Chapter 09 - Water Transport

Chapter 09 - 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 water transport section of the user guide.

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.

Transport and travel habits in Scotland were profoundly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with restrictions on travel and daily activity in place for large parts of 2020. However, with restrictions being lifted in 2021 travel patterns started to recover.

Key Points

• There were 58 million tonnes of freight handled by ports in Scotland in 2021.
• There was a total of 6.3 million passengers and 2.6 million vehicles carried on ferry routes within Scotland in 2021.
• There were 1.4 million passengers and 0.44 million vehicles carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2021.

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 26 million tonnes in 2021 (there has been a 22% 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 million tonnes, considerably less than the volume of exports. (Table 9.2)

2.2 Waterborne freight (both incoming and outgoing) passing through all ports decreased by 1.5% in 2020 to 58 million tonnes. This was 25% less than in 2010, continuing a steady fall. In 2021, the eleven major ports accounted for 94% of the total traffic through Scottish ports. Exports accounted for 48% of the total freight through major Scottish ports and domestic traffic accounted for 32%. Imports, and incoming domestic freight were much lower, together accounting for 32% of the total freight through major Scottish ports. (Table 9.2)

Ports and Destinations

2.3 Forth (20 million tonnes) and Clyde (8 million tonnes) accounted for the highest freight traffic in 2021. Forth traffic is 14% lower than 2020, and is 29% below 2011. Clyde's freight traffic has fluctuated between 2011 and 2021, falling overall from 13 million tonnes to 8 million tonnes in 2021. 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 33 million tonnes (60%) of the total traffic through major Scottish ports in 2021. (Table 9.4)

2.5 Top ports for foreign traffic were: Forth (18.3 million tonnes); Clyde (6.3 million tonnes) and Sullom Voe (4.9 million tonnes). Clyde (5.6 million tonnes) and Forth (4.1 million tonnes) together accounted for almost all the imports from foreign traffic. Glensanda (2.8 million tonnes), Cairnryan (1.7 million tonnes), Aberdeen (1.4 million tonnes) and Loch Ryan (1.3 million tonnes), had most outward domestic traffic; Cairnryan (1.5 million tonnes) and Loch Ryan (1.4 million tonnes) were the main ports for inwards domestic traffic. (Table 9.6b)

2.6 The main types of traffic through the major ports in 2021 were crude oil (24 million tonnes), other dry bulk (8 million tonnes) and oil products (6 million tonnes). (Table 9.7)

2.7 In 2021 most exports were destined for Netherlands (8.5 million tonnes), Asia (5.5 million tonnes), Germany (3.5 million tonnes) and Belgium (2.6 million tonnes) while most imports arrived from the USA (2.2 million tonnes) and the Norway (2 million tonnes). (Table 9.8)

Passenger Services

Routes to Northern Ireland and Europe

2.8 In 2021, 1.4 million passengers were carried on ferry services between Scotland and Northern Ireland. There were 0.44 million vehicles carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2021, a 76 per cent increase on 2020. Until its closure in 2018 the Rosyth to Zeebrugge freight route was the only ferry route between Scotland and Europe. (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 water transport section of the user guide.

2.10 There were 6.3 million passengers carried on routes within Scotland in 2021, a rise of 54 per cent compared to 2020 and 26 per cent below the recent peak in numbers in 2007. Caledonian MacBrayne carried 4 million of these passengers (63%) and Western Ferries carried a further 17 per cent on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12a)

2.11 There were 2.6 million vehicles carried on routes within Scotland in 2021, a 42 per cent increase on 2020. Of these vehicles, 51 per cent were carried by Caledonian MacBrayne and a further 21 per cent by Western Ferries on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12b)

Operators on subsidised routes within Scotland

2.12 Caledonian MacBrayne ferries carried 4 million passengers in 2021, 1.6 million (67%) more than in 2020. There were 1.3 million cars carried, (57%) more than 2020, and 85,000 commercial vehicles and buses, 21% more than 2020. (Table 9.14a)

2.13 Serco Northlink Ferries carried 230,000 passengers in 2021, a 88 per cent increase compared to 2020. There were 63,000 cars carried on these routes in 2021, 82% more than 2020. (Table 9.14a)

Local authority ferry services

2.14 Shetland Islands Council services carried 623,000 passengers in 2021, 33% more than 2020. There were 333,000 vehicles carried, a rise of 26% on 2020.

