Chapter 9: Water Transport

Chapter 9: Water Transport

1. Introduction

1.1 This chapter provides information about foreign and domestic freight traffic at Scottish ports and inland waterways by type of freight and country of origin and destination. It also includes statistics on passengers and vehicles carried on ferry routes operating in Scotland and routes between Scotland and Northern Ireland and Europe as well as some statistics on HM Coastguard search and rescue operations.

1.2 Port traffic statistics methodology changed in 2000, to comply with the requirements of a new EC Maritime Statistics Directive.  This produced large changes in the figures for one-port and coastwise traffic, and in the split between domestic and foreign traffic, between 1999 and 2000.  Details of the method and notes on the effect of the change are given in the Notes and Definitions section, page 225.

1.3 From 2015 DfT no longer publish a Scottish data for coastwise, one port and inland waterway traffic and we are unable to update tables 9.1, 9.9 and 9.11 as fully as we previously did.

Key Points

• There were 67 million tonnes of freight handled by ports in Scotland in 2017.
• There was a total of 8.5 million passengers and 3.1 million vehicles carried on ferry routes within Scotland in 2017.
• There were 1.8 million passengers and 0.4 million vehicles carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland and 33,000 vehicles carried between Scotland and Europe in 2017.

2. Main Points

Freight

Tonnage

2.1 Exports through major (see section 9.16.3 page 278) Scottish ports rose from 61 million tonnes in 1997 to 68 million tonnes in 2002 before steadily falling to 31 million tonnes in 2017 (there has been a 32% fall in the last ten years) - eight ports were counted as major ports in 1997 and 1998, there were nine in 1999 and 11 from 2000 onwards. Imports totalled 10.6 million tonnes, considerably less than the volume of exports.  (Table 9.2)  

2.2 Waterborne freight (both incoming and outgoing) passing through the ports increased by 0.4% in 2017 to 67 million tonnes.  This was 34% less than in 2007, continuing a steady fall.  In 2017, the eleven major ports accounted for 95% of the total traffic through Scottish ports. Exports accounted for 46% of the total freight through Scottish ports and domestic traffic accounted for 33%. Imports, and incoming domestic freight were much lower, together accounting for 25% of the total freight through Scottish ports. (Table 9.2)

Ports & Destinations

2.3 Forth (28 million tonnes), Clyde (9 million tonnes) and Glensanda (6 million tonnes) accounted for the highest freight traffic in 2017. Forth traffic is 0.4% higher than 2016, and is 25% below 2007. Clyde’s freight traffic has fluctuated between 2007 and 2017, falling overall from 12 million tonnes to 8.9 million tonnes in 2017. Again, as these figures are for the total volume of traffic, they are unaffected by the change in the method of compiling the statistics. (Table 9.3)

2.4 Bulk fuel accounted for 42 million tonnes (66%) of the total traffic through major Scottish ports in 2017. (Table 9.4)

2.5 Top exporting ports for foreign traffic were: Forth (21 million tonnes); Orkney (4.1 million tonnes) and Glensanda (3.8 million tonnes). Clyde (5.7 million tonnes) and Forth (3.8 million tonnes) together accounted for almost all the imports from foreign traffic. Sullom Voe (4.6 million tonnes), Forth (2.3 million tonnes), and Glensanda (2.3 million tonnes) had most outward domestic traffic; Aberdeen (1.5 million tonnes) was the main port for inwards domestic traffic.  (Table 9.6)

2.6 The main types of traffic through the major ports in 2017 were crude oil (30 million tonnes), oil products (10 million tonnes) and  other dry bulk (8 million tonnes).  (Table 9.7)

2.7 In 2017 most exports were destined for Netherlands (11.2 million tonnes), Asia (10.9 million tonnes), Germany (4.5 million tonnes), Belgium (2.8 million tonnes) and Ireland (1.5 million tonnes) while most imports arrived from Sweden  and Netherlands (both 1.4 million tonnes).  (Table 9.8)

Passenger Services

Routes to Northern Ireland and Europe

2.8 In 2017, 1.8 million passengers were carried on ferry services between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Almost half a million vehicles were carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2017, an 8 per cent decrease on 2016.  The Rosyth to Zeebrugge freight route is the only ferry route between Scotland and Europe. This carried 33,121 vehicles in 2017, a 2 per cent decrease on 2016.  (Tables 9.13 (a) & (b))

Routes within Scotland

2.9 This section covers all routes within Scotland for which data is available, for example data is not available for Pentland Ferries.  These statistics include routes within Scotland that are subsidised by Scottish Government, Local Authority ferry services and privately run services.  More detail is available in the Notes and Definitions section, page 225. 

2.10 There were 8.5 million passengers carried on routes within Scotland in 2017, a rise of 2 per cent compared to 2016 and 0.4 per cent above the recent peak in numbers in 2007.  Caledonian MacBrayne carried 5.2 million of these passengers (51%) and Western Ferries carried a further 13 per cent on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12)

2.11  There were 3.1 million vehicles carried on routes within Scotland in 2017, a 4 per cent rise on 2016.  Of these vehicles, 50 per cent were carried by Caledonian MacBrayne and a further 22 per cent by Western Ferries on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12)

Operators on subsidised routes within Scotland

2.12 Caledonian MacBrayne ferries carried 5.2 million passengers in 2017, 181,000 (4%) more than in 2016.  There were 1.4 million cars carried, or 5 per cent more than in 2016, and 91,000 commercial vehicles and buses, 2 per cent more than 2016.  (Table 9.14)

2.13 Serco Northlink Ferries carried 308,000 passengers in 2017, a two per cent increase compared to 2016.  There were 67,000 cars carried on these routes in 2017, six  per cent more than 2016.  (Table 9.14)

Local Authority ferry services

2.14 Shetland Islands Council services carried 776,000 passengers in 2017,  0.1 per cent more than 2016. There were 413,000 vehicles carried,  a rise of 7 per cent on 2016.

2.15 Orkney Ferries services carried 331,000 passengers in 2017, one per cent more than in 2016. There were 89,000 vehicles carried on these routes, two per cent more than the previous year. (Table 9.14)

2.16 Ferries operated by Argyll and Bute Council carried 144,000 passengers in 2017. Although Highland Council only records passenger numbers for the Camusnagaul - Fort William service operated by Highland Ferries on behalf of Highland Council they have estimated that 580,000 passengers have been carried on the Corran Ferry. (Table 9.14 and 9.16)

Ferry routes within and to/from Scotland

2.17 The busiest ferry route within Scotland in terms of passengers and vehicles carried is the service between Gourock and Dunoon, operated by Western Ferries, which carried 1,353,700 passengers in 2017. There were 621,800 cars carried on this route and 37,600 commercial vehicles and buses in 2017.  (Table 9.16 and Figure 9.4 and 9.5)

2.18 The second busiest Scottish ferry route over recent years in terms of passenger numbers has been the Cairnryan / Belfast route. This route carried 1.2 million passengers in 2017.  (Table 9.13 and Figure 9.4)

2.19 The second busiest route in terms of cars carried is the Corran Ferry from Ardgour to Nether Lochaber operated by Highland Council.  This route carried 258 thousand vehicles in 2017. (Table 9.16 and Figure 9.5)

2.20 The busiest subsidised ferry routes are operated by Caledonian MacBrayne.  The busiest route in terms of passengers in 2017 was Ardrossan - Brodick, with 844,200 passengers.  Ardrossan - Brodick was also the busiest subsidised route for car traffic in 2017 with 205,500 car crossings, an increase of 1 per cent over the previous year. (Table 9.15)

2.21 The Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) scheme involves setting ferry fares on the basis of the cost of travelling an equivalent distance by road, more detail on RET can be found in the Notes and Definitions section, page 225. The West Coast routes where Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) has been rolled out carried 2.6 million passengers in 2017 and 719,000 cars. (Table 9.15)

Ferry Punctuality

2.22 The level of reliability (the number of timetabled sailings actually operated, see table footnote for more detail) for Caledonian MacBrayne lifeline ferry services was 99.5% in 2017-18 and the level of punctuality (against the published timetable) was 99.8%.  For Northlink the level of lifeline ferry services that were both punctual and reliable was 99.9% for both Aberdeen routes and the Pentland Firth in 2017-18.  (Table 9.17) 

Coastguard callouts

2.23 Overall there were 2,720 incidents in 2017, 256 more than the previous year.  (Table 9.18)

Table 9.1: Waterborne freight lifted, discharged and  moved, by type of traffic

(a)  Waterborne freight lifted in Scotland, and moved, by type of traffic
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 8	2016	2017
Freight lifted   ( weight )											million tonnes
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	15.07	15.79	13.59	11.49	11.12	7.22	5.93	5.41	..	..	..
Coal	1.28	1.40	1.02	1.23	0.67	0.76	0.67	0.78	..	..	..
Other	6.43	6.09	5.23	5.23	4.54	4.56	4.79	5.62	..	..	..
Total	22.79	23.28	19.84	17.95	16.33	12.54	11.39	11.81	14.20	..	..
One Port traffic2
To rigs	1.83	1.75	3.59	1.88	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	..	..	..
Sea dumped	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..
Total	1.83	1.75	3.59	1.88	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.05	..	..	..
Coastwise	4.10	3.99	3.43	3.04	2.74	2.18	1.93	1.64	..	..	..
One Port	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.05	0.01	0	0.02	0.01	..	..	..
Foreign	6.36	8.18	6.63	7.80	7.95	8.61	8.74	7.71	..	..	..
Total	10.50	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.69	9.41	10.27	..	..
All above traffic3	30.98	33.21	30.06	27.63	26.70	23.72	22.23	21.76	24.47	..	..
Port exports4	45.58	42.42	38.32	39.89	33.36	32.06	31.58	30.84	30.26	32.97	30.89
All freight lifted5	70.20	67.44	61.75	59.72	52.11	47.17	45.07	44.89	44.45	..	..
Freight moved  ( weight x distance )											million tonne-kilometres
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	13,155	14,456	12,360	10,777	10,628	6,723	4,888	4,783	..	..	..
Coal	305	343	261	302	303	316	277	312	..	..	..
Other	3,449	3,090	2,700	2,478	2,080	2,012	2,287	2,936	..	..	..
Total	16,909	17,890	15,321	13,557	13,011	9,051	7,452	8,031	11,414	..	..
One Port traffic2
To rigs	1,832	1,746	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..	..	..
Sea dumped	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	1,832	1,746	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coastwise	101	101	83	80	80	60	53	22	..	..	..
One Port	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..
Foreign	166	210	160	200	190	209	209	137	..	..	..
Total	268	312	244	280	270	269	262	234	236	..	..
All above traffic6	19,009	19,948	17,852	15,722	15,471	11,891	9,814	10,447	11,649	..	..
Port exports7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All freight7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. Covers all coastwise cargo lifted in Scotland, regardless of its destination.
2. Covers cargoes lifted in Scotland for offshore installations and for dumping at sea.
3. Total of Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic and the Internal and Foreign components of Inland Waterway traffic. 
Excludes Coastwise and One Port components of Inland Waterway traffic to avoid double counting.
4. Major ports only.  There were seven major ports in 1996; eight in 1997 and 1998; nine in 1999;and 11 from 2000 onwards.
5. Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic, the Internal component of Inland Waterway traffic, and Port exports.
Excludes Coastwise and One Port components of Inland Waterway traffic to avoid double counting.
6. This is the total of Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic and Inland Waterway traffic. No double counting exists as the Coastwise component of Inland Waterway traffic relates to the distance travelled on inland waterways, and Coastwise traffic relates 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).
8. DfT have now discontinued the  publication of a number of tables in their publication. We are no longer able to update most of this table.

