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Port freight quarterly statistics: October to December 2025

Provisional quarterly statistics on freight handled by UK major ports for October to December 2025.

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When comparing October to December 2025 with October to December 2024 through UK major ports:Ìý

  • total freight tonnageÌýdecreasedÌýbyÌý4%ÌýtoÌý103.2ÌýmillionÌýtonnesÌý

  • inward tonnageÌýdecreased by 3% to 70.3ÌýmillionÌýtonnesÌý

  • outward tonnageÌýdecreased by 7% to 32.9ÌýmillionÌýtonnesÌý

  • total volume ofÌýunitisedÌýtrafficÌýdecreased by 1% to 4.9Ìýmillion unitsÌý

  • inward unitsÌýdecreasedÌýbyÌý1%ÌýtoÌý2.7 million unitsÌý

  • outward unitsÌýdecreased by 2% to 2.3Ìýmillion unitsÌý

When comparing the rolling year to December 2025 with December 2024 through UK major ports:Ìý

  • total tonnage showedÌýlittle change,Ìýdecreasing less than 1%ÌýtoÌý420.8 millionÌýtonnesÌý

  • total volume ofÌýunitisedÌýtrafficÌýincreased by 1% to 21.4Ìýmillion units

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Published 12 March 2026

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