Chapter 9: Water Transport

Chapter 9: Water Transport

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 65 million tonnes of freight handled by ports in Scotland in 2018.
• There was a total of 8.5 million passengers and 3 million vehicles carried on ferry routes within Scotland in 2018.
• There were 1.8 million passengers and 0.4 million vehicles carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland and 8,000 vehicles carried between Scotland and Europe in 2018.

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 33 million tonnes in 2018 (there has been a 21% 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 11.5 million tonnes, considerably less than the volume of exports.  (Table 9.2) 

2.2 Waterborne freight (both incoming and outgoing) passing through the ports decreased by 2.8% in 2018 to 65 million tonnes.  This was 32% less than in 2008, continuing a steady fall.  In 2018, the eleven major ports accounted for 95% of the total traffic through Scottish ports. Exports accounted for 51% of the total freight through Scottish ports and domestic traffic accounted for 26%. Imports, and incoming domestic freight were much lower, together accounting for 27% of the total freight through Scottish ports. (Table 9.2)

Ports and Destinations

2.3 Forth (27 million tonnes), Clyde (9 million tonnes) and Glensanda (6 million tonnes) accounted for the highest freight traffic in 2018. Forth traffic is 3.5% lower than 2017, and is 32% below 2008. Clyde’s freight traffic has fluctuated between 2008 and 2018, falling overall from 14 million tonnes to 9 million tonnes in 2018. 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 40 million tonnes (65%) of the total traffic through major Scottish ports in 2018. (Table 9.4)

2.5 Top exporting ports for foreign traffic were: Forth (20 million tonnes); Sullom Voe (4.6 million tonnes) and Glensanda (3.7 million tonnes). Clyde (6.1 million tonnes) and Forth (4.0 million tonnes) together accounted for almost all the imports from foreign traffic. Glensanda (2.3 million tonnes), Forth (1.8 million tonnes), and Aberdeen (1.8 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 2018 were crude oil (28 million tonnes), oil products (10 million tonnes) and  other dry bulk (8 million tonnes).  (Table 9.7)

2.7 In 2018 most exports were destined for Netherlands (10.2 million tonnes), Asia (10.1 million tonnes), Germany (4.1 million tonnes), Belgium (2.7 million tonnes) and Spain (1.2 million tonnes) while most imports arrived from Nigeria (3.7 million tonnes  and Netherlands (1.5 million tonnes).  (Table 9.8)

Passenger Services

Routes to Northern Ireland and Europe

2.8 In 2018, 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 2018, a 2 per cent decrease on 2017.  Until it’s closure in 2018 the Rosyth to Zeebrugge freight route was the only ferry route between Scotland and Europe. Therefore, it only carried 8,000 vehicles until April 2018.  (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 2018, a rise of 0.3 per cent compared to 2017 and 0.7 per cent above the recent peak in numbers in 2007.  Caledonian MacBrayne carried 5.3 million of these passengers (62%) and Western Ferries carried a further 16 per cent on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12)

2.11  There were 3 million vehicles carried on routes within Scotland in 2018, a 0.5 per cent fall on 2017.  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 5.3 million passengers in 2018, 16,000 (0.3%) more than in 2017.  There were 1.4 million cars carried, the same as 2017, and 91,000 commercial vehicles and buses, also the same as 2017.  (Table 9.14)

2.13 Serco Northlink Ferries carried 322,000 passengers in 2018, a 4.5 per cent increase compared to 2017.  There were 71,000 cars carried on these routes in 2018, six  per cent more than 2017.  (Table 9.14)

Local authority ferry services

2.14 Shetland Islands Council services carried 764,000 passengers in 2018,  2 per cent less than 2017. There were 375,000 vehicles carried,  a fall of 9 per cent on 2017.

2.15 Orkney Ferries services carried 339,000 passengers in 2018, two per cent more than in 2017. There were 94,000 vehicles carried on these routes, five per cent more than the previous year. (Table 9.14)

2.16 Ferries operated by Argyll and Bute Council carried 139,000 passengers in 2018. 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 590,000 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 1,372,700 passengers in 2018. There were 634,300 cars carried on this route and 36,300 commercial vehicles and buses in 2018.  (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 2018.  (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 261 thousand vehicles in 2018. (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 2018 was Ardrossan - Brodick, with 840,100 passengers.  Ardrossan - Brodick was also the busiest subsidised route for car traffic in 2018 with 199,000 car crossings, a decrease of 3 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 2.5 million passengers in 2018 and 722,000 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 2018-19 and the level of punctuality (against the published timetable) was 99.6%.  For Northlink the level of lifeline ferry services that were both punctual and reliable was 100% for both Aberdeen routes and the Pentland Firth in 2018-19.  (Table 9.17)

Coastguard callouts

2.23 Overall there were 2,627 incidents in 2018, 93 less 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
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 8	2016	2017
Freight lifted   ( weight )
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	15.79	13.59	11.49	11.12	7.22	5.93	5.41	..	..	..
Coal	1.40	1.02	1.23	0.67	0.76	0.67	0.78	..	..	..
Other	6.09	5.23	5.23	4.54	4.56	4.79	5.62	..	..	..
Total	23.28	19.84	17.95	16.33	12.54	11.39	11.81	14.20	..	..
One Port traffic2
To rigs	1.75	3.59	1.88	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	..	..	..
Sea dumped	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..
Total	1.75	3.59	1.88	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.05	..	..	..
Coastwise	3.99	3.43	3.04	2.74	2.18	1.93	1.64	..	..	..
One Port	0.02	0.04	0.05	0.01	0	0.02	0.01	..	..	..
Foreign	8.18	6.63	7.80	7.95	8.61	8.74	7.71	..	..	..
Total	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.69	9.41	10.27	..	..
All above traffic3	33.21	30.06	27.63	26.70	23.72	22.23	21.76	24.47	..	..
Port exports4	42.42	38.32	39.89	33.36	32.06	31.58	30.84	30.26	32.97	30.89
All freight lifted5	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	14,456	12,360	10,777	10,628	6,723	4,888	4,783	..	..	..
Coal	343	261	302	303	316	277	312	..	..	..
Other	3,090	2,700	2,478	2,080	2,012	2,287	2,936	..	..	..
Total	17,890	15,321	13,557	13,011	9,051	7,452	8,031	11,414	..	..
One Port traffic2
To rigs	1,746	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..	..	..
Sea dumped	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	1,746	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coastwise	101	83	80	80	60	53	22	..	..	..
One Port	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..
Foreign	210	160	200	190	209	209	137	..	..	..
Total	312	244	280	270	269	262	234	236	..	..
All above traffic6	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 freight 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
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 6	2016	2017	2018
Freight discharged ( weight )											million tonnes
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	2.79	2.52	3.01	2.06	2.14	1.91	1.74	..	..	..	..
Coal	0.02	-	0.01	0.08	0.01	0.02	-	..	..	..	..
Other	4.20	3.77	4.25	3.83	4.28	3.98	4.06	..	..	..	..
Total	7.01	6.29	7.26	5.97	6.43	5.91	5.79	4.62	..	..	..
One Port traffic2
From rigs	4.06	2.75	3.12	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	..	..	..	..
Sea dredged	0.02	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..
Total	4.07	2.76	3.12	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	..	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Port imports4	16.11	13.53	13.17	14.22	16.25	16.50	16.55	13.48	9.49	10.65	11.46
Freight moved  ( weight x distance )											million tonne-kilometres
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	1,444	1,445	2,070	1,459	1,529	1,253	1,126	..	..	..	..
Coal	12	-	12	61	9	12	-	..	..	..	..
Other	1,031	953	1,056	958	1,092	986	1,017	..	..	..	..
Total	2,487	2,398	3,138	2,478	2,626	2,250	2,143	1,846	..	..	..
One Port traffic2
From rigs	4,067	2,762	3,146	2,885	3,898	2,241	2,091	..	..	..	..
Sea dredged	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..
Total	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 