Figure 9.1: Foreign and domestic traffic by port

Table 9.1: (continued) Waterborne freight lifted, discharged and moved, by type of traffic

(b) Waterborne freight discharged in Scotland, and moved, by type of traffic Note: there is no information on inland waterway traffic discharged in Scotland
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 6	2016	2017
Freight discharged ( weight )											million tonnes
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	3.62	2.79	2.52	3.01	2.06	2.14	1.91	1.74	..	..	..
Coal	0.04	0.02	-	0.01	0.08	0.01	0.02	-	..	..	..
Other	4.13	4.20	3.77	4.25	3.83	4.28	3.98	4.06	..	..	..
Total	7.79	7.01	6.29	7.26	5.97	6.43	5.91	5.79	4.62	..	..
One Port traffic2
From rigs	7.86	4.06	2.75	3.12	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	..	..	..
Sea dredged	0.02	0.02	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..
Total	7.87	4.07	2.76	3.12	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Port imports4	14.61	16.11	13.53	13.17	14.22	16.25	16.50	16.55	13.48	9.49	10.65
Freight moved ( weight x distance )											million tonne-kilometres
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	1,907	1,444	1,445	2,070	1,459	1,529	1,253	1,126	..	..	..
Coal	39	12	-	12	61	9	12	-	..	..	..
Other	943	1,031	953	1,056	958	1,092	986	1,017	..	..	..
Total	2,890	2,487	2,398	3,138	2,478	2,626	2,250	2,143	1,846	..	..
One Port traffic2
From rigs	7,870	4,067	2,762	3,146	2,885	3,898	2,241	2,091	..	..	..
Sea dredged	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..
Total	7,870	4,067	2,762	3,146	2,885	3,898	2,241	2,091	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Port imports5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. Covers all coastwise cargo discharged in Scotland, whether it was loaded in Scotland or elsewhere in the UK.
2. One port traffic covers cargoes from offshore installations and sea dredged aggregates unloaded in Scotland; figures from 2012 subject to revision.
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).
6. DfT have now discontinued the  publication of a number of tables in their publication. We are no longer able to update most of this table.

Table 9.2: Foreign and domestic freight traffic at (major) Scottish ports ¹

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
											thousand tonnes
Foreign
Imports	14,612	16,106	13,532	13,169	14,216	16,254	16,501	16,554	13,481	9,486	10,649
Exports	45,581	42,416	38,321	39,891	33,358	32,060	31,583	30,842	30,259	32,974	30,886
Total	60,193	58,521	51,853	53,060	47,573	48,313	48,084	47,396	43,740	42,458	41,538
Domestic
Inwards	14,138	9,611	7,670	8,722	7,999	9,447	7,160	7,053	6,281	6,643	6,343
Outwards	23,482	23,975	22,558	18,745	18,378	15,072	12,673	13,167	16,531	14,308	15,467
Total	37,619	33,586	30,228	27,468	26,379	24,519	19,833	20,219	22,813	20,950	21,811
Total - major ports only	97,812	92,108	82,081	80,525	73,952	72,832	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409	63,952
Total - all ports	101,952	96,346	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. The Foreign and Domestic figures refer to major ports only.
There were seven major ports in 1996, eight major ports in 1997 and 1998, nine in 1999 and 11 in 2000 onwards so the figures for different years are not directly comparable.

Table 9.3: Foreign and domestic traffic by port: inwards and outwards

Port	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
											thousand tonnes
Stranraer 3
Inwards	647	634	646	553	543	-	-	-	-	-	-
Outwards	584	556	531	465	442	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total traffic	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan 4, 5
Inwards	-	-	-	-	-	943	898	1,022	1,076	1,166	1,155
Outwards	-	-	-	-	-	872	885	1,016	1,087	1,190	1,233
Total traffic	-	-	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388
Cairnryan
Inwards	1,440	1,294	1,123	1,150	1,340	1,246	1,103	1,096	1,179	1,290	1,399
Outwards	1,723	1,633	1,448	1,484	1,592	1,364	1,261	1,272	1,370	1,450	1,448
Total traffic	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,848
Ayr
Inwards	174	182	182	276	212	205	347	284	217	256	209
Outwards	379	375	153	282	190	99	123	71	63	50	31
Total traffic	553	557	335	558	402	304	470	355	280	306	240
Clyde
Inwards	9,323	10,885	9,474	8,982	9,981	12,026	12,148	13,221	9,678	6,273	6,500
Outwards	2,740	3,453	3,078	3,301	3,450	3,394	2,635	2,980	2,806	2,469	2,366
Total traffic	12,063	14,338	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742	8,865
Glensanda
Inwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Outwards	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138
Total traffic	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138
Other West Coast 1
Inwards	448	489	368	649	347	337	284	337	271	303	320
Outwards	518	538	530	651	362	342	369	466	386	243	243
Total traffic	967	1,028	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656	546	563
Orkneys
Inwards	3,655	776	169	184	186	200	180	182	195	204	210
Outwards	6,937	4,014	3,073	3,059	2,158	1,529	874	969	3,750	4,411	4,643
Total traffic	10,592	4,789	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615	4,852
Lerwick
Inwards	352	372	309	323	344	407	495	437	410	359	325
Outwards	263	287	250	245	241	263	328	401	336	269	279
Total traffic	615	658	560	568	585	670	824	838	746	629	604
Sullom Voe
Inwards	2,747	2,379	840	1,021	748	2,196	201	1	6	-	-
Outwards	13,826	12,160	10,377	10,250	9,405	9,202	6,192	7,183	6,114	6,183	5,179
Total traffic	16,573	14,539	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183	5,179
Cromarty Firth
Inwards	1,688	1,174	1,300	1,659	1,882	1,313	1,605	810	145	242	158
Outwards	1,814	1,078	1,565	2,004	2,138	1,314	1,773	781	117	153	69
Total traffic	3,502	2,252	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395	227
Inverness
Inwards	562	551	524	520	437	368	409	321	394	510	421
Outwards	123	146	127	151	162	154	155	154	172	154	144
Total traffic	684	697	651	671	599	521	563	475	566	664	565
Peterhead
Inwards	468	524	482	538	541	584	589	768	950	695	842
Outwards	321	347	315	568	513	440	382	608	518	453	447
Total traffic	790	871	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148	1,288
Aberdeen
Inwards	2,541	2,407	2,227	2,035	1,966	2,084	2,055	1,986	2,031	1,728	1,948
Outwards	2,591	2,426	1,343	2,129	2,198	2,409	2,209	2,245	2,345	2,042	2,111
Total traffic	5,131	4,833	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770	4,058
Montrose
Inwards	366	413	283	395	359	336	417	452	387	362	348
Outwards	216	196	140	116	129	182	171	150	106	142	96
Total traffic	582	609	423	512	488	518	588	601	493	504	444
Dundee
Inwards	809	788	632	754	721	666	704	463	468	449	500
Outwards	226	190	177	209	208	176	111	54	47	84	67
Total traffic	1,035	978	810	962	929	842	815	517	515	534	566
Perth
Inwards	144	141	120	99	61	42	37	49	58	28	23
Outwards	-	1	6	4	13	19	23	12	5	5	9
Total traffic	144	141	125	103	74	62	60	61	63	33	31
Forth 6
Inwards	5,431	4,856	4,309	5,015	4,307	4,442	4,177	4,056	4,035	4,080	4,286
Outwards	31,249	34,199	32,381	29,321	23,571	20,890	22,188	20,552	23,039	23,359	23,258
Total traffic	36,681	39,054	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439	27,544
Other East Coast 2
Inwards	272	281	284	291	302	289	326	348	345	377	344
Outwards	324	263	1,192	289	303	263	239	284	268	224	240
Total traffic	595	549	476	580	605	552	565	632	612	601	584
Scotland
Inwards	31,067	28,147	23,272	24,444	24,277	27,684	25,976	25,835	21,845	18,322	18,986
Outwards	70,885	68,198	62,277	60,374	53,135	48,454	45,663	45,546	48,126	48,368	47,999
Total traffic	101,952	96,345	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. Other West Coast ports are: Troon; Ardrishaig; Corpach; Stornoway;Kyle of Lochalsh; Girvan; Kirkudbright; Port Askaig.
2. Other East Coast ports are: Scrabster; Wick; Gills Bay; Buckie; Fraserburgh; Inverkeithing; Scalloway.
3. Stranraer port was closed from 20 November 2011 and operations were transferred to Loch Ryan port.
4. Figures for 2012 may include some traffic from 2011 due to the transfer of operations from Stranraer.
5. The increase in tonnage on the new Loch Ryan route compared to Stranraer is due to larger ships being used.
6. Includes Rosyth, Braefoot Bay, Burntisland, Grangemouth, Hound Point, Kirkcaldy, Leith and Methil

Table 9.4: Foreign and domestic freight traffic by port: bulk fuel and all other traffic¹

