SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 20: 2001 Edition: page 83


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Table 10.8 Foreign and coastwise container and roll-on traffic by type¹

	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Units
thousand
Containers	43	49	52	87	96	108	100	82	86	84	91
Wheeled	314	310	300	293	342	343	356	359	387	409	408
Total	358	359	353	380	438	451	456	441	473	493	499
Weight
thousand tonnes
Containers	646	746	806	998	1,048	1,200	1,193	1,155	1,213	1,086	1,203
Wheeled	3,772	3,559	3,398	3,373	3,504	3,747	4,546	4,445	4,983	5,153	4,918
Other	204	228	150	66	79	88	25	17	9	8	10
Total	4,623	4,533	4,354	4,438	4,631	5,035	5,764	5,617	6,205	6,247	6,132

1. With effect from 1995, traffic at smaller ports is estimated

Table 10.9 Inland waterway freight traffic lifted and moved

	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Freight lifted in Scotland
million tonnes
River Clyde	1.75	2.61	2.55	2.06	2.10	2.44	2.51	2.45	2.53	1.53	1.66
River Forth	8.22	8.91	8.46	8.28	8.94	8.41	8.40	8.32	8.81	8.56	7.54
All waterways¹	10.37	11.92	11.34	10.66	11.35	11.16	11.22	11.08	11.62	10.37	9.47
Freight moved ( weight x distance )
million tonne-kilometres
River Clyde	71	103	98	80	80	90	100	100	100	60	60
River Forth	181	196	186	180	200	190	190	180	190	190	170
All waterways¹	268	315	298	270	290	290	300	300	310	260	240

1. Includes also Caledonian Canal, lochs Fyne, Leven and Linnhe, Moray Firth, River Tay

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