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
											thousand tonnes
Foreign
Imports	16,106	13,532	13,169	14,216	16,254	16,501	16,554	13,481	9,486	10,649	11,462
Exports	42,416	38,321	39,891	33,358	32,060	31,583	30,842	30,259	32,974	30,886	33,330
Total	58,521	51,853	53,060	47,573	48,313	48,084	47,396	43,740	42,458	41,538	44,792
Domestic
Inwards	9,611	7,670	8,722	7,999	9,447	7,160	7,053	6,281	6,643	6,343	6,268
Outwards	23,975	22,558	18,745	18,378	15,072	12,673	13,167	16,531	14,308	15,467	10,909
Total	33,586	30,228	27,468	26,379	24,519	19,833	20,219	22,813	20,950	21,811	17,178
Total - major ports only	92,108	82,081	80,525	73,952	72,832	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409	63,952	61,969
Total - all ports	96,346	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985	65,083

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	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
											thousand tonnes
Stranraer 3
Inwards	634	646	553	543	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Outwards	556	531	465	442	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total traffic	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan 4, 5
Inwards	-	-	-	-	943	898	1,022	1,076	1,166	1,155	1,263
Outwards	-	-	-	-	872	885	1,016	1,087	1,190	1,233	1,283
Total traffic	-	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546
Cairnryan
Inwards	1,294	1,123	1,150	1,340	1,246	1,103	1,096	1,179	1,290	1,399	1,323
Outwards	1,633	1,448	1,484	1,592	1,364	1,261	1,272	1,370	1,450	1,448	1,534
Total traffic	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,848	2,857
Ayr
Inwards	182	182	276	212	205	347	284	217	256	209	215
Outwards	375	153	282	190	99	123	71	63	50	31	55
Total traffic	557	335	558	402	304	470	355	280	306	240	270
Clyde
Inwards	10,885	9,474	8,982	9,981	12,026	12,148	13,221	9,678	6,273	6,500	6,825
Outwards	3,453	3,078	3,301	3,450	3,394	2,635	2,980	2,806	2,469	2,366	2,262
Total traffic	14,338	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742	8,865	9,087
Glensanda
Inwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Outwards	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943
Total traffic	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943
Other West Coast 1
Inwards	489	368	649	347	337	284	337	271	303	320	307
Outwards	538	530	651	362	342	369	466	386	243	243	247
Total traffic	1,028	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656	546	563	554
Orkneys
Inwards	776	169	184	186	200	180	182	195	204	210	210
Outwards	4,014	3,073	3,059	2,158	1,529	874	969	3,750	4,411	4,643	3,260
Total traffic	4,789	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615	4,852	3,470
Lerwick
Inwards	372	309	323	344	407	495	437	410	359	325	276
Outwards	287	250	245	241	263	328	401	336	269	279	237
Total traffic	658	560	568	585	670	824	838	746	629	604	513
Sullom Voe
Inwards	2,379	840	1,021	748	2,196	201	1	6	-	-	-
Outwards	12,160	10,377	10,250	9,405	9,202	6,192	7,183	6,114	6,183	5,179	5,329
Total traffic	14,539	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183	5,179	5,329
Cromarty Firth
Inwards	1,174	1,300	1,659	1,882	1,313	1,605	810	145	242	158	189
Outwards	1,078	1,565	2,004	2,138	1,314	1,773	781	117	153	69	86
Total traffic	2,252	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395	227	275
Inverness
Inwards	551	524	520	437	368	409	321	394	510	421	522
Outwards	146	127	151	162	154	155	154	172	154	144	150
Total traffic	697	651	671	599	521	563	475	566	664	565	672
Peterhead
Inwards	524	482	538	541	584	589	768	950	695	842	732
Outwards	347	315	568	513	440	382	608	518	453	447	399
Total traffic	871	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148	1,288	1,131
Aberdeen
Inwards	2,407	2,227	2,035	1,966	2,084	2,055	1,986	2,031	1,728	1,948	2,022
Outwards	2,426	1,343	2,129	2,198	2,409	2,209	2,245	2,345	2,042	2,111	2,116
Total traffic	4,833	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770	4,058	4,138
Montrose
Inwards	413	283	395	359	336	417	452	387	362	348	402
Outwards	196	140	116	129	182	171	150	106	142	96	132
Total traffic	609	423	512	488	518	588	601	493	504	444	534
Dundee
Inwards	788	632	754	721	666	704	463	468	449	500	546
Outwards	190	177	209	208	176	111	54	47	84	67	62
Total traffic	978	810	962	929	842	815	517	515	534	566	608
Perth
Inwards	141	120	99	61	42	37	49	58	28	23	12
Outwards	1	6	4	13	19	23	12	5	5	9	-
Total traffic	141	125	103	74	62	60	61	63	33	31	12
Forth 6
Inwards	4,856	4,309	5,015	4,307	4,442	4,177	4,056	4,035	4,080	4,286	4,621
Outwards	34,199	32,381	29,321	23,571	20,890	22,188	20,552	23,039	23,359	23,258	21,966
Total traffic	39,054	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439	27,544	26,587
Other East Coast 2
Inwards	281	284	291	302	289	326	348	345	377	344	318
Outwards	263	1,192	289	303	263	239	284	268	224	240	241
Total traffic	549	476	580	605	552	565	632	612	601	584	559
Scotland
Inwards	28,147	23,272	24,444	24,277	27,684	25,976	25,835	21,845	18,322	18,986	19,781
Outwards	68,198	62,277	60,374	53,135	48,454	45,663	45,546	48,126	48,368	47,999	45,302
Total traffic	96,345	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985	65,083