Port	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Stranraer 8											thousand tonnes
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan 5, 6
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	-	-	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388
Cairnryan
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,848
Ayr
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	553	557	335	558	402	304	470	355	280	306	240
Clyde
Bulk fuel	9,825	12,197	10,672	10,209	11,464	13,547	12,877	14,090	10,332	6,522	6,918
All other traffic	2,238	2,141	1,880	2,074	1,967	1,874	1,906	2,111	2,152	2,220	1,947
Glensanda
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138
Other West Coast 2
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	967	1,028	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656	546	563
Orkney
Bulk fuel	10,414	4,595	3,027	2,999	2,096	1,487	825	918	3,689	4,348	4,585
All other traffic	178	194	214	245	248	242	229	233	256	267	267
Lerwick
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	615	658	560	568	585	670	824	838	746	629	604
Sullom Voe
Bulk fuel	16,537	14,507	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,352	7,180	6,108	6,179	5,175
All other traffic	36	32	-	69	19	59	41	5	12	4	4
Cromarty Firth
Bulk fuel	3,336	2,101	2,730	3,454	3,821	2,410	3,181	1,339	87	207	63
All other traffic	166	151	134	209	199	218	197	252	175	188	164
Inverness
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	684	697	651	671	599	521	563	475	566	664	565
Peterhead
Bulk fuel	143	230	309	365	260	282	305	236	330	443	456
All other traffic	647	641	488	742	794	742	667	1,141	1,138	705	832
Aberdeen
Bulk fuel	1,487	1,468	1,044	1,022	1,018	1,073	1,073	1,019	1,388	1,130	1,334
All other traffic	3,644	3,365	3,526	3,142	3,147	3,420	3,190	3,212	2,988	2,640	2,724
Montrose
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	582	609	423	512	488	518	588	601	493	504	444
Dundee
Bulk fuel	528	493	448	486	560	457	378	169	149	137	127
All other traffic	507	485	362	476	369	385	437	349	366	397	439
Perth
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	144	141	125	103	74	62	60	61	63	33	31
Forth 7
Bulk fuel	32,738	34,863	32,438	30,405	23,208	21,028	22,039	19,982	23,081	22,999	23,336
All other traffic	3,943	4,191	4,252	3,930	4,670	4,304	4,326	4,626	3,993	4,440	4,208
Other East Coast 3
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other	595	549	476	580	605	552	565	632	612	601	584
Major ports 4
Bulk fuel 1	75,008	70,454	61,885	60,142	52,561	51,623	47,030	44,933	45,164	41,965	41,994
All other traffic	22,803	21,654	20,196	20,384	21,391	21,210	20,887	22,683	21,388	21,444	21,959
All traffic:
Major ports only	97,811	92,108	82,081	80,526	73,952	72,833	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409	63,953
All ports	101,951	96,347	85,547	84,818	77,414	76,140	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. From 1995 onwards, separate figures for bulk fuel and other are available for major ports only (see notes and sources).
2. Other West Coast ports are: Troon; Ardrishaig; Corpach; Stornoway;Kyle of Lochalsh; Girvan; Kirkudbright; Port Askaig.
3. Other East Coast ports are: Scrabster; Wick; Gills Bay; Buckie; Fraserburgh; Inverkeithing; Scalloway.
4. From 1995, the totals for bulk fuel and other relate only to the major ports, the numbers of which may change from year to year.
5. Figures for 2012 may include some traffic from 2011 due to the transfer of operations from Stranraer.
6. The increase in tonnage on the new Loch Ryan route compared to Stranraer is due to larger ships being used.
7. Includes Rosyth, Braefoot Bay, Burntisland, Grangemouth, Hound Point, Kirkcaldy, Leith and Methil
8. Stranraer port was closed from 20 November 2011 and operations were transferred to Loch Ryan port.

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

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
West Coast:											thousand tonnes
Stranraer1 *
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan 2, 3
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	-	-	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388
Cairnryan*
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,632	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,737	2,847
Other general cargo	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	3	-
All traffic	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,632	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,847
Clyde
Liquid bulk	3,568	5,149	4,685	4,853	5,124	5,945	5,777	6,952	6,729	6,125	6,918
Dry bulk	7,249	8,095	6,904	6,793	7,564	8,778	8,377	8,451	4,899	1,668	1,125
Container & roll on traffic	469	439	447	509	599	588	499	576	634	651	599
Other general cargo	777	654	516	128	144	109	130	221	223	298	223
All traffic	12,063	14,338	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742	8,865
Glensanda
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138
East Coast:
Orkney
Liquid bulk	10,413	4,594	3,026	2,998	2,095	1,486	824	918	3,688	4,348	4,585
Dry bulk	10	6	12	20	25	15	11	12	16	9	9
Container & roll on traffic	153	161	181	213	211	215	208	209	234	243	242
Other general cargo	16	29	21	14	13	13	11	12	7	15	16
All traffic	10,592	4,789	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615	4,852
Sullom Voe
Liquid bulk	16,537	14,507	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,357	7,180	6,114	6,179	5,175
Dry bulk	-	-	-	69	12	57	13	-	5	4	3
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	36	32	-	-	7	2	24	5	-	-	-
All traffic	16,573	14,539	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183	5,179
Cromarty Firth
Liquid bulk	3,336	2,100	2,727	3,460	3,821	2,408	3,178	1,337	89	213	71
Dry bulk	70	70	73	125	159	144	115	174	109	108	131
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	97	81	64	78	41	76	85	80	64	74	24
All traffic	3,502	2,252	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395	227
Peterhead*
Liquid bulk	377	440	377	453	390	386	364	536	735	535	560
Dry bulk	73	101	88	144	158	100	53	155	97	64	32
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	340	331	331	510	506	538	554	686	635	549	696
All traffic	790	871	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148	1,288
Aberdeen
Liquid bulk	2,214	2,184	2,065	1,957	1,922	2,059	1,987	1,986	2,298	2,188	2,131
Dry bulk	371	308	331	549	606	439	474	487	455	367	405
Container & roll on traffic	334	355	345	365	405	468	474	430	408	409	505
Other general cargo	2,213	1,986	1,829	1,293	1,231	1,527	1,329	1,328	1,215	806	1,018
All traffic	5,131	4,833	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770	4,058
Dundee*
Liquid bulk	530	501	451	493	571	467	379	183	157	147	145
Dry bulk	333	373	300	412	277	294	369	259	310	304	330
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	172	104	59	57	81	82	67	75	48	82	92
All traffic	1,035	978	810	962	929	842	815	517	515	534	566
Forth 4
Liquid bulk	31,578	33,941	31,913	29,432	23,353	20,739	22,109	20,363	23,183	23,323	23,556
Dry bulk	2,051	1,994	1,840	1,904	1,392	1,283	1,125	1,056	958	963	979
Container & roll on traffic	2,582	2,627	2,494	2,751	2,666	2,798	2,858	2,834	2,643	2,792	2,737
Other general cargo	470	492	442	249	466	512	273	355	290	361	272
All traffic	36,681	39,054	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439	27,544

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
* 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.
1. Stranraer port was closed from 20 November 2011 and operations were transferred to Loch Ryan port.
2. Figures for 2012 may include some traffic from 2011 due to the transfer of operations from Stranraer.
3. The increase in tonnage on the new Loch Ryan route compared to Stranraer is due to larger ships being used.
4. Includes Rosyth, Braefoot Bay, Burntisland, Grangemouth, Hound Point, Kirkcaldy, Leith and Methil

Table 9.6 (a): Foreign and domestic freight traffic at the major ports by type of traffic, 2016

	Foreign traffic			Domestic traffic			Total
	Imports	Exports	Total	Inwards	Outwards	Total
							thousand tonnes
Loch Ryan	-	-	-	1,166	1,190	2,356	2,356
Cairnryan	2	-	2	1,288	1,450	2,738	2,740
Clyde	4,947	1,363	6,309	1,326	1,106	2,432	8,742
Glensanda	-	3,416	3,416	-	2,071	2,071	5,487
Orkney	5	2,854	2,859	199	1,558	1,757	4,615
Sullom Voe	-	3,935	3,935	-	2,248	2,248	6,183
Cromarty Firth	205	114	319	37	39	76	395
Peterhead	76	30	106	619	423	1,042	1,148
Aberdeen	352	324	676	1,377	1,718	3,094	3,770
Dundee	447	58	504	3	26	29	534
Forth 1	3,452	20,880	24,332	628	2,479	3,107	27,439
All Major Ports	9,486	32,974	42,458	6,643	14,308	20,950	63,409

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. Includes Rosyth, Braefoot Bay, Burntisland, Grangemouth, Hound Point, Kirkcaldy, Leith and Methil

Table 9.6 (b): Foreign and domestic freight traffic at the major ports by type of traffic, 2017

	Foreign traffic			Domestic traffic			Total
	Imports	Exports	Total	Inwards	Outwards	Total
							thousand tonnes
Loch Ryan	-	-	-	1,155	1,233	2,388	2,388
Cairnryan	-	-	-	1,399	1,448	2,847	2,847
Clyde	5,747	1,541	7,288	752	824	1,577	8,865
Glensanda	-	3,849	3,849	-	2,289	2,289	6,138
Orkney	5	4,127	4,132	204	516	720	4,852
Sullom Voe	-	-	-	-	4,577	4,577	5,179
Cromarty Firth	103	47	151	55	21	76	227
Peterhead	78	9	88	763	437	1,200	1,288
Aberdeen	411	315	726	1,536	1,796	3,332	4,058
Dundee	481	64	546	18	2	20	566
Forth 1	3,824	20,934	24,758	461	2,324	2,785	27,544
All Major Ports	10,649	30,886	41,538	6,343	15,467	21,811	63,952

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. Includes Rosyth, Braefoot Bay, Burntisland, Grangemouth, Hound Point, Kirkcaldy, Leith and Methil

Table 9.7: All traffic at the major ports by mode of appearance and commodity, 2017