2.15 Orkney Ferries services carried 235,000 passengers in 2021, 38% more than in 2020. There were 81,000 vehicles carried on these routes, 23% more than the previous year. (Table 9.14b)

2.16 Ferries operated by Argyll and Bute Council carried 152,000 passengers in 2021. (Table 9.14b and 9.16a)

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 1.1 million passengers in 2021. There were 539,500 cars carried on this route and 26,700 commercial vehicles and buses in 2021. (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 0.4 million passengers in 2021. (Table 9.13a and Figure 9.4)

2.19 The second busiest route in terms of cars carried was the Corran Ferry from Ardgour to Nether Lochaber operated by Highland Council with 190,000 carried in 2021. (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 2021 was Largs - Cumbrae, with 619,095 passengers. Largs - Cumbrae was also the busiest subsidised route for car traffic in 2021 with 175,469 car crossings, an increase of 40 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 water transport section of the user guide. The West Coast routes where Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) has been rolled out carried 1,800,500 passengers in 2021 and 624,300 cars. The Clyde routes where Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) has been rolled out carried 2,149,100 passengers in 2021 and 635,200 cars. (Table 9.15)

Ferry Punctuality

2.22 The level of reliability (the number of timetabled sailings actually operated, see table footnote in table for more detail) for Caledonian MacBrayne lifeline ferry services was 98.9% in 2021-22 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 the Aberdeen routes and the Pentland Firth in 2021-22. (Table 9.17)

Coastguard callouts

2.23 Overall there were 4,241 incidents in 2019, 63 less than the previous year. (Table 9.18)

Notes

This worksheet contains one table.

note 1

Covers all coastwise cargo lifted in Scotland, regardless of its destination.

note 2

Covers cargoes lifted in Scotland for offshore installations and for dumping at sea.

note 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.

note 4

Major ports only. There were seven major ports in 1996; eight in 1997 and 1998; nine in 1999;and 11 from 2000 onwards.

note 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.

note 6

DfT have now discontinued the publication of a number of tables in their publication. We are therefore no longer able to update most of this table.

note 7

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.

note 8

Figures for tonne-kilometres are not available for exports (and, in any case, would not be relevant to Scottish transport statistics).

note 9

Covers all coastwise cargo discharged in Scotland, whether it was loaded in Scotland or elsewhere in the UK.

note 10

One port traffic covers cargoes from offshore installations and sea dredged aggregates unloaded in Scotland; figures from 2012 subject to revision.

note 11

Information about Inland Waterway traffic discharged in Scotland is not available from the statistics compiled by DfT.

note 12

Figures for tonne-kilometres are not available for imports (and, in any case, would not be relevant to Scottish transport statistics).

note 13

Stranraer port was closed from 20 November 2011 and operations were transferred to Loch Ryan port.

note 14

Figures for 2012 may include some traffic from 2011 due to the transfer of operations from Stranraer.

note 15

The increase in tonnage on the new Loch Ryan route compared to Stranraer is due to larger ships being used.

note 16

Other West Coast ports are: Troon; Ardrishaig; Corpach; Stornoway;Kyle of Lochalsh; Girvan; Kirkudbright; Port Askaig.

note 17

Includes Rosyth, Braefoot Bay, Burntisland, Grangemouth, Hound Point, Kirkcaldy, Leith and Methil

note 18

Other East Coast ports are: Scrabster; Wick; Gills Bay; Buckie; Fraserburgh; Inverkeithing; Scalloway.

note 19

From 1995 onwards, separate figures for bulk fuel and other are available for major ports only.

note 20

Cairnryan and Peterhead did became major ports (in terms of the statistical survey) in 1997, and 1999 respectively. Dundee and Stranraer became major ports in 2000.