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 traffic ¹

Port	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Stranraer 8											thousand tonnes
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	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	2,546
Cairnryan
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,848	2,857
Ayr
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	557	335	558	402	304	470	355	280	306	240	270
Clyde
Bulk fuel	12,197	10,672	10,209	11,464	13,547	12,877	14,090	10,332	6,522	6,918	7,096
All other traffic	2,141	1,880	2,074	1,967	1,874	1,906	2,111	2,152	2,220	1,947	1,991
Glensanda
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943
Other West Coast 2
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	1,028	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656	546	563	554
Orkney
Bulk fuel	4,595	3,027	2,999	2,096	1,487	825	918	3,689	4,348	4,585	3,194
All other traffic	194	214	245	248	242	229	233	256	267	267	276
Lerwick
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	658	560	568	585	670	824	838	746	629	604	513
Sullom Voe
Bulk fuel	14,507	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,352	7,180	6,108	6,179	5,175	5,326
All other traffic	32	-	69	19	59	41	5	12	4	4	3
Cromarty Firth
Bulk fuel	2,101	2,730	3,454	3,821	2,410	3,181	1,339	87	207	63	24.145
All other traffic	151	134	209	199	218	197	252	175	188	164	251
Inverness
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	697	651	671	599	521	563	475	566	664	565	672
Peterhead
Bulk fuel	230	309	365	260	282	305	236	330	443	456	471
All other traffic	641	488	742	794	742	667	1,141	1,138	705	832	660
Aberdeen
Bulk fuel	1,468	1,044	1,022	1,018	1,073	1,073	1,019	1,388	1,130	1,334	1,387
All other traffic	3,365	3,526	3,142	3,147	3,420	3,190	3,212	2,988	2,640	2,724	2,751
Montrose
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	609	423	512	488	518	588	601	493	504	444	534
Dundee
Bulk fuel	493	448	486	560	457	378	169	149	137	127	137
All other traffic	485	362	476	369	385	437	349	366	397	439	470
Perth
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	141	125	103	74	62	60	61	63	33	31	12
Forth 7
Bulk fuel	34,863	32,438	30,405	23,208	21,028	22,039	19,982	23,081	22,999	23,336	22,653
All other traffic	4,191	4,252	3,930	4,670	4,304	4,326	4,626	3,993	4,440	4,208	3,934
Other East Coast 3
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other	549	476	580	605	552	565	632	612	601	584	559
Major ports 4
Bulk fuel 1	70,454	61,885	60,142	52,561	51,623	47,030	44,933	45,164	41,965	41,994	40,288
All other traffic	21,654	20,196	20,384	21,391	21,210	20,887	22,683	21,388	21,444	21,959	21,681
All traffic:
Major ports only	92,108	82,081	80,526	73,952	72,833	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409	63,953	61,970
All ports	96,347	85,547	84,818	77,414	76,140	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985	65,083

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)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
West Coast:											thousand tonnes
Stranraer1 *
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	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	2,546
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	-	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546
Cairnryan*
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	2,928	2,572	2,632	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,737	2,847	2,857
Other general cargo	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-
All traffic	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,632	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,847	2,857
Clyde
Liquid bulk	5,149	4,685	4,853	5,124	5,945	5,777	6,952	6,729	6,125	6,918	7,093
Dry bulk	8,095	6,904	6,793	7,564	8,778	8,377	8,451	4,899	1,668	1,125	1,144
Container & roll on traffic	439	447	509	599	588	499	576	634	651	599	641
Other general cargo	654	516	128	144	109	130	221	223	298	223	209
All traffic	14,338	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742	8,865	9,087
Glensanda
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943
East Coast:
Orkney
Liquid bulk	4,594	3,026	2,998	2,095	1,486	824	918	3,688	4,348	4,585	3,194
Dry bulk	6	12	20	25	15	11	12	16	9	9	15
Container & roll on traffic	161	181	213	211	215	208	209	234	243	242	242
Other general cargo	29	21	14	13	13	11	12	7	15	16	19
All traffic	4,789	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615	4,852	3,470
Sullom Voe
Liquid bulk	14,507	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,357	7,180	6,114	6,179	5,175	5,326
Dry bulk	-	-	69	12	57	13	-	5	4	3	3
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	32	-	-	7	2	24	5	-	-	-	-
All traffic	14,539	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183	5,179	5,329
Cromarty Firth
Liquid bulk	2,100	2,727	3,460	3,821	2,408	3,178	1,337	89	213	71	35
Dry bulk	70	73	125	159	144	115	174	109	108	131	105
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	81	64	78	41	76	85	80	64	74	24	135
All traffic	2,252	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395	227	275
Peterhead*
Liquid bulk	440	377	453	390	386	364	536	735	535	560	606
Dry bulk	101	88	144	158	100	53	155	97	64	32	43
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	331	331	510	506	538	554	686	635	549	696	483
All traffic	871	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148	1,288	1,131
Aberdeen
Liquid bulk	2,184	2,065	1,957	1,922	2,059	1,987	1,986	2,298	2,188	2,131	2,095
Dry bulk	308	331	549	606	439	474	487	455	367	405	519
Container & roll on traffic	355	345	365	405	468	474	430	408	409	505	486
Other general cargo	1,986	1,829	1,293	1,231	1,527	1,329	1,328	1,215	806	1,018	1,038
All traffic	4,833	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770	4,058	4,138
Dundee*
Liquid bulk	501	451	493	571	467	379	183	157	147	145	180
Dry bulk	373	300	412	277	294	369	259	310	304	330	354
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	104	59	57	81	82	67	75	48	82	92	74
All traffic	978	810	962	929	842	815	517	515	534	566	608
Forth 4
Liquid bulk	33,941	31,913	29,432	23,353	20,739	22,109	20,363	23,183	23,323	23,556	22,778
Dry bulk	1,994	1,840	1,904	1,392	1,283	1,125	1,056	958	963	979	1,138
Container & roll on traffic	2,627	2,494	2,751	2,666	2,798	2,858	2,834	2,643	2,792	2,737	2,538
Other general cargo	492	442	249	466	512	273	355	290	361	272	132
All traffic	39,054	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439	27,544	26,587

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, 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 9.6 (b): Foreign and domestic freight traffic at the major ports by type of traffic, 2018

	Foreign traffic			Domestic traffic			Total
	Imports	Exports	Total	Inwards	Outwards	Total
							thousand tonnes
Loch Ryan	-	-	-	1,263	1,283	2,546	2,546
Cairnryan	-	-	-	1,323	1,534	2,857	2,857
Clyde	6,097	1,366	7,463	728	895	1,623	9,087
Glensanda	-	3,684	3,684	-	2,258	2,258	5,943
Orkney	7	3,117	3,124	203	143	346	3,470
Sullom Voe	-	4,568	4,568	-	761	761	5,329
Cromarty Firth	141	32	173	48	53	101	275
Peterhead	160	5	165	572	394	966	1,131
Aberdeen	525	355	881	1,496	1,761	3,257	4,138
Dundee	494	54	548	51	8	59	608
Forth 1	4,037	20,148	24,185	585	1,818	2,403	26,587
All Major Ports	11,462	33,330	44,792	6,268	10,909	17,178	61,969