	Foreign traffic		All foreign	Domestic traffic		All domestic
	Imports	Exports	traffic	Inwards	Outwards	traffic	All foreign & domestic traffic
							thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas	304	1,982	2,286	36	425	460	2,747
Crude oil	4,364	22,430	26,794	521	2,340	2,861	29,655
Oil products	2,379	4,408	6,787	1,452	1,352	2,804	9,590
Other liquid bulk products	284	74	359	163	629	791	1,150
All liquid bulk traffic	7,332	28,894	36,226	2,171	4,745	6,916	43,142
Dry bulk
Ores	11	415	426	-	78	78	504
Coal	4	-	4	-	-	-	4
Agricultural products (eg grain, soya, tapioca)	664	55	719	159	21	180	899
Other dry bulk	1,137	3,951	5,088	305	2,353	2,658	7,746
All dry bulk traffic	1,816	4,421	6,236	464	2,452	2,916	9,152
Containers
20' freight units	179	339	518	62	127	189	707
40' freight units	490	845	1,335	55	233	288	1,622
Freight units >20' & <40'	15	192	207	2	2	4	211
Freight units >40'	172	194	366	7	6	13	379
All container traffic	856	1,570	2,426	126	368	494	2,920
Roll-on/roll-off (self-propelled)
Road goods vehicles with or without  accompanying trailers	3	1	5	1,598	1,749	3,347	3,352
Import/Export motor vehicles	9	1	10	3	7	10	20
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic	12	2	14	1,602	1,756	3,357	3,372
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled)
Unaccompanied road goods trailers & semi-trailers	76	49	125	1,223	1,209	2,432	2,557
Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	0	-	0	0	1	1	1
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	237	200	437	17	14	31	468
Other mobile non self-propelled units	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic	313	249	563	1,240	1,223	2,463	3,026
Other general cargo
Forestry products	162	47	210	18	0	18	228
Iron and steel products	78	73	151	2	6	8	158
Other general cargo & containers <20'	83	207	290	722	943	1,665	1,955
All other general cargo traffic	323	327	651	742	949	1,690	2,341
All traffic	10,652	35,464	46,115	6,344	11,493	17,837	63,953

Figure 9.2: Maps showing all routes

Table 9.8: Major ports traffic by cargo category and country of loading or unloading - 2017

	Liquid Bulks			Dry Bulks			Other General Cargo
Country of loadingor unloading	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic
									thousand tonnes
European Union (as at 1 May 2007)
Belgium	349	1,718	2,067	46	241	287	2	-	2
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	2
Denmark	223	31	254	31	133	164	14	51	65
Estonia	-	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-
Finland	4	13	17	49	-	49	21	3	24
France	25	929	954	107	81	188	15	-	15
Germany	100	2,282	2,382	266	2,172	2,438	29	2	31
Greece	-	-	-	35	-	35	-	-	-
Ireland	80	1,524	1,605	80	5	85	4	-	4
Italy	9	18	27	2	-	2	-	59	59
Latvia	-	-	-	31	12	43	11	-	11
Lithuania	-	55	55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Netherlands	575	9,510	10,084	258	1,021	1,279	9	12	21
Poland	31	-	31	54	142	196	-	-	-
Portugal	12	62	74	-	59	59	5	-	5
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	-	-		-	-		-	-	-
Spain	41	599		332	316		9	3	11
Sweden	1,294	123		39	9		51	69	121
All EU countries (as at 1 May 2007)	2,743	16,865	17,551	1,342	4,190	4,838	170	202	372
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Algeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	-	-		-	-		-	-	-
Iceland	6	-	6	12	2	14	-	-	-
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morocco	-	93	93	-	146	146	-	-	-
Norway	692	9	700	92	1	93	106	92	198
Russia	337	-	337	9	82	91	-	1	1
Turkey	-	-	-	15	-	15	5	-	5
Ukraine	-	-		136	-		-	1
Other Europe & Mediterranean	-	18	18	35	-	35	-	1	1
All other Europe & Med.	1,046	120	1,166	298	230	393	111	95	204
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cote D'ivoire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nigeria	2,750	-	2,750	-	-	-	-	-	-
Senegal	-	61	61	-	-	-	1	-	1
South Africa	156	13	169	-	-	-	7	21	28
Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other African countries	285	-	285	-	-	-	2	2	4
All Africa (excl. Med.)	3,191	89	3,280	-	-	-	12	25	36
America
Argentina	-	-	-	146	-	146	-	-	-
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Canada	-	249	249	12	-	12	1	1	1
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Martinique	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
Netherlands Antilles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA	222	612	833	8	-	8	1	2	3
Other American countries	130	84	214	-	-	-	-	-	-
All America	351	945	1,296	165	-	165	5	3	8
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
China	-	5,417	5,417	-	-	-	1	-	1
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Korea	-	5,087	5,087	-	-	-	22	-	22
Malaysia	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	-
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Singapore	-	371	371	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Asian and Australasian countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Asia and Australasia	-	10,875	10,875	9	-	9	25	3	28
Unspecified countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All foreign countries	7,332	28,894	34,169	1,816	4,421	5,405	323	327	649
All domestic traffic	2,171	4,745	6,916	464	2,452	2,916	742	949	1,690
All foreign and domestic traffic	9,503	33,639	41,085	2,280	6,872	8,321	1,065	1,276	2,340

"-" denotes either nil or less than half final digit shown.

Table 9.8: (Continued) Major ports traffic by cargo category and country of loading or unloading - 2017

	Container Traffic			Ro-Ro Traffic			All Traffic
Country of loadingor unloading	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic
									thousand tonnes
European Union (as at 1 May 2007)
Belgium	123	625	749	309	220	529	830	2,804	3,634
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus	2	-	2	-	-	-	3	1	4
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	268	215	482
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	16	89
France	7	181	188	-	-	-	153	1,192	1,345
Germany	3	-	3	-	-	-	398	4,456	4,854
Greece	1	-	1	-	-	-	37	-	37
Ireland	-	1	1	-	-	-	164	1,530	1,694
Italy	35	-	35	-	-	-	46	77	123
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	12	54
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	55
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Netherlands	525	626	1,151	-	-	-	1,366	11,169	12,535
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	142	228
Portugal	1	19	20	-	-	-	17	140	158
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	-	-		-	-		-	-	-
Spain	81	111		-	-		462	1,028	1,490
Sweden	-	-		-	-		1,384	202	1,585
All EU countries (as at 1 May 2007)	778	1,564	2,150	309	220	529	5,343	23,041	28,384
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Algeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	1	-	1	-	-	-	13	-	13
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	2	19
Israel	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	4
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Morocco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	239	239
Norway	3	4	7	16	32	48	908	138	1,046
Russia	1	-	1	-	-	-	347	82	429
Turkey	5	-	5	-	-	-	25	-	25
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	136	1	137
Other Europe & Mediterranean	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	19	54
All other Europe & Med.	14	4	18	16	32	48	1,485	481	1,967
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cote D'ivoire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nigeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,750	-	2,751
Senegal	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	61	62
South Africa	2	2	4	-	-	-	164	37	201
Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other African countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	287	2	289
All Africa (excl. Med.)	2	2	4	-	-	-	3,205	116	3,321
America
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	146	-	146
Brazil	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Canada	2	-	2	-	-	-	14	250	264
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Martinique	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
Netherlands Antilles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA	14	-	14	-	-	-	244	614	858
Other American countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	130	84	214
All America	17	-	17	-	-	-	539	948	1,487
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
China	26	-	26	-	-	-	27	5,417	5,443
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	11	-	11	-	-	-	11	-	12
Indonesia	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	5,087	5,110
Malaysia	1	-	1	-	-	-	10	-	10
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Singapore	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	371	373
Sri Lanka	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Asian and Australasian countries	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
All Asia and Australasia	44	-	44	-	-	-	79	10,877	10,956
Unspecified countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All foreign countries	856	1,570	2,235	325	252	577	10,652	35,464	46,115
All domestic traffic	126	368	494	2,842	2,979	5,821	6,344	11,493	17,837
All foreign and domestic traffic	982	1,938	2,729	3,167	3,231	6,398	16,996	46,957	63,953

"-" denotes either nil or less than half final digit shown.

Table 9.9: Foreign and coastwise container and roll-on traffic by type¹

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 3	2016
Main Freight Units										thousand
Containers	250	252	251	242	269	286	268	264	..	..
Wheeled 2	468	463	420	427	464	473	506	476	..	..
Total	718	715	672	670	733	759	774	740	..	..
Weight										thousand tonnes
Containers	3,033	3,115	2,894	2,794	2,928	3,190	3,118	3,162	..	..
Wheeled 2	5,527	5,264	5,027	5,382	5,696	5,695	5,505	5,747	..	..
Total	8,560	8,378	7,920	8,177	8,624	8,886	8,624	8,908	..	..

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. With effect from 1995, traffic at smaller ports is estimated
2. Includes road goods vehicles, unaccompanied trailers, and shipborne port to port trailers
3. DfT have now discontinued the  publication of a number of tables in their publication. We are no longer able to update this table.

Table 9.10: Inland waterway freight traffic lifted and moved

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Freight lifted in Scotland											million tonnes
River Clyde	2.08	2.53	1.46	2.34	2.56	2.25	1.88	1.8	1.91	1.93	1.68
River Forth	8.28	9.52	8.52	8.22	7.99	8.50	8.76	7.54	8.24	8.49	8.78
All waterways1,2	10.50	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.65	9.41	10.14	10.42	10.46
Freight moved (weight x distance)											million tonne-kilometres
River Clyde	90	110	60	90	100	89	76	74	77	78	67
River Forth	170	200	180	170	170	178	184	158	173	178	184
All waterways1,2	268	320	250	280	270	269	260	234	250	257	252

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. Includes also Caledonian Canal, lochs Fyne, Leven and Linnhe, Moray Firth, River Tay.
2. From 2015 the totals do not include other waterways.

Table 9.11: Inland waterway freight traffic lifted and moved by mode of appearance ¹

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Freight lifted in Scotland											million tonnes
Bulk-liquid	6.73	7.48	6.57	6.55	6.18	6.97	6.84	5.31	6.49	..	..
Bulk-dry	1.43	1.51	1.02	2.05	2.15	1.39	1.40	1.50	1.49	..	..
Unitised forest products	0.20	0.24	0.16	0.14	0.11	0.03	0.01	0.04	..	..	..
Other semi-bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Break bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other general cargo	0.17	0.60	0.10	0.10	0.17	0.14	0.17	0.25	0.13	..	..
Unit loads	1.97	2.37	2.26	2.05	2.10	2.27	2.29	2.35	2.12	..	..
Total	10.50	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.80	10.7	9.41	10.27	..	..
Freight moved (weight x distance)											million tonne-kilometres
Bulk-liquid	160	170	150	150	140	161	152	115	126	..	..
Bulk-dry	60	60	40	80	90	56	57	60	54	..	..
Unitised forest products	-	10	-	..	-	-	-	2	..	..	..
Other semi-bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Break bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other general cargo	-	20	-	..	10	4	5	8	..	..	..
Unit loads	40	60	50	40	40	48	48	50	..	..	..
Total	268	320	250	280	280	269	262	234	256	..	..

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. DfT have now discontinued the  publication of a number of tables in their publication. We are no longer able to update this table.