note 21

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

note 22

Includes road goods vehicles, unaccompanied trailers, and shipborne port to port trailers.

note 23

Includes also Caledonian Canal, lochs Fyne, Leven and Linnhe, Moray Firth, River Tay. From 2015 the totals do not include other waterways.

note 24

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.

note 25

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.

note 26

Only includes main routes listed in Table 9.16.

note 27

Bruce Watt Cruises no longer operates due to retirement.

note 28

This service ceased to operate from May 2001.

note 29

No data is available for Pentland ferries.

note 30

Figures for 2020 and 2021 were affected by restrictions due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

note 31

The Stranraer - Belfast ferry service was replaced by the Cairnryan-Belfast route in November 2011.

note 32

The Troon - Larne ferry service was withdrawn in September 2015.

note 33

The Troon - Belfast ferry service was withdrawn in December 2004.

note 34

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.

note 35

These are passenger numbers only as car and commercial vehicles are not recorded.

note 36

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.

note 37

Figures include charter and contract carryings (see table 15).

note 38

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.

note 39

Financial year beginning 1 April of year.

note 40

Gourock-Dunoon service transferred to CalMac Ferries in January 2019.

note 41

P&O Scottish Ferries stopped operating its services on 30 September 2002.

note 42

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.

note 43

Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading. The number of vehicles are no longer available due to a change in the method of collecting the data.

note 44

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.

note 45

The figures published previously for 2003 to 2005 were wrong. Corrected figures for 2003 and 2004 are not readily available.

note 46

In 2001 P&O's loose freight operations were taken over by a separate company called, Northwards, which did not provide the relevant information.

note 47

Figures include main routes only; there are smaller routes which are not included. Since 2008, no fares have been charged on two routes, the previous figures are therefore not comparable. Data for routes included in Table 16 .

note 48

Passenger figures for the Corran Ferry are first included in 2013.

note 49

Seasonal carryings.

note 50

These figures are an aggregate of the Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy, Uig-Lochmaddy, Uig-Tarbert & Tarbert-Lochmaddy routes.

note 51

Berneray-Leverburgh replaced the Otternish-Leverburgh service and started in 2002.

note 52

Ballycastle-Rathlin was operated by CalMac prior to April 2007

note 53

This route was out of service between March 2003 and June 2003.

note 54

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.

note 55

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.

note 56

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.

note 57

Route commenced May 2013.

note 58

Between 2013 and 2015 route oprated as pilot scheme on Tuesday and Saturday during winter timetable. Full service started Summer 2016.

note 59

Calmac took over the operation of this route from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport in 2020. The figures for 2020 cover the period from 1 June 2020 to 31 December 2020.

note 60

Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) was introduced on these routes in October 2008

note 61

Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) was introduced on these routes in October 2012

note 62

Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) was introduced on these routes in October 2015

note 63

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 14. The figures for cars also include commercial vehicles which are also counted separately.

note 64

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.

note 65

Figures for 2000 and 2001 are estimates.

note 66

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.

note 67

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.

note 68

Passenger numbers in 1999 are high because of special events such as the Tall ships race.

note 69

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).

note 70

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. Figures relate to financial years which start in the specified calendar year (e.g. the "1998" figure is for 1998-99). It was a Caledonian MacBrayne route in previous years, so figures for 2000 and earlier years appear in table 9.14. Clydelink operated this service until 12/05/2018. Clyde Marine Services Ltd have continued to operate this service from 14/05/2018 to 30/05/2020. Calmac ferries Ltd took over the operation of the route from 1/06/20.

note 71

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.

note 72

Since 2008,there have been no fares charged on this route. This route is now Gutcher Hamarsness.

note 73

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

note 74

The Gairloch to Portree service operated by West Highland Seaways was withdrawn from 22 August 2004.

note 75

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.

note 76

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.