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, 2018

	Foreign traffic		All foreign	Domestic traffic		All domestic	All foreign & domestic traffic
	Imports	Exports	traffic	Inwards	Outwards	traffic
							thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas	459	1,947	2,407	34	516	550	2,957
Crude oil	4,896	20,801	25,697	353	1,476	1,829	27,526
Oil products	2,536	4,184	6,719	1,456	1,627	3,082	9,802
Other liquid bulk products	326	1	327	169	525	694	1,022
All liquid bulk traffic	8,217	26,933	35,150	2,012	4,144	6,156	41,306
Dry bulk
Ores	20	507	528	-	109	109	636
Coal	-	-	-	-	3	3	3
Agricultural products (eg grain, soya, tapioca)	755	50	805	110	46	156	960
Other dry bulk	1,033	3,770	4,802	524	2,337	2,862	7,664
All dry bulk traffic	1,808	4,327	6,134	634	2,496	3,130	9,264
Containers
20' freight units	288	349	638	34	36	70	708
40' freight units	386	995	1,381	49	228	276	1,658
Freight units >20' & <40'	50	166	216	2	1	2	219
Freight units >40'	221	224	446	7	8	14	460
All container traffic	946	1,735	2,681	91	271	363	3,044
Roll-on/roll-off (self-propelled)
Road goods vehicles with or without  accompanying trailers	0	0	1	1,593	1,788	3,381	3,382
Import/Export motor vehicles	3	1	3	4	6	10	13
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic	3	1	4	1,597	1,794	3,391	3,395
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled)
Unaccompanied road goods trailers & semi-trailers	23	23	46	1,283	1,358	2,641	2,687
Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	0	-	0	0	1	2	2
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	55	87	141	22	19	41	182
Other mobile non self-propelled units	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic	78	109	187	1,305	1,378	2,684	2,871
Other general cargo
Forestry products	224	44	267	16	-	16	283
Iron and steel products	65	23	88	3	2	5	93
Other general cargo & containers <20'	121	159	279	610	824	1,434	1,713
All other general cargo traffic	409	225	634	628	826	1,455	2,089
All traffic	11,462	33,330	44,792	6,268	10,909	17,178	61,969

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics

Figure 9.2: Scottish ferry routes National Overview.

Table 9.8: Major ports traffic by cargo category and country of loading or unloading - 2018

Country of loading or unloading	Liquid Bulks			Dry Bulks			Other General Cargo
	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	982	1,829	2,810	27	271	298	1	1	2
Croatia	-	84	84	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Denmark	296	169	465	42	226	268	46	24	70
Estonia	84	13	97	-	-	-	2	-	2
Finland	24	16	40	46	-	46	29	-	29
France	24	534	558	140	51	191	10	1	11
Germany	178	2,287	2,465	139	1,849	1,989	52	-	52
Greece	61	280	340	40	-	40	-	-	-
Irish Republic	-	817	817	51	-	51	46	-	46
Italy	20	293	314	3	-	3	1	-	1
Latvia	-	16	16	23	6	29	30	-	30
Lithuania	8	46	54	9	-	9	-	1	1
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Netherlands	781	8,178	8,958	146	1,254	1,400	8	4	11
Poland	17	179	196	56	167	223	-	-	-
Portugal	11	15	25	3	58	62	13	-	13
Romania	-	6	6	16	-	16	-	-	-
Spain	39	687	727	464	410	875	15	4	19
Sweden	296	359	656	14	6	20	35	52	87
All EU countries (as at 1 May 2007)	2,821	15,808	18,628	1,219	4,298	5,520	289	89	377
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Azerbaidjan	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	10	10
Egypt	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
Gibraltar	-	43	43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	1	-	1	12	-	12	-	-	-
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Morocco	-	49	49	3	3	6	-	-	-
Norway	710	55	765	126	5	131	66	46	112
Russia	568	-	568	22	-	22	3	-	3
Tunisia	1	-	1	60	-	60	5	-	5
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ukraine	-	-	-	134	-	134	-	-	-
All other Europe & Med.	1,283	147	1,430	357	10	367	74	60	134
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Kenya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mozambique	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nigeria	3,732	-	3,732	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	25	33
Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Africa (excl. Med.)	3,732	-	3,732	-	-	-	8	28	36
America
Argentina	-	-	-	101	-	101	-	-	-
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Canada	-	-	-	55	-	55	-	-	-
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	17
Panama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tinidad & Tobago	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA	383	928	1,311	47	-	47	-	44	44
Uruguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All America	383	928	1,311	203	-	203	19	44	63
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Bangladesh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
China	-	5,415	5,415	-	-	-	4	-	4
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	-	112	112	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indonesia	-	-	-	15	-	15	-	-	-
Iraq	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Singapore	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Korea	-	4,082	4,082	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand	-	434	434	14	-	14	-	-	-
United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Asia and Australasia	-	10,049	10,049	29	-	29	14	2	16
Unspecified countries	-	-	-	-	17	17	6	1	7
All foreign countries	8,219	26,932	35,150	1,808	4,308	6,119	404	223	626
All domestic traffic	2,012	4,144	6,156	634	2,496	3,130	628	826	1,455
All foreign and domestic traffic	10,231	31,076	41,306	2,442	6,821	9,266	1,038	1,050	2,088

"-" 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

Country of loading or unloading	Container Traffic			Ro-Ro Traffic			All Traffic
	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	134	551	685	68	82	149	1,212	2,734	3,946
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	84
Cyprus	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	2
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	384	419	803
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	13	99
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	99	16	115
France	10	239	249	-	-	-	184	825	1,009
Germany	2	-	2	-	-	-	371	4,136	4,507
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	101	280	381
Irish Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	97	817	914
Italy	32	-	32	-	-	-	56	293	349
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	22	75
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	47	64
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Netherlands	576	784	1,359	-	-	-	1,511	10,220	11,731
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	73	346	419
Portugal	2	46	48	-	-	-	29	119	148
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	6	22
Spain	105	106	211	-	-	-	623	1,207	1,830
Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	345	417	762
All EU countries (as at 1 May 2007)	862	1,726	2,587	68	82	149	5,259	22,003	27,262
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Azerbaidjan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
Gibraltar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	43
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13
Israel	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	1	5
Morocco	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	52	55
Norway	4	7	12	14	28	42	920	141	1,061
Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	593	-	593
Tunisia	-	-	-	-	-	-	66	-	66
Turkey	6	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	6
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	134	-	134
All other Europe & Med.	14	7	22	14	28	42	1,742	252	1,994
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Kenya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mozambique	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nigeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,732	-	3,732
South Africa	3	2	5	-	-	-	11	27	38
Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Africa (excl. Med.)	3	2	5	-	-	-	3,743	30	3,773
America
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	101	-	101
Brazil	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	-	55
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	17
Panama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tinidad & Tobago	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA	8	-	8	-	-	-	438	972	1,410
Uruguay	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
All America	11	-	11	-	-	-	616	972	1,588
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Bangladesh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
China	36	-	36	-	-	-	40	5,415	5,455
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	11	-	11	-	-	-	11	112	123
Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	15
Iraq	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	3	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	3
Qatar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Singapore	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	6	7
South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,082	4,082
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand	1	-	1	-	-	-	15	434	449
United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Asia and Australasia	52	-	52	-	-	-	95	10,051	10,146
Unspecified countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	18	24
All foreign countries	942	1,735	2,677	82	110	191	11,455	33,308	44,763
All domestic traffic	91	271	363	2,902	3,172	6,074	6,268	10,909	17,178
All foreign and domestic traffic	1,033	2,006	3,040	2,984	3,282	6,265	17,729	44,235	61,965

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

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 3	2016	2017
Main Freight Units										thousand
Containers	252	251	242	269	286	268	264	..	..	..
Wheeled 2	463	420	427	464	473	506	476	..	..	..
Total	715	672	670	733	759	774	740	..	..	..
Weight										thousand tonnes
Containers	3,115	2,894	2,794	2,928	3,190	3,118	3,162	..	..	..
Wheeled 2	5,264	5,027	5,382	5,696	5,695	5,505	5,747	..	..	..
Total	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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Freight lifted in Scotland											million tonnes
River Clyde	2.53	1.46	2.34	2.56	2.25	1.88	1.8	1.91	1.93	1.68	1.48
River Forth	9.52	8.52	8.22	7.99	8.50	8.76	7.54	8.24	8.49	8.78	8.95
All waterways 1,2	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.65	9.41	10.14	10.42	10.46	10.43
Freight moved  ( weight x distance )											million tonne-kilometres
River Clyde	110	60	90	100	89	76	74	77	78	67	59
River Forth	200	180	170	170	178	184	158	173	178	184	188
All waterways 1,2	320	250	280	270	269	260	234	250	257	252	247