Figure 9.3: Scottish Ferry Routes - South Western Scotland

Table 9.12: Total passengers and vehicles carried by operator¹

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
											thousands
Passengers
Caledonian MacBrayne	4,732.2	4,533.2	4,762.3	4,736.6	4,575.0	4,510.7	4,594.5	4,654.0	4,627.0	5,056.0	5,237.0
Cowal Ferries 5	607.2	550.8	533.5	499.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll Ferries Ltd 5	..	..	..	..	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8
P&O Scottish Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Serco Northlink 2	307.0	296.0	309.0	305.0	304.0	298.0	282.9	288.6	297.6	301.5	307.5
Orkney Ferries	316.4	319.0	329.5	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2	329.2	331.4
Shetland Islands Council 6	795.6	634.1	636.5	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	742.0	774.9	776.1
Argyll & Bute Council	138.6	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2
Highland Council4	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	220.8	211.4	219.4	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5	41.2
Western Ferries	1,329.4	1,308.5	1,336.2	1,313.8	1,332.7	1,389.3	1,342.7	1,347.2	1,331.1	1,341.0	1,353.7
Bruce Watt Cruises 7	2.6	4.9	3.3	3.0	4.9	4.6	-	-	-	-	-
Cromarty Ferry Company	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Highland Seaways	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo)3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-	-	-
Total within Scotland	8,466.5	8,000.6	8,271.6	8,016.4	7,773.1	7,888.1	7,830.5	7,884.3	7,824.4	8,320.0	8,501.4
Scotland and Northern Ireland	2,094.0	1,938.0	1,916.0	1,920.0	1,857.7	1,809.4	1,831.0	1,794.2	1,729.3	1,752.7	1,753.1
Scotland and Europe	111.0	75.0	31.0	54.0	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.4
Total	10,671.5	10,013.6	10,218.6	9,990.4	9,631.4	9,698.3	9,662.2	9,679.1	9,554.2	10,073.4	10,254.8
Vehicles (cars, commercial vehicles and buses)
Caledonian MacBrayne	1,177.7	1,151.8	1,215.8	1,186.8	1,173.3	1,156.0	1,168.1	1,200.0	1,267.0	1,445.0	1,519.0
Cowal Ferries 5	85.4	75.6	74.5	64.9	27.3	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll Ferries Ltd 5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
P&O Scottish Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Serco Northlink 2	70.0	68.0	68.0	64.0	63.0	61.2	56.1	55.8	58.9	63.2	67.6
Orkney Ferries	81.2	81.2	87.4	88.7	86.6	87.4	83.8	83.9	84.7	87.3	89.3
Shetland Islands Council 6	363.6	273.5	281.2	282.8	297.4	392.3	377.0	366.3	366.6	387.1	412.9
Argyll & Bute Council	36.6	36.5	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9	43.2	41.8
Highland Council	262.2	262.1	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6	262.5	270.1
Western Ferries	635.0	620.2	617.8	597.2	615.8	645.5	616.4	627.9	634.5	641.8	659.4
Cromarty Ferry Company	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo)3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total within Scotland	2,711.6	2,568.9	2,647.5	2,554.0	2,551.4	2,628.1	2,577.2	2,626.0	2,706.3	2,930.2	3,060.0
Scotland and Northern Ireland	479.0	452.0	460.0	457.0	479.0	411.8	354.3	407.9	398.1	408.2	373.5
Scotland and Europe	55.0	35.0	27.4	60.6	41.1	36.3	41.2	40.6	43.4	32.8	33.1
Total	3,245.6	3,055.9	3,134.9	3,071.5	3,071.5	3,076.2	2,972.7	3,074.5	3,147.8	3,371.2	3,466.7

Source: Ferry operators - Not National Statistics
1. No data is available for Pentland ferries
2. P & O Scottish Ferries stopped operating these services on 30 September 2002. NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Ltd operated from 1 October 2002 until 6 July 2006; NorthLink Ferries Ltd operated from 6 July 2006 until 5 July 2012; Serco NorthLink Ferries operated from 5 July 2012 to date.
3.  This service ceased to operate from May 2001.
4. Figures for passenger numbers on the Corran ferry service have not been included in the total for Scotland. Figures for 2013 and 2014 are new estimates and considered as ‘data under development'.
5. Cowal Ferries operated the Gourock-Dunoon route from October 2006 until June 2011 when Argyll Ferries took over operation and carry passengers only.
It is not possible to split passenger figures for 2011 between the two operators.
6. Only includes main routes listed in Table 9.16
7. Bruce Watt Cruises no longer operates due to retirement.

Figure 9.4: Scottish Ferry Routes - Western Isles

Table 9.13 (a): Vehicle and Passenger Traffic between Scotland and Northern Ireland

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
											thousands
Cairnryan - Larne
Numbers of cars	156	154	154	151	153	126	117	121	119	135	136
Numbers of passengers	646	628	602	611	631	524	501	492	472	536	551
Cairnryan - Belfast 1
Numbers of cars	..	..	..	..	49	239	187	237	243	273	237
Numbers of passengers	..	..	..	..	96	1,116	1,150	1,124	1,126	1,217	1,202
Stranraer - Belfast 1
Numbers of cars	257	239	244	244	217	..	..	..	..	..	..
Numbers of passengers	1,217	1,104	1,101	1,084	922	..	..	..	..	..	..
Troon - Belfast2
Numbers of cars	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Numbers of passengers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Troon - Larne 3
Numbers of cars	66	59	62	62	60	47	50	50	36	-	-
Numbers of passengers	231	206	213	225	208	169	180	178	131	-	-
Total
Numbers of cars	479	452	460	457	479	412	354	408	398	408	374
Numbers of passengers	2,094	1,938	1,916	1,920	1,858	1,809	1,831	1,794	1,729	1,753	1,753

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. The Stranraer - Belfast ferry service was replaced by the Cairnryan-Belfast route in November 2011.
2. The Troon - Belfast ferry service was withdrawn in December 2004.
3. The Troon - Larne ferry service was withdrawn in September 2015.

Table 9.13 (b): Vehicle and Passenger Traffic between Scotland and other EU countries

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
											thousands
Rosyth - Zeebrugge 1
Numbers of passengers	110	74	31	54	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48	0.72	0.41
Numbers of cars	31	21	9	16	0.003	0.013	0.001	0.002	0.006	0.004	0.041
Roads goods vehicles	6	4	1	12	0.50	0.48	0.55	0.45	0.41	0.49	0.30
Unaccompanied trailers	8	5	3	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6
Import/export vehicles	10	5	7	17	14	11	13	14	16	6	5
Unaccompanied caravans, other road, agricultural & indust vehs	-	-	-	-	0.016	0.028	0.039	0.064	0.095	0.068	0.011
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers & shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	-	-	7	9	21	19	21	21	22	20	21
Lerwick - Bergen 2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Hanstholm 2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Torshaven 2	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total passengers	111	75	31	54	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48	0.72	0.41
Total vehicles	55	35	27	61	41	36	41	41	43	33	33

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1. Does not include containers caried on shipborne port to port trailers.
There was no service in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The service started in May 2002. The drop in passenger numbers in 2006 follows a reduction in the frequency of the service with effect from November 2005.
2. These are passenger numbers only as car and commercial vehicles are not recorded.
3. Records for Rosyth-Zeebrugge indicate a nil return for 2004. However, there are some 4,230 units attributed to an unknown port of load/unload. 
We believe some element of this value includes import/export vehicles for R-Z, although we are unable to estimate what proportion.

Figure 9.5: Scottish Ferry Routes - Orkney and Shetland Isles

Table 9.14a: Shipping services (Operators on subsidised routes)

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Caledonian MacBrayne1,5,11,18											thousand
Cars carried	1,068	1,042	1,112	1,079	1,062	1,046	1,064	1,096	1,169	1,356	1,428
Commercial vehicles and buses	110	110	104	108	111	110	104	104	98	89	91
Vehicles (Cowal ferries)	85	76	75	65	27
Vehicles (Argyll ferries)
Passengers	4,732	4,533	4,762	4,737	4,575	4,511	4,595	4,654	4,627	5,056	5,237
Passengers (Cowal ferries)	607.2	550.8	533.5	499.2
Passengers (Argyll ferries)					409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8
											thousand tonnes
Loose freight 2	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
											£ thousand
Revenue from users1	59,204	57,950	55,856	57,535	58,667	62,118	64,717	67,658	66,055	63,533	69,375
Subsidy3	38,286	53,338	57,338	58,113	69,308	73,163	88,777	103,397	122,602	132,016	136,820
Cowal ferries (subsidy)3	2,270	3,130	3,040	3,163	1,008
Argyll Ferries (subsidy)3					1,309	1,616	3,037	3,542	3,440	3,633	4,052
P&O Scottish Ferries 14											thousand
Cars carried
Commercial vehicles
Passengers
											£ thousand
Revenue from users5
Subsidy5
Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries / Northlink Ferries Ltd / Serco Northlink Ferries6											thousand
Cars carried 5	70	68	68	64	63	61	56	55	59	63	67
Commercial Vehicles5,7,10							0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6
Passengers5	307	296	309	305	304	298	283	289	298	302	308
											£ thousand
Revenue from users8,9	20,914	22,171	21,694	25,011	25,718	28,426	29,385	30,875	31,976	32,316	34,116
Subsidy8	30,173	29,207	34,444	36,064	37,172	39,195	28,358	24,773	21,584	22,374	29,625
Total for these Shipping Services											thousand
Vehicles carried	1,333	1,295	1,358	1,316	1,264	1,217	1,224	1,255	1,326	1,508	1,586
Passengers	5,646	5,380	5,605	5,541	5,288	5,150	5,177	5,253	5,230	5,661	5,846
											thousand tonnes
Loose freight15	5.0	5.0	5.7	5.3	4.8	4.9	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	3.0
											£ thousand
Revenue from users	82,171	82,384	79,830	84,975	86,935	93,366	96,710	101,146	100,713	98,604	106,194
Subsidy	76,936	92,593	102,357	103,620	114,335	119,060	124,059	135,210	151,527	162,015	173,641

 

