5 |
- |
5 |
5 |
10 |
| Manufactured fertilisers |
49 |
- |
49 |
8 |
- |
8 |
58 |
| Chemicals other than fertilisers |
35 |
- |
35 |
- |
- |
- |
35 |
| Cement, lime etc |
119 |
126 |
244 |
53 |
61 |
114 |
358 |
| Other non-metallic mineral manufactures |
35 |
- |
35 |
- |
- |
- |
35 |
| Iron and steel |
4 |
1 |
5 |
- |
7 |
7 |
12 |
| Coal, coke and briquettes |
1,630 |
66 |
1,695 |
- |
1,021 |
1,021 |
2,716 |
| Petroleum products and gas |
31 |
- |
31 |
22 |
- |
22 |
53 |
| Sea dredged aggregates |
- |
- |
- |
36 |
- |
36 |
36 |
| All bulk traffic |
4,715 |
56,690 |
61,405 |
3,947 |
34,283 |
38,230 |
99,634 |
| of which:Bulk fuels (liquid or dry) |
2,920 |
52,934 |
55,854 |
3,593 |
30,386 |
33,979 |
89,833 |
| Other |
1,795 |
3,756 |
5,551 |
354 |
3,896 |
4,251 |
9,801 |
| Container and roll-on traffic |
254 |
515 |
769 |
1,579 |
1,813 |
3,392 |
4,161 |
| All semi-bulk traffic |
971 |
286 |
1,257 |
34 |
20 |
54 |
1,311 |
| of which: Unitised forest products |
434 |
7 |
441 |
- |
- |
- |
441 |
| Other semi-bulk traffic |
536 |
279 |
816 |
34 |
20 |
54 |
870 |
| Conventional traffic |
184 |
70 |
254 |
117 |
149 |
267 |
521 |
| Traffic with UK off-shore installations - non-oil |
- |
- |
- |
466 |
1,681 |
2,147 |
2,147 |
| All traffic |
6,124 |
57,561 |
63,685 |
6,144 |
37,945 |
44,089 |
107,774 |