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Freight lifted in Scotland											million tonnes
Bulk-liquid	7.48	6.57	6.55	6.18	6.97	6.84	5.31	6.49	..	..	..
Bulk-dry	1.51	1.02	2.05	2.15	1.39	1.40	1.50	1.49	..	..	..
Unitised forest products	0.24	0.16	0.14	0.11	0.03	0.01	0.04	..	..	..	..
Other semi-bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Break bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other general cargo	0.60	0.10	0.10	0.17	0.14	0.17	0.25	0.13	..	..	..
Unit loads	2.37	2.26	2.05	2.10	2.27	2.29	2.35	2.12	..	..	..
Total	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	170	150	150	140	161	152	115	126	..	..	..
Bulk-dry	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	60	50	40	40	48	48	50	..	..	..	..
Total	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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
											thousands
Passengers
Caledonian MacBrayne	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	5,253.0
Cowal Ferries 5	550.8	533.5	499.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll Ferries Ltd 5	..	..	..	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8	288.0
P&O Scottish Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Serco Northlink 2	296.0	309.0	305.0	304.0	298.0	282.9	288.6	297.6	301.5	307.5	322.5
Orkney Ferries	319.0	329.5	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2	329.2	331.4	338.9
Shetland Islands Council 6	634.1	636.5	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	742.0	774.9	776.1	763.9
Argyll & Bute Council	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2	138.9
Highland Council4	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4	8.3
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	211.4	219.4	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5	41.2	42.9
Western Ferries	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	1,372.7
Bruce Watt Cruises 7	4.9	3.3	3.0	4.9	4.6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cromarty Ferry Company	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Highland Seaways	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.0
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo)3	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-
Total within Scotland	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	8,529.1
Scotland and Northern Ireland	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	1,750.0
Scotland and Europe	75.0	31.0	54.0	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.0
Total	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	10,279.2
Caledonian MacBrayne	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	1,520.0
Cowal Ferries 5	75.6	74.5	64.9	27.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll Ferries Ltd 5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
P&O Scottish Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Serco Northlink 2	68.0	68.0	64.0	63.0	61.2	56.1	55.8	58.9	63.2	67.6	72.0
Orkney Ferries	81.2	87.4	88.7	86.6	87.4	83.8	83.9	84.7	87.3	89.3	93.5
Shetland Islands Council 6	273.5	281.2	282.8	297.4	392.3	377.0	366.3	366.6	387.1	412.9	374.6
Argyll & Bute Council	36.5	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9	43.2	41.8	40.5
Highland Council	262.1	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6	262.5	270.1	272.2
Western Ferries	620.2	617.8	597.2	615.8	645.5	616.4	627.9	634.5	641.8	659.4	670.6
Cromarty Ferry Company	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo)3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total within Scotland	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	3,043.4
Scotland and Northern Ireland	452.0	460.0	457.0	479.0	411.8	354.3	407.9	398.1	408.2	412.6	405.1
Scotland and Europe	35.0	27.4	60.6	41.1	36.3	41.2	40.6	43.4	32.8	33.1	8.0
Total	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	3,505.8	3,456.5

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
											thousands
Cairnryan - Larne
Numbers of cars	154	154	151	153	126	117	121	119	135	136	132
Numbers of passengers	628	602	611	631	524	501	492	472	536	551	521
Cairnryan - Belfast 1
Numbers of cars	..	..	..	49	239	187	237	243	273	276	273
Numbers of passengers	..	..	..	96	1,116	1,150	1,124	1,126	1,217	1,202	1,229
Stranraer - Belfast 1
Numbers of cars	239	244	244	217	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Numbers of passengers	1,104	1,101	1,084	922	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Troon - Belfast2
Numbers of cars	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Numbers of passengers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Troon - Larne 3
Numbers of cars	59	62	62	60	47	50	50	36	-	-	-
Numbers of passengers	206	213	225	208	169	180	178	131	-	-	-
Total
Numbers of cars	452	460	457	479	412	354	408	398	408	413	405
Numbers of passengers	1,938	1,916	1,920	1,858	1,809	1,831	1,794	1,729	1,753	1,753	1,750

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
											thousands
Rosyth - Zeebrugge 1
Numbers of passengers	74	31	54	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48	0.72	0.41	0.05
Numbers of cars	21	9	16	0.003	0.013	0.001	0.002	0.006	0.004	0.041	0.001
Roads goods vehicles	4	1	12	0.50	0.48	0.55	0.45	0.41	0.49	0.30	0.041
Unaccompanied trailers	5	3	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	1.513
Import/export vehicles	5	7	17	14	11	13	14	16	6	5	1.521
Unaccompanied caravans, other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	-	-	-	0.016	0.028	0.039	0.064	0.095	0.068	0.011	0.003
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	-	7	9	21	19	21	21	22	20	21	4.916
Lerwick - Bergen 2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Hanstholm 2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Torshaven 2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total passengers	75	31	54	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48	0.72	0.41	0.05
Total vehicles	35	27	61	41	36	41	41	43	33	33	8

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. This service closed in April 2018.

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.

Figure 9.5: Scottish ferry routes Orkney and Shetland Islands.

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

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Caledonian MacBrayne1,5,11,18											thousand
Cars carried	1,042	1,112	1,079	1,062	1,046	1,064	1,096	1,169	1,356	1,428	1,429
Commercial vehicles and buses	110	104	108	111	110	104	104	98	89	91	91
Vehicles (Cowal ferries)	76	75	65	27
Vehicles (Argyll ferries)
Passengers	4,533	4,762	4,737	4,575	4,511	4,595	4,654	4,627	5,056	5,237	5,253
Passengers (Cowal ferries)	550.8	533.5	499.2
Passengers (Argyll ferries)				409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8	288
											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	0.4
											£ thousand
Revenue from users 1	57,950	55,856	57,535	58,667	62,118	64,717	67,658	66,055	63,533	69,375	73,367
Subsidy 3	53,338	57,338	58,113	69,308	73,163	88,777	103,397	122,602	132,016	136,820	134,123
Cowal ferries (subsidy) 3	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	4,905
P&O Scottish Ferries 14											thousand
Cars carried
Commercial vehicles
Passengers
											£ thousand
Revenue from users 5
Subsidy 5
											thousand
Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries / Northlink Ferries Ltd / Serco Northlink Ferries 6
Cars carried 5	68	68	64	63	61	56	55	59	63	67	71
Commercial Vehicles 5,7,10						0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5
Passengers 5	296	309	305	304	298	283	289	298	302	308	322
											£ thousand
Revenue from users 8,9	22,171	21,694	25,011	25,718	28,426	29,385	30,875	31,976	32,316	34,116	36,610
Subsidy8	29,207	34,444	36,064	37,172	39,195	28,358	24,773	21,584	22,374	29,625	35,681
Total for these Shipping Services											thousand
Vehicles carried	1,295	1,358	1,316	1,264	1,217	1,224	1,255	1,326	1,508	1,586	1,591
Passengers	5,380	5,605	5,541	5,288	5,150	5,177	5,253	5,230	5,661	5,846	5,863
											thousand tonnes
Loose freight 15	5.0	5.7	5.3	4.8	4.9	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.6	0.4
											£ thousand
Revenue from users	82,384	79,830	84,975	86,935	93,366	96,710	101,146	100,713	98,604	106,194	113,019
Subsidy	92,593	102,357	103,620	114,335	119,060	124,059	135,210	151,527	162,015	173,641	178,492