Table 9.14b: Local Authority operators

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Orkney Ferries											thousand
Vehicles carried	81	81	87	89	87	87	84	84	85	87	89
Passengers	316	319	330	331	338	336	328	320	315	329	331
											thousand tonnes
Loose freight	2.0	2.0	2.7	2.3	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9
											£ thousand
Revenue from users3, 4	2,053	2,263	2,280	2,429	2,550	2,822	2,608	2,613	2,682	2,755	2,703
Subsidy 3,4	6,207	6,918	7,535	6,280	6,847	6,702	6,924	7,040	7,341	7,625	7,196
Shetland Islands Council12,17											thousand
Vehicles carried	364	273	281	283	297	392	377	366	367	387	413
Passengers	796	634	637	625	615	811	777	762	742	775	776
Highland Council
Vehicles carried	262.2	262.1	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6	262.5	270.1
Passengers16	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	570.3	576.0	568.2	580.9	588.4
Argyll and Bute Council
Vehicles carried	36.6	36.5	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9	43.2	41.8
Passengers	138.6	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2
Total for Local Authority operators											thousand
Vehicles carried	744	653	671	641	672	765	737	742	746	780	814
Passengers	1,267	1,096	1,108	1,095	1,090	1,292	1,814	1,796	1,767	1,835	1,840

Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics
1. Figures include charter and contract carryings (see table 9.15).
2. This figure only covers the routes of  Mallaig to the smaller isles since the freight is lifted by crane onto the vessels rather than transported by lorry onto the ferry.
3. Financial year beginning 1 April of year.
4. Revenue from users and subsidy may be subject to amendment following annual audit.
5. Calendar year.
6. NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Ltd operated from 1 October 2002 until 6 July 2006; NorthLink Ferries Ltd operated from 6 July 2006 until 5 July 2012;
Serco NorthLink Ferries operated from 5 July 2012 to date.
7. Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading for 2003 and 2013 onwards.
8. Years prior to 2006 covered the period 1 October to 30 September.  Figures for 2006 relate to a financial year beginning 1 April. Figures for 2007 onwards relate  to an operating year from July to June.
9. The figures published previously for 2003 to 2005 were wrong. Corrected figures for 2003 and 2004 are not readily available.
10. The number of vehicles are no longer available due to a change in the method of collecting the data. 
11. Includes Gourock-Dunoon which has been operated by Argyll Ferries Ltd since 30 June 2011, and Ballycastle-Rathlin which has been operated by Rathlin Ferries since April 2007 
12. Since 2008, no fares have been charged on 2 routes, the previous figures are therefore not comparable.  Data is for routes included in Table 9.16 only.
13. Shetland Council is excluded from these figures as data isn't available for passenger revenue or subsidy
14.  P & O Scottish Ferries stopped operating its services on 30 September 2002.
15. In 2001 P & O's loose freight operations were taken over by a separate company called, Northwards, which did not provide the relevant information.  
16. Passenger figures aren't recorded for the Corran Ferry until 2013 when they are included in th series.
17. These are the main routes, there will be other smaller ones that are not included.
18. Passenger and vehicle figures are for calendar years

Table 9.15: Traffic on Subsidised ferry services

Route	Operator	Passengers
		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Clyde 12												thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick C	CalMac	749.0	707.4	715.7	731.1	692.4	688.7	706.1	715.1	761.9	828.3	844.2
Ardrossan-Campbeltown 11, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	9.8	11.3	10.7	10.3	10.0
Ballycastle-Rathlin 4	Rathlin Ferries	50.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Colintraive-Rhubodach C	CalMac	257.5	256.3	260.6	264.3	228.0	217.1	222.1	214.5	209.4	232.0	216.2
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	607.2	550.8	533.5	499.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8
Largs-Cumbrae C	CalMac	750.4	710.8	720.4	727.3	697.7	695.4	708.9	706.1	687.1	738.5	745.6
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1, C	CalMac	54.5	50.2	54.4	52.1	46.9	43.7	43.0	46.7	58.8	66.4	67.2
Tarbert-Portavadie C	CalMac	60.4	59.5	69.7	68.1	61.7	60.9	61.7	62.7	63.3	85.8	85.7
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay C	CalMac	770.3	741.0	755.9	735.3	711.5	690.1	676.9	674.1	631.7	675.7	713.9
Total Clyde		3,299.3	3,076.1	3,110.3	3,077.4	2,847.5	2,737.3	2,727.8	2,740.6	2,728.4	2,940.4	2,984.6
West Coast 12
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay C	CalMac	38.7	39.7	48.8	46.1	48.4	46.1	45.5	47.4	48.1	57.1	60.0
Berneray-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	53.8	53.9	58.2	58.0	58.1	52.8	54.4	57.7	54.4	63.1	68.4
Fionnphort-Iona C	CalMac	246.8	222.3	232.2	233.2	221.7	213.5	224.2	223.9	215.4	243.2	250.3
Fishnish-Lochaline C	CalMac	130.0	118.2	125.0	115.6	117.1	110.7	108.8	110.9	109.7	105.1	103.4
Kennacraig to Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	8.7	9.9	10.1	8.1	11.0	11.4	19.0	19.2	20.8	22.7	22.2
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	157.4	159.3	171.4	169.3	174.1	178.4	180.7	189.8	194.8	203.2	214.3
Mallaig to Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	23.4	23.9	26.1	26.7	25.6	26.6	25.9	29.8	27.8	30.4	30.5
Mallaig-Armadale C	CalMac	190.5	187.5	208.8	212.4	220.8	217.3	237.4	239.4	247.6	250.8	285.5
Mallaig-Lochboisdale 13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	1.2	1.0	22.8	27.6
Oban to Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	9.4	10.1	11.7	8.6	10.6	9.5	9.9	10.7	9.6	5.7	5.4
Oban to Colonsay b	CalMac	16.3	15.6	16.2	16.4	14.7	14.2	15.7	13.4	11.8	12.0	13.4
Oban to Lismore C	CalMac	13.7	15.2	18.2	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.3	19.7	19.9	24.3	26.0
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	46.5	46.2	57.0	58.2	61.6	59.3	58.2	57.7	55.8	43.3	47.2
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	46.4	46.5	53.0	52.2	50.3	51.4	52.4	52.5	51.5	56.4	58.7
Oban-Craignure C	CalMac	596.7	554.6	578.3	564.5	543.7	549.4	553.4	572.0	555.2	644.8	670.3
Otternish-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser C	CalMac	62.7	64.5	61.6	58.0	53.6	56.5	57.6	57.4	60.3	70.7	82.0
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	62.4	57.8	64.7	66.5	57.9	56.1	58.4	64.1	59.8	63.8	68.0
Tobermory to Kilchoan C	CalMac	40.3	38.1	38.3	35.0	34.3	34.2	35.7	35.3	36.4	47.1	49.6
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	160.3	161.7	185.8	181.8	182.3	183.1	185.1	194.4	188.2	188.1	195.8
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	185.5	182.8	219.9	227.7	230.9	224.2	223.0	226.0	231.9	264.1	275.7
Total West Coast		2,089.5	2,008.0	2,185.5	2,158.4	2,136.9	2,114.8	2,165.9	2,222.5	2,200.0	2,418.7	2,554.3
North 8, 12
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	36.5	34.2	37	36	36.6	35	34.2	32.3	34.1	32.9	33.5
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	102.4	101.6	105.9	112.4	113.1	108	116.8	119.2	122.0	116.4	110.1
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	14.0	13.9	14.6	15.4	16.0	16	16.3	16.3	15.8	17.1	17.5
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	154.8	145.0	151.0	141.5	138.0	139	115.6	120.8	125.7	135.2	146.4
Total North		307.7	294.7	308.5	305.3	303.7	298.0	282.9	288.6	297.6	301.5	307.5
Total		5,696.4	5,378.8	5,604.3	5,541.1	5,288.1	5,150.0	5,176.6	5,251.7	5,226.0	5,660.6	5,846.4
Route	Operator	Cars
		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Clyde 12												thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick C	CalMac	137.4	131.1	136.0	134.2	127.9	127.0	130.4	139.6	189.9	202.8	205.5
Ardrossan-Campbeltown 11, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.5
Colintraive-Rhubodach C	CalMac	90.2	88.2	87.3	84.6	80.9	76.4	75.5	74.6	83.7	95.2	91.6
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	80.1	71.8	70.7	61.4	25.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Largs-Cumbrae C	CalMac	151.3	143.1	139.8	138.7	136.0	134.1	134.9	135	138.2	161.3	169.9
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1, C	CalMac	17.9	16.7	17.6	16.6	14.7	14.0	13.9	14.9	20.8	23.9	24.2
Tarbert-Portavadie C	CalMac	20.9	21.0	21.6	21.2	19.7	19.0	18.5	18.5	17.9	25.5	26.6
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay C	CalMac	164.2	159.9	162.7	155.7	152.9	150.1	144.8	147.5	145.1	172.9	188.7
Other		2.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Clyde		664.6	631.7	635.9	612.4	557.9	520.7	520.0	532.3	597.9	684.1	709.0
West Coast 12
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay C	CalMac	14.4	13.9	17.0	16.0	17.0	16.7	16.6	17.0	17.3	22.0	23.0
Berneray-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	21.5	21.5	24.7	23.7	23.4	21.7	22.2	23.9	22.5	28.2	29.7
Fionnphort-Iona C	CalMac	4.6	4.8	4.6	5.2	5.6	6.1	6.7	6.7	6.7	8.3	8.8
Fishnish-Lochaline C	CalMac	48.0	45.2	47.9	45.3	46.2	43.7	43.4	44.6	45.1	42.7	42.9
Kennacraig to Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	2.4	2.8	2.8	2.3	3.2	3.1	5.5	6.0	6.6	7.7	7.3
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	51.3	52.2	56.3	54.2	56.0	57.3	61.8	65.8	66.8	69.7	76.4
Mallaig to Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7	1.7
Mallaig-Armadale C	CalMac	46.9	46.6	54.3	51.9	52.4	50.3	52.4	53.1	54.9	61.8	70.0
Mallaig-Lochboisdale 13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.4	0.4	8.3	11
Oban to Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	2.2	2.3	2.8	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	1.8	1.9
Oban to Colonsay b	CalMac	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.8	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.9
Oban to Lismore C	CalMac	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.8	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.8	5.8	6.7
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	13.7	13.6	18.3	18.0	19.3	18.6	17.9	18.4	18.0	15.7	17.1
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	13.0	13.0	15.8	15.6	15.2	15.9	16.0	15.7	15.8	17.8	18.8
Oban-Craignure C	CalMac	114.7	110.1	114.3	108.5	108.9	105.8	109.9	112.6	115.4	162.3	168.1
Otternish-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser C	CalMac	20.2	22.9	22.9	21.2	19.0	19.8	20.1	19.2	20.3	25.2	29.2
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	14.2	13.7	14.5	14.2	12.7	12.7	14.3	15.8	15.7	17.5	19.5
Tobermory to Kilchoan C	CalMac	5.9	5.4	6.1	5.6	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.5	6.1	10.6	11.7
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	55.3	57.0	69.8	67.9	67.6	69.8	72.0	76.1	74.8	74.7	78.2
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	49.0	48.8	66.7	67.6	67.8	67.2	68.6	70.3	72.0	86.2	92.1
Total West Coast		485.1	481.7	546.7	527.7	530.0	524.8	544.3	562.6	570.0	672.5	719.0
North 8, 12
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	5.4	4.9	5.3	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.8	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.6
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	15.7	16.7	16.7	17.4	17.2	16.3	16.9	16.6	17.4	17.9	18.3
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.7	3.2
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	46.2	43.9	43.5	39.4	38.0	38	31.7	32.1	34.1	37.7	40.9
Total North		69.7	67.8	67.8	64.1	62.6	61.2	55.6	55.3	58.5	62.8	67.0
Total		1,219.4	1,181.2	1,250.4	1,204.2	1,150.5	1,106.7	1,119.9	1,150.2	1,226.4	1,419.4	1,495.0

Source: Ferry operators - Not National Statistics
1. Seasonal carryings.
2. These figures are an aggregate of the Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy, Uig-Lochmaddy, Uig-Tarbert & Tarbert-Lochmaddy routes.
3. Berneray-Leverburgh replaced the Otternish-Leverburgh service and started in 2002.
4. Ballycastle-Rathlin was operated by CalMac prior to April 2007
5. This route was out of service between March 2003 and June 2003.
6. Cowal Ferries operated the Gourock-Dunoon route from October 2006 until June 2011 when Argyll Ferries took over operation and carry passengers only.  It is not possible to split passenger figures for 2011 between the two operators.
7. The Aberdeen to Stromness route changed to Aberdeen to Kirkwall in October 2002 but the figures provided by the company for 2002 did not distinguish between the two.
8. P & O Scottish Ferries stopped operating these services on 30 September 2002. NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Ltd operated from 1 October 2002 until 6 July 2006; 
NorthLink Ferries Ltd operated from 6 July 2006 until 5 July 2012; Serco NorthLink Ferries operated from 5 July 2012 to date.
9. Years prior to 2006 covered the period 1 October to 30 September.  Figures for 2006 relate to a financial year beginning 1 April. Figures for 2007 onwards relate  to an operating year from July to June. Day charters and livestock specials are included in the figures for some routes.
10. Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading for 2003.
11. Route commenced May 2013.
12. Figures are for calendar years.
13. Between 2013 and 2015 route oprated as pilot scheme on Tuesday and Saturday during winter timetable. Full service started Summer 2016
a. Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) was introduced on these routes in October 2008
b. Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) was introduced on these routes in October 2012
c. Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) was introduced on these routes in October 2015

Table 9.16: Traffic on other major ferry routes

Passengers
Route	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
											thousands
Western Ferries 2
Gourock-Dunoon	1,329.4	1,308.5	1,336.2	1,313.8	1,332.7	1,389.3	1,342.7	1,347.2	1,331.1	1,341.0	1,353.7
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Renfrew - Yoker 7	149.5	141.4	147.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock - Kilcreggan 8	71.3	70.0	71.6	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5	41.2
Total	220.8	211.4	219.4	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5	41.2
Argyll & Bute Council
Appin-Lismore9	39.1	40.2	39.0	38.2	33.4	37.3	44.4	40.2	39.1	45.7	44.0
Islay - Jura	71.6	72.4	69.1	65.8	71.3	70.2	62.8	67.7	68.1	68.0	72.3
Cuan-Luing 3,9	15.2	14.6	13.9	16.3	16.0	17.7	16.1	14.4	17.1	21.3	15.3
Seil-Easdale9	12.7	14.4	16.0	15.0	13.1	14.4	15.1	15.9	16.9	14.5	12.6
Total	138.6	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
(Corran Ferry) 4	..	..	..	..	..	..	560	566	557	572	580
Camusnagaul - Fort William 5	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4
Total 18	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4
West Highland Seaways 12
Gairloch (Wester Ross) - Portree (Skye)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bruce Watt Cruises 17
Mallaig-Loch Nevis	2.6	4.9	3.3	3.0	4.9	4.6	-	-	-	-	-
Orkney Ferries1
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	74.2	76.2	76.0	78.8	81.7	77.1	79.3	77.5	77.7	81.6	84.1
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	60.5	55.0	60.6	58.8	58.4	56.3	58.8	54.8	55.0	53.6	57.5
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	65.0	65.2	69.9	64.2	67.0	68.7	65	64.9	58.7	62.7	61.2
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	98.3	102.1	102.0	105.8	104.6	108.6	99.3	96.6	97.4	103.5	101.7
Stromness-Hoy/Graemsay	18.4	20.5	21.1	23.1	26.2	24.9	26	26.5	26.4	27.8	26.9
Total	316.4	319.0	329.5	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2	329.2	331.4
Invergordon - Orkney 17	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	177.5	170.9	166.2	164.0	169.0	173.1	166.1	165.8	163.4	169.8	162.6
Toft - Ulsta	256.0	248.8	264.4	272.0	254.0	269.3	280.9	270.0	261.1	273.2	273.1
Bluemull 11	131.8	..	..	..	..	172.1	159.3	152.7	137.8	146.94	151.7
Lerwick - Bressay 6	206.8	214.4	205.9	189.0	192.0	196.8	170.9	173.0	170.7	176.3	181
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	23.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.5	5.15	4.5
West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3.0	2.81	2.6
Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.5	0.71	0.64
Total	795.6	634.1	636.5	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	742.0	774.9	776.1
Cromarty Ferry Company
Cromarty-Nigg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total all routes	2,820.1	2,620.6	2,666.8	2,475.6	2,484.9	2,738.1	2,653.9	2,631.6	2,594.3	2,659.0	2,655.0
	Cars *
Route	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
											thousands
Western Ferries
Gourock-Dunoon	602.0	588.0	584.0	564.2	577.9	605.5	578.5	590.0	599.6	608.0	621.8
Argyll & Bute Council
Islay - Jura	24.0	23.9	26.5	23.9	22.8	22.5	22.2	23.7	23.5	25.9	27.3
Cuan-Luing 3,9	7.6	7.7	7.2	7.0	7.1	7.2	5.8	5.6	7.4	11.3	8.3
Total	31.6	31.6	33.7	30.9	29.9	29.7	28.0	29.3	30.9	37.2	35.6
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
(Corran Ferry)	252.4	245.0	249.4	221.4	242.0	238.5	234.7	247.4	247.2	251.0	257.5
Orkney Ferries 1, 13
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	20.6	18.2	19.3	19.0	17.8	15.9	15.6	14.8	15.4	16.2	17.6
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	9.7	9.2	9.8	10.2	9.1	10.4	9.4	10.7	10.2	8.8	9.43
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	8.0	8.0	7.8	7.5	7.2	8	7.8	8.1	8.0	7.9	8.2
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	20.1	20.9	21.1	21.4	21.3	20.8	19.5	20.4	21.1	22.7	22.5
Total	58.4	56.3	58.0	58.1	55.5	55.1	52.3	54.0	54.7	55.6	57.7
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	76.4	73.3	74.3	72.2	78.0	77.9	77.8	75.6	78.7	81.9	81.9
Toft - Ulsta	119.6	116.7	123.8	129.2	134.0	130.6	138.1	126.9	139.6	147.3	150.6
Bluemull 11	65.8	..	..	..	..	88.8	78.3	73.9	78.2	84.5	85.3
Lerwick - Bressay	69.6	67.9	67.5	66.4	70.0	66.5	65.2	64.6	65.9	69.5	71.2
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	11.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.7	2.5	2.3
West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1.3	1.3	1.1
Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.2	0.1
Total	342.9	257.9	265.6	267.8	282.0	363.8	359.4	341.0	366.6	387.1	392.4
Cromarty Ferry Company
Cromarty-Nigg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total all routes	1,287.3	1,178.8	1,190.7	1,142.4	1,187.2	1,292.6	1,252.9	1,261.7	1,299.0	1,338.9	1,365.1

Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics
*. Only routes which carry cars / commercial vehicles are shown in the relevant part table.
1 In addition to the routes shown in this table, there are some other routes, which have less traffic, for which the number of passengers and vehicles are included in the totals for the operator which appear in table 9.14. The figures for cars also include commercial vehicles which are also counted separately.
2. Passenger numbers prior to 1999 are based on paying passengers, but from 1999 numbers are based on a head count. There were 793,600 paying passengers in 1999.
3. Figures for 2000 and 2001 are estimates.
4. As foot passengers carried on the Corran Ferry travel for free, exact numbers are not recorded. However, an estimate of the number is included in the table. 
5. Until 25 October 1999 this service carried pupils going to Lochaber High School. A bus service now operates to carry school pupils, which mainly accounts for the drop in passenger numbers from 1999 to 2000. Since 2006 this has carried pupils from Fort William who attend Ardnamurchan High School
6. Passenger numbers in 1999 are high because of special events such as the Tall ships race.
7. Figures relate to financial years which start in the specified calendar year (e.g. the 1998 figure is for 1998-99). Comparable figures prior to 1998-99 are not available, because before then the numbers of passengers were counted exclusive of ZoneCard ticket holders (and therefore passengers who had a ZoneCard were not counted). SPT no longer operates the Renfrew-Yoker ferry (Clydelink have run this service commercially since April 2010).
8. Since 2001 the Gourock-Kilcreggan route has been tendered by Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT), and operated under contract by Clyde Marine and more recently by Clydelink. 
The SPT changed it's name to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport in April 2006. It was a Caledonian MacBrayne route in previous years, so figures for 2000 and earlier years appear in table 9.14. Figures relate to financial years which start in the specified calendar year (e.g. the "1998" figure is for 1998-99).
The figure for 2012/13 is based on 13 x 4 weekly periods and spans 25/03/2012 - 23/03/2013.  From 2012/13 Clydelink operate this service.  Also, the link to Helensburgh on this route has been removed from 2012/13 and as reported in the SPT Monitoring Report, this previously accounted for approximately 4,200 passenger trips per annum. 
The figure for 2013/14 continues to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 22/03/2014) and while Clydelink continued to operate this service for 2013/14, Clyde Marine operated the summer Sunday only service between 31 March 2013 and 19 October 2013. The Sunday summer service expired in October 2013.
The figures for 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 continue to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 17/03/2018 for year 2017/18) and at this point the service is still operated by Clydelink. 
9.  2004 is the first full calender year of the electronic ticketing sytem and the statistics quoted for the Cuan, Easdale and Appin Services reflect the more accurate counting method.
10. Since 2008,there have been no fares charged on this route.  This route is now Gutcher Hamarsness
11. From 2008 to 2011 there were no fares charged on this route. They were reintroduced in 2012.  Figures for Gutcher/Belmont to Hamarsness are included in these figures
12. The Gairloch to Portree service operated by West Highland Seaways was withdrawn from 22 August 2004.
13. Separate figures for cars/buses and commercial vehicles are only available for some Orkney Ferries services for recent years.  Prior to that, only the total number of vehicles carried is available.
14. The operator indicated that the figure provided for buses and commercial vehicles in 2002 may not be directly comparable with previous years.  Figures for 2003 onwards are not comparable with earlier years.
15. Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading for 2003.
16. Data for Pentland Ferries is not available
17. Bruce Watt cruises no longer operates due to retirement.
18. Figures for passenger numbers on the Corran ferry service have not been included in the total for Highland council as the figures are new estimates and considered as ‘data under development'.