 

Table 9.14b: Local Authority operators

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Orkney Ferries											thousand
Vehicles carried	81	87	89	87	87	84	84	85	87	89	94
Passengers	319	330	331	338	336	328	320	315	329	331	339
											thousand tonnes
Loose freight	2.0	2.7	2.3	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.6
											£ thousand
Revenue from users 3,4	2,263	2,280	2,429	2,550	2,822	2,608	2,613	2,682	2,755	2,703	3,042
Subsidy 3,4	6,918	7,535	6,280	6,847	6,702	6,924	7,040	7,341	7,625	7,196	8,688
Shetland Islands Council 12, 17											thousand
Vehicles carried	273	281	283	297	392	377	366	367	387	413	375
Passengers	634	637	625	615	811	777	762	742	775	776	764
Highland Council
Vehicles carried	262.1	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6	262.5	270.1	272.2
Passengers16	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	570.3	576.0	568.2	580.9	588.4	598.3
Argyll and Bute Council
Vehicles carried	36.5	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9	43.2	41.8	40.5
Passengers	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2	138.9
Total for Local Authority operators											thousand
Vehicles carried	653	671	641	672	765	737	742	746	780	814	781
Passengers	1,096	1,108	1,095	1,090	1,292	1,814	1,796	1,767	1,835	1,840	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. The subsidy in 2018 has increased due to the change in Freight vessel charter arrangements.

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
		2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Clyde 12												thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick C	CalMac	707.4	715.7	731.1	692.4	688.7	706.1	715.1	761.9	828.3	844.2	840.1
Ardrossan-Campbeltown 11, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	9.8	11.3	10.7	10.3	10.0	8.8
Ballycastle-Rathlin 4	Rathlin Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Colintraive-Rhubodach C	CalMac	256.3	260.6	264.3	228.0	217.1	222.1	214.5	209.4	232.0	216.2	201.9
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	550.8	533.5	499.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8	287.9
Largs-Cumbrae C	CalMac	710.8	720.4	727.3	697.7	695.4	708.9	706.1	687.1	738.5	745.6	793.2
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1, C	CalMac	50.2	54.4	52.1	46.9	43.7	43.0	46.7	58.8	66.4	67.2	72
Tarbert-Portavadie C	CalMac	59.5	69.7	68.1	61.7	60.9	61.7	62.7	63.3	85.8	85.7	88.5
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay C	CalMac	741.0	755.9	735.3	711.5	690.1	676.9	674.1	631.7	675.7	713.9	724.5
Total Clyde		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	3,016.9
West Coast 12
Ardmhor (Barra)-Eriskay C	CalMac	39.7	48.8	46.1	48.4	46.1	45.5	47.4	48.1	57.1	60.0	61.1
Berneray-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	53.9	58.2	58.0	58.1	52.8	54.4	57.7	54.4	63.1	68.4	69.6
Fionnphort-Iona C	CalMac	222.3	232.2	233.2	221.7	213.5	224.2	223.9	215.4	243.2	250.3	229.5
Fishnish-Lochaline C	CalMac	118.2	125.0	115.6	117.1	110.7	108.8	110.9	109.7	105.1	103.4	112.3
Kennacraig-Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	9.9	10.1	8.1	11.0	11.4	19.0	19.2	20.8	22.7	22.2	20.6
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	159.3	171.4	169.3	174.1	178.4	180.7	189.8	194.8	203.2	214.3	223.8
Mallaig-Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	23.9	26.1	26.7	25.6	26.6	25.9	29.8	27.8	30.4	30.5	30
Mallaig-Armadale C	CalMac	187.5	208.8	212.4	220.8	217.3	237.4	239.4	247.6	250.8	285.5	283.4
Mallaig-Lochboisdale 13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	1.2	1.0	22.8	27.6	21.2
Oban-Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	10.1	11.7	8.6	10.6	9.5	9.9	10.7	9.6	5.7	5.4	4.9
Oban-Colonsay b	CalMac	15.6	16.2	16.4	14.7	14.2	15.7	13.4	11.8	12.0	13.4	13.8
Oban-Lismore C	CalMac	15.2	18.2	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.3	19.7	19.9	24.3	26.0	25.4
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	46.2	57.0	58.2	61.6	59.3	58.2	57.7	55.8	43.3	47.2	53.4
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	46.5	53.0	52.2	50.3	51.4	52.4	52.5	51.5	56.4	58.7	56.9
Oban-Craignure C	CalMac	554.6	578.3	564.5	543.7	549.4	553.4	572.0	555.2	644.8	670.3	634.6
Otternish-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser C	CalMac	64.5	61.6	58.0	53.6	56.5	57.6	57.4	60.3	70.7	82.0	83.8
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	57.8	64.7	66.5	57.9	56.1	58.4	64.1	59.8	63.8	68.0	72.3
Tobermory-Kilchoan C	CalMac	38.1	38.3	35.0	34.3	34.2	35.7	35.3	36.4	47.1	49.6	50.3
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	161.7	185.8	181.8	182.3	183.1	185.1	194.4	188.2	188.1	195.8	192.8
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	182.8	219.9	227.7	230.9	224.2	223.0	226.0	231.9	264.1	275.7	284.5
Total West Coast		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	2,524.2
North 8,12
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	34.2	37	36	36.6	35	34.2	32.3	34.1	32.9	33.5	35.0
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	101.6	105.9	112.4	113.1	108	116.8	119.2	122.0	116.4	110.1	115.4
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	13.9	14.6	15.4	16.0	16	16.3	16.3	15.8	17.1	17.5	18.8
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	145.0	151.0	141.5	138.0	139	115.6	120.8	125.7	135.2	146.4	153.3
Total North		294.7	308.5	305.3	303.7	298.0	282.9	288.6	297.6	301.5	307.5	322.5
Total		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	5,863.6
Route	Operator	Cars
		2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Clyde 12												thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick C	CalMac	131.1	136.0	134.2	127.9	127.0	130.4	139.6	189.9	202.8	205.5	199
Ardrossan-Campbeltown 11, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.2
Colintraive-Rhubodach C	CalMac	88.2	87.3	84.6	80.9	76.4	75.5	74.6	83.7	95.2	91.6	84.7
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	71.8	70.7	61.4	25.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Largs-Cumbrae C	CalMac	143.1	139.8	138.7	136.0	134.1	134.9	135	138.2	161.3	169.9	174.1
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1, C	CalMac	16.7	17.6	16.6	14.7	14.0	13.9	14.9	20.8	23.9	24.2	25.5
Tarbert-Portavadie C	CalMac	21.0	21.6	21.2	19.7	19.0	18.5	18.5	17.9	25.5	26.6	28.8
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay C	CalMac	159.9	162.7	155.7	152.9	150.1	144.8	147.5	145.1	172.9	188.7	193.7
Other		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Clyde		631.7	635.9	612.4	557.9	520.7	520.0	532.3	597.9	684.1	709.0	708.0
West Coast 12
Ardmhor (Barra)-Eriskay C	CalMac	13.9	17.0	16.0	17.0	16.7	16.6	17.0	17.3	22.0	23.0	23.9
Berneray-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	21.5	24.7	23.7	23.4	21.7	22.2	23.9	22.5	28.2	29.7	30.4
Fionnphort-Iona C	CalMac	4.8	4.6	5.2	5.6	6.1	6.7	6.7	6.7	8.3	8.8	9.1
Fishnish-Lochaline C	CalMac	45.2	47.9	45.3	46.2	43.7	43.4	44.6	45.1	42.7	42.9	45.5
Kennacraig-Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	2.8	2.8	2.3	3.2	3.1	5.5	6.0	6.6	7.7	7.3	6.8
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	52.2	56.3	54.2	56.0	57.3	61.8	65.8	66.8	69.7	76.4	79.5
Mallaig-Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7	1.7	1.7
Mallaig-Armadale C	CalMac	46.6	54.3	51.9	52.4	50.3	52.4	53.1	54.9	61.8	70.0	67.8
Mallaig-Lochboisdale 13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.4	0.4	8.3	11	8.3
Oban-Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	2.3	2.8	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	1.8	1.9	1.6
Oban-Colonsay b	CalMac	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.8	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.9	5.1
Oban-Lismore C	CalMac	2.2	2.5	2.8	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.8	5.8	6.7	6.7
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	13.6	18.3	18.0	19.3	18.6	17.9	18.4	18.0	15.7	17.1	20
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	13.0	15.8	15.6	15.2	15.9	16.0	15.7	15.8	17.8	18.8	18
Oban-Craignure C	CalMac	110.1	114.3	108.5	108.9	105.8	109.9	112.6	115.4	162.3	168.1	164
Otternish-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser C	CalMac	22.9	22.9	21.2	19.0	19.8	20.1	19.2	20.3	25.2	29.2	29.9
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	13.7	14.5	14.2	12.7	12.7	14.3	15.8	15.7	17.5	19.5	20.7
Tobermory-Kilchoan C	CalMac	5.4	6.1	5.6	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.5	6.1	10.6	11.7	11.6
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	57.0	69.8	67.9	67.6	69.8	72.0	76.1	74.8	74.7	78.2	76.7
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	48.8	66.7	67.6	67.8	67.2	68.6	70.3	72.0	86.2	92.1	94.7
Total West Coast		481.7	546.7	527.7	530.0	524.8	544.3	562.6	570.0	672.5	719.0	722.0
North 8, 12
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	4.9	5.3	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.8	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.6	5.1
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	16.7	16.7	17.4	17.2	16.3	16.9	16.6	17.4	17.9	18.3	20.0
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.7	3.2	3.1
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	43.9	43.5	39.4	38.0	38	31.7	32.1	34.1	37.7	40.9	43.2
Total North		67.8	67.8	64.1	62.6	61.2	55.6	55.3	58.5	62.8	67.0	71.5
Total		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	1,501.5