Table 9.16: (continued) Traffic on other major ferry routes

Commercial Vehicles and Buses *
Route	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
											thousands
Western Ferries
Gourock-Dunoon 14	33.0	32.2	33.8	33.0	37.9	40.0	37.9	37.9	34.9	33.8	37.6
Argyll & Bute Council 9
Islay - Jura	4.7	4.6	2.5	2.6	3.2	2.8	1.6	3.3	4.4	5.7	5.8
Cuan-Luing 9	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.4
Total	5.0	4.9	2.8	2.9	3.5	3.1	1.9	3.6	5.0	6.0	6.2
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
(Corran Ferry)	9.8	17.1	16.9	14.4	12.5	14.3	11.3	11.8	11.4	11.5	12.6
Orkney Ferries 1,13
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	2.7	4.9	5.3	5.4	6.0	7.4	8.5	9.0	9.0	9.4	9.9
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	6.1	4.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.6
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	3.0	3.6	4.7	4.7	4.9	4.4	4.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.4
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	11.0	11.7	12.7	13.8	13.5	15.7	13.8	13.1	13.1	14.4	13.8
Total	22.8	24.9	29.4	30.6	31.2	32.3	31.5	29.9	30.0	31.7	31.5
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	3.9	3.6	3.3	4.0	4.3	4.0	2.2	2.9	..	..	2.0
Toft - Ulsta	9.8	9.8	10.3	7.3	7.6	12.6	9.0	12	..	..	12.6
Gutcher - Belmont 11	4.8	..	..	..	..	7.2	3.9	6.4	..	..	3.7
Lerwick - Bressay	2.0	2.2	2.0	3.7	3.5	4.7	2.5	4	..	..	2.2
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	0.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	20.7	15.6	15.6	15.0	15.4	28.5	17.6	25.3	0.0	0.0	20.5
Total all routes	91.3	94.7	98.4	95.9	100.4	118.2	100.1	108.5	81.3	83.0	108.4

Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics
*. Only routes which carry cars / commercial vehicles are shown in the relevant part table.
1. In addition to the routes shown in this table, there are some other routes, which have less traffic, for which the number of passengers and  vehicles are included in the totals for the operator which appear in table 9.14.
2. Passenger numbers prior to 1999 are based on paying passengers, but from 1999 numbers are based on a head count. There were 793,600 paying passengers in 1999.
3. Figures for 2000 and 2001 are estimates.
4. As foot passengers carried on the Corran Ferry travel for free, exact numbers are not recorded. However, an estimate of the number is included in the table. 
5. Until 25 October 1999 this service carried pupils going to Lochaber High School. A bus service now operates to carry school pupils, which mainly accounts for the drop in passenger numbers from 1999 to 2000. Since 2006 this has carried pupils from Fort William who attend Ardnamurchan High School.
6. Passenger numbers in 1999 are high because of special events such as the Tall ships race.
7. Figures relate to financial years which start in the specified calendar year (e.g. the 1998 figure is for 1998-99). Comparable figures prio to 1998-99 are not available, because before then the numbers of passengers were counted exclusive of ZoneCard ticket holders (and therefore passengers who had a ZoneCard were not counted). SPT no longer operates the Renfrew-Yoker ferry (Clydelink have run this service commercially since April 2010).
8. Since 2001 the Gourock-Kilcreggan route has been tendered by Strathclyde Passenger Transport (SPT), and operated under contract by Clyde Marine and more recently by Clydelink. The SPT changed it's name to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport in April 2006. It was a Caledonian MacBrayne route in previous years, so figures for 2000 and earlier years appear in table 9.14. Figures relate to financial years which start in the specified calendar year (e.g. the "1998" figure is for 1998-99).
The figure for 2012/13 is based on 13 x 4 weekly periods and spans 25/03/2012 - 23/03/2013.  From 2012/13 Clydelink operate this service.  
Also, the link to Helensburgh on this route has been removed from 2012/13 and as reported in the SPT Monitoring Report, this previously accounted for approximately  4,200 passenger trips per annum. The figure for 2013/14 continues to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 22/03/2014) and while Clydelink continued to operate this service for 2013/14, Clyde Marine operated the summer Sunday only service between 31 March 2013 and 19 October 2013. The figure for 2014/15 continues to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 21/03/2015) and is still operated by Clydelink.  The Sunday summer service expired in October 2013. 
The figures for 2014/15 & 2015/16 continue to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 19/03/2016 for year 2015/16) and is still operated by Clydelink. 
9. 2004 is the first full calender year of the electronic ticketing sytem and the statistics quoted for the Cuan, Easdale and Appin Services reflect the more accurate counting method.
10. Since 2008,there have been no fares charged on this route.  This route is now Gutcher Hamarsness
11. From 2008 to 2011 there were no fares charged on this route. They were reintroduced in 2012.  Figures for Gutcher/Belmont to Hamarsness are included in these figures
12. The Gairloch to Portree service operated by West Highland Seaways was withdrawn from 22 August 2004.
13. Separate figures for cars/buses and commercial vehicles are only available for some Orkney Ferries services for recent years.  Prior to that, only the total number of vehicles carried is available.
14. The operator indicated that the figure provided for buses and commercial vehicles in 2002 may not be directly comparable with previous years. Figures for 2003 onwards are not comparable with earlier years.
15. Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading for 2003.
16. Data for Pentland Ferries is not available
17. Bruce Watt cruises no longer operates due to retirement.
18. Figures for passenger numbers on the Corran ferry service have not been included in the total for Highland council as the figures are new estimates and considered as ‘data under development'.

Figure 9.6: Top passenger ferry routes within and to/from Scotland, 2017

Figure 9.7: Top car ferry routes within and to/from Scotland, 2017

Table 9.17: Reliability and punctuality of lifeline ferry services 

	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Caledonian MacBrayne											numbers
Scheduled sailings 1	132,558	131,639	131,103	131,317	131,209	131,334	133,477	134,665	133,391	135,680	135,076
											percentages
Reliability 2	99.8	100.0	99.9	99.8	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.6	99.9	99.5
Punctuality 3	99.4	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.7	99.8
NorthLink 4											numbers
Scheduled sailings 1	3,191	3,247	3,232	3,270	3,308	3,151	2,886	2,868	2,915	2,931	2,989
											percentages
Reliability / Punctuality
Aberdeen routes	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.9	99.9	99.9
Pentland Firth	98.6	98.9	98.9	99.3	99.1	99.5	92.1	100	99.5	100	99.9

Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics
1. Timetabled sailings but excluding any additional sailings operated by CalMac.  
2. New performance measure for 2003-2004 covering the number of timetabled sailings actually operated taking account of any relief events agreed by the Scottish
Executive - for example, sailings which were cancelled due to bad weather; in accordance with safety procedures; delays due to the availability or operational restrictions of harbour facilities, or having to wait for the arrival of other public transport connections
3. Covers CalMac's punctuality performance against its published timetable taking account of any relief events. Performance measure was previously called Quality of Service.
4. NorthLink Orkney and Shetland Ferries Ltd started operating its services on 1 October 2002. Its figures for 2002-03 therefore cover only a period of six months. 
NorthLink Ferries Ltd started operating its services on 6 July 2006 and  includes freight services for the first time.  The figures for 2007-08 relate to the 2007 calendar year. The reliability figures include services cancelled due to circumstances beyond the operators control, such as adverse weather, for which the operator can claim relief. From October 2002, the punctuality figures relate to services arriving within 20 minutes of the published timetable on the Pentland Firth services and within 90 minutes on the Aberdeen, Kirkwall and Lerwick passenger services.
The punctuality figures include services delayed due to circumstances beyond the operators control, such as adverse weather, for which the operator can claim relief.  
From July 2006, the punctuality figures relate to services arriving within 10 minutes of the published timetable on the Pentland Firth services, within 30 minutes on the 
Aberdeen, Kirkwall and Lerwick passenger services and within 45 minutes on the Aberdeen, Kirkwall and Lerwick freight services.
The punctuality figures include services delayed due to circumstances beyond the operators control, such as adverse weather, for which the operator can claim relief.  
Northlink Ferries Ltd operated until 5 July 2012 and Serco Northlink Ferries took over on 5 July 2012.

Table 9.18: HM Coastguard statistics: Search and rescue operations (Scotland)

Type of callout	2007 1	2008 1	2009 1	2010 1	2011 1	2012 1	2013 1	2014 1	2015 1,2	2016 2	2017 2
Assistance rendered	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Assistance not rendered	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hoax	92	56	89	62	41	57	60	45	16	14	12
Total incidents	3,383	3,583	3,765	3,669	3,910	3,283	3,422	3,364	2,538	2,464	2,720
Coastguard rescue team callouts	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Number of persons assisted	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Number of persons rescued	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lives lost	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Source: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Not National Statistics.
1. Due to 'Industrial action short of a strike' undertaken by Coastguard staff during 2007 to 2014, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency is unable to provide full incident details for 2007 to 2014 The figures provided are provisional - they have not been audited. 
2. Figures prior to 2015 are not comparable due to changes in methodology for collecting the figures.