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 9.15 (Continued): Traffic on subsidised ferry services

Route		Commercial Vehicles and Buses
		2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Clyde 12												thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick C	CalMac	12.5	11.6	13.2	11.4	12.0	12.4	12.1	9.2	10.7	10.4	10.0
Ardrossan-Campbeltown 11, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Colintraive-Rhubodach C	CalMac	17.5	15.7	14.9	15.0	14.1	12.9	12.4	11.6	9.2	8.2	8.5
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	3.9	3.8	3.5	1.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Largs-Cumbrae C	CalMac	6.6	5.3	5.0	5.4	5.6	6.8	6.2	6.5	4.2	4.2	4.4
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1, C	CalMac	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
Tarbert-Portavadie C	CalMac	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay C	CalMac	14.1	12.1	12.6	14.1	14.2	13.2	13.7	11.9	8.9	9.5	9.2
Other		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Clyde		55.6	49.7	50.3	48.5	47.1	46.3	45.6	40.5	34.1	33.3	33.2
West Coast 12
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay C	CalMac	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.1
Berneray-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	2.1	2.2	1.9	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.3	1.8	1.1	1.4	1.4
Fionnphort-Iona C	CalMac	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.8
Fishnish-Lochaline C	CalMac	4.0	3.5	3.8	3.8	4.5	4.0	3.4	3.7	2.8	2.1	3.1
Kennacraig-Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.6
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	10.0	9.7	9.8	10.9	12.4	10.3	10.8	10.8	11.4	11.6	12.5
Mallaig-Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2
Mallaig-Armadale C	CalMac	1.9	1.6	1.9	1.9	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.2	2.5	2.5
Mallaig-Lochboisdale 13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.6	0.5	0.5
Oban-Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Oban-Colonsay b	CalMac	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Oban-Lismore C	CalMac	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.4
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	1.7	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7
Oban-Craignure C	CalMac	10.9	10.6	11.2	11.3	12.2	10.9	10.7	10.6	9.3	9.7	8.9
Otternish-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser C	CalMac	1.5	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.0	0.5
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2
Tobermory-Kilchoan C	CalMac	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.02	0.04	0.1
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	7.2	6.9	7.7	8.0	6.7	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.2	6.0	6.2
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	12.7	13.6	14.1	15.9	13.2	12.3	13.0	11.6	12.9	13.0	12.9
Total West Coast		58.5	58.1	61.2	64.2	63.4	57.6	56.8	56.8	55.4	57.0	57.7
North 8,10, 12
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3
Total North		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5
Total subsidised routes		114.1	107.8	111.6	112.8	110.5	104.3	102.9	97.7	89.9	90.9	91.4

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 .  The number of vehicles are no longer available  prior to 2013 due to a change in the method of collecting the data.

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

Route	Passengers
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
											thousands
Western Ferries 2
Gourock-Dunoon	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	1,372.7
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Renfrew - Yoker 7	141.4	147.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock - Kilcreggan 8	70.0	71.6	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5	41.2	42.9
Total	211.4	219.4	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5	41.2	42.9
Argyll & Bute Council
Appin-Lismore9	40.2	39.0	38.2	33.4	37.3	44.4	40.2	39.1	45.7	44.0	41.4
Islay - Jura	72.4	69.1	65.8	71.3	70.2	62.8	67.7	68.1	68.0	72.3	69.6
Cuan-Luing 3,9	14.6	13.9	16.3	16.0	17.7	16.1	14.4	17.1	21.3	15.3	16.1
Seil-Easdale9	14.4	16.0	15.0	13.1	14.4	15.1	15.9	16.9	14.5	12.6	11.8
Total	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2	138.9
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
(Corran Ferry) 4	..	..	..	..	..	560	566	557	572	580	590
Camusnagaul - Fort William 5	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4	8.3
Total 18	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4	8.3
West Highland Seaways 12
Gairloch (Wester Ross) - Portree (Skye)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bruce Watt Cruises 17
Mallaig-Loch Nevis	4.9	3.3	3.0	4.9	4.6	-	-	-	-	-
Orkney Ferries1
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	76.2	76.0	78.8	81.7	77.1	79.3	77.5	77.7	81.6	84.1	79.1
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	55.0	60.6	58.8	58.4	56.3	58.8	54.8	55.0	53.6	57.5	60.3
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	65.2	69.9	64.2	67.0	68.7	65	64.9	58.7	62.7	61.2	65.7
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	102.1	102.0	105.8	104.6	108.6	99.3	96.6	97.4	103.5	101.7	104.7
Stromness-Hoy/Graemsay	20.5	21.1	23.1	26.2	24.9	26	26.5	26.4	27.8	26.9	29.1
Total	319.0	329.5	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2	329.2	331.4	338.9
Invergordon - Orkney 17	..	..	..	..	..	..
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	170.9	166.2	164.0	169.0	173.1	166.1	165.8	163.4	169.8	162.6	161.0
Toft - Ulsta	248.8	264.4	272.0	254.0	269.3	280.9	270.0	261.1	273.2	273.1	265.4
Bluemull 11	..	..	..	..	172.1	159.3	152.7	137.8	146.94	151.7	147.7
Lerwick - Bressay 6	214.4	205.9	189.0	192.0	196.8	170.9	173.0	170.7	176.3	181	181.4
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.5	5.15	4.5	4.4
West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3.0	2.81	2.6	2.7
Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.5	0.71	0.64	1.4
Total	634.1	636.5	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	742.0	774.9	776.1	763.9
Cromarty Ferry Company
Cromarty-Nigg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total all routes	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	2,665.6
	Cars *
Route	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
											thousands
Western Ferries
Gourock-Dunoon	588.0	584.0	564.2	577.9	605.5	578.5	590.0	599.6	608.0	621.8	634.3
Argyll & Bute Council
Islay - Jura	23.9	26.5	23.9	22.8	22.5	22.2	23.7	23.5	25.9	27.3	26.7
Cuan-Luing 3,9	7.7	7.2	7.0	7.1	7.2	5.8	5.6	7.4	11.3	8.3	8.6
Total	31.6	33.7	30.9	29.9	29.7	28.0	29.3	30.9	37.2	35.6	35.3
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
(Corran Ferry)	245.0	249.4	221.4	242.0	238.5	234.7	247.4	247.2	251.0	257.5	261.1
Orkney Ferries 1,13
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	18.2	19.3	19.0	17.8	15.9	15.6	14.8	15.4	16.2	17.6	17.4
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	9.2	9.8	10.2	9.1	10.4	9.4	10.7	10.2	8.8	9.43	10.6
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	8.0	7.8	7.5	7.2	8	7.8	8.1	8.0	7.9	8.2	8.5
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	20.9	21.1	21.4	21.3	20.8	19.5	20.4	21.1	22.7	22.5	22.9
Total	56.3	58.0	58.1	55.5	55.1	52.3	54.0	54.7	55.6	57.7	59.4
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	73.3	74.3	72.2	78.0	77.9	77.8	75.6	78.7	81.9	81.9	76.0
Toft - Ulsta	116.7	123.8	129.2	134.0	130.6	138.1	126.9	139.6	147.3	150.6	136.4
Bluemull 11	..	..	..	..	88.8	78.3	73.9	78.2	84.5	85.3	77.8
Lerwick - Bressay	67.9	67.5	66.4	70.0	66.5	65.2	64.6	65.9	69.5	71.2	63.4
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.0
West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.2
Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
Total	257.9	265.6	267.8	282.0	363.8	359.4	341.0	366.6	387.1	392.4	356.9
Cromarty Ferry Company
Cromarty-Nigg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total all routes	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	1,347.0

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, 2017/18 and 2018/19 continue to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 16/03/2019 for year 2018/19). 

Clydelink operated this service until 12/05/2018. Clyde Marine Services Ltd have operated this service from 14/05/2018.  

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  

Route	Commercial Vehicles and Buses *
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
											thousands
Western Ferries
Gourock-Dunoon 14	32.2	33.8	33.0	37.9	40.0	37.9	37.9	34.9	33.8	37.6	36.3
Argyll & Bute Council 9
Islay - Jura	4.6	2.5	2.6	3.2	2.8	1.6	3.3	4.4	5.7	5.8	4.7
Cuan-Luing 9	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.5
Total	4.9	2.8	2.9	3.5	3.1	1.9	3.6	5.0	6.0	6.2	5.2
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber  (Corran Ferry)	17.1	16.9	14.4	12.5	14.3	11.3	11.8	11.4	11.5	12.6	11.1
Orkney Ferries 1,13
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	4.9	5.3	5.4	6.0	7.4	8.5	9.0	9.0	9.4	9.9	10.7
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	4.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.6	5.3
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	3.6	4.7	4.7	4.9	4.4	4.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.9
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	11.7	12.7	13.8	13.5	15.7	13.8	13.1	13.1	14.4	13.8	14.2
Total	24.9	29.4	30.6	31.2	32.3	31.5	29.9	30.0	31.7	31.5	34.1
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	3.6	3.3	4.0	4.3	4.0	2.2	2.9	..	..	2.0	1.9
Toft - Ulsta	9.8	10.3	7.3	7.6	12.6	9.0	12	..	..	12.6	9.5
Gutcher - Belmont 11	..	..	..	..	7.2	3.9	6.4	..	..	3.7	4.1
Lerwick - Bressay	2.2	2.0	3.7	3.5	4.7	2.5	4	..	..	2.2	2.2
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	15.6	15.6	15.0	15.4	28.5	17.6	25.3	0.0	0.0	20.5	17.7
Total all routes	94.7	98.4	95.9	100.4	118.2	100.1	108.5	81.3	83.0	108.4	104.4

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 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 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, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 continue to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 16/03/2019 for year 2018/19). 

Clydelink operated this service until 12/05/2018. Clyde Marine Services Ltd have operated this service from 14/05/2018.  

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, 2018

Figure 9.7: Top car ferry routes within and to/from Scotland, 2018

Table 9.17: Reliability and punctuality of lifeline ferry services 

	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Caledonian MacBrayne											numbers
Scheduled sailings 1	131,639	131,103	131,317	131,209	131,334	133,477	134,665	133,391	135,680	135,076	144,770
											percentages
Reliability 2	100.0	99.9	99.8	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.6	99.9	99.5	99.5
Punctuality 3	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.7	99.8	99.6
NorthLink 4											numbers
Scheduled sailings 1	3,247	3,232	3,270	3,308	3,151	2,886	2,868	2,915	2,931	2,989	2,991
											percentages
Reliability / Punctuality
Aberdeen routes	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.9	99.9	99.9	100
Pentland Firth	98.9	98.9	99.3	99.1	99.5	92.1	100	99.5	100	99.9	100

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	2008 1	2009 1	2010 1	2011 1	2012 1	2013 1	2014 1	2015 1, 2	2016 2	2017 2	2018 2
Assistance rendered	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Assistance not rendered	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hoax	56	89	62	41	57	60	45	16	14	12	16
Total incidents	3,583	3,765	3,669	3,910	3,283	3,422	3,364	2,538	2,464	2,720	2,627
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.