note 77

Data for Pentland Ferries is not available

note 78

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 9.1a: Waterborne freight lifted in Scotland, by type of traffic, million tonnes. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Coastwise traffic - Liquid bulks [note1]	11.12	7.22	5.93	5.41	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Coal [note1]	0.67	0.76	0.67	0.78	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Other [note1]	4.54	4.56	4.79	5.62	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Total [note1]	16.33	12.54	11.39	11.81	14.20	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - To rigs [note2]	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - Sea dumped [note2]	-	-	-	-	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - Total [note2]	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic - Internal	-	-	-	0.05	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic - Coastwise	2.74	2.18	1.93	1.64	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic - One Port	0.01	0	0.02	0.01	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic - Foreign	7.95	8.61	8.74	7.71	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic - Total	10.70	10.79	10.69	9.41	10.27	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
All above traffic [note3]	26.70	23.72	22.23	21.76	24.47	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Port exports [note4]	33.36	32.06	31.58	30.84	30.26	32.97	30.89	33.33	33.43	29.92	26.07
All freight lifted [note5] [note6]	52.11	47.17	45.07	44.89	44.45	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]

Table 9.1b: Waterborne freight moved in Scotland, by type of traffic, million tonne-kilometres. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Coastwise traffic - Liquid bulks [note1]	10,628	6,723	4,888	4,783	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Coal [note1]	303	316	277	312	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Other [note1]	2,080	2,012	2,287	2,936	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Total [note1]	13,011	9,051	7,452	8,031	11,414	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - To rigs [note2]	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - Sea dumped [note2]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - Total [note2]	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic - Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Inland waterway traffic - Coastwise	80	60	53	22	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic - One Port	-	-	-	-	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic - Foreign	190	209	209	137	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic - Total	270	269	262	234	236	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
All above traffic [note7]	15,471	11,891	9,814	10,447	11,649	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Port exports [note8]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
All freight lifted [note8]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]

Table 9.1c: Waterborne freight discharged in Scotland, by type of traffic, million tonnes. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Coastwise traffic - Liquid bulks [note9]	2.06	2.14	1.91	1.74	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Coal [note9]	0.08	0.01	0.02	-	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Other [note9]	3.83	4.28	3.98	4.06	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Total [note9]	5.97	6.43	5.91	5.79	4.62	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - To rigs [note10]	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - Sea dredged [note10]	-	-	-	-	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - Total [note10]	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic [note11]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Port imports [note4] [note6]	14.22	16.25	16.50	16.55	13.48	9.49	10.65	11.46	11.93	8.98	10.75

Table 9.1d: Waterborne freight moved in Scotland, by type of traffic, million tonne-kilometres. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Coastwise traffic - Liquid bulks [note9]	1,459	1,529	1,253	1,126	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Coal [note9]	61	9	12	-	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Other [note9]	958	1,092	986	1,017	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Coastwise traffic - Total [note9]	2,478	2,626	2,250	2,143	1,846	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - To rigs [note10]	2,885	3,898	2,241	2,091	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - Sea dredged [note10]	-	-	-	-	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
One Port traffic - Total [note10]	2,885	3,898	2,241	2,091	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inland waterway traffic [note11]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Port imports [note4] [note6] [note12]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]

Table 9.2: Foreign and domestic freight traffic at (major) Scottish ports, thousand tonnes. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Foreign - Imports	14,216	16,254	16,501	16,554	13,481	9,486	10,649	11,462	11,932	8,981	10,752
Foreign - Exports	33,358	32,060	31,583	30,842	30,259	32,974	30,886	33,330	33,435	29,917	26,068
Foreign - Total	47,573	48,313	48,084	47,396	43,740	42,458	41,538	44,792	45,367	38,899	36,820
Domestic - Inwards	7,999	9,447	7,160	7,053	6,281	6,643	6,343	6,268	6,639	6,071	6,454
Domestic - Outwards	18,378	15,072	12,673	13,167	16,531	14,308	15,467	10,909	11,155	10,477	11,270
Domestic - Total	26,379	24,519	19,833	20,219	22,813	20,950	21,811	17,178	17,794	16,549	17,725
Total - major ports only [note4]	73,952	72,832	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409	63,952	61,969	63,160	55,447	54,544
Total - all ports	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985	65,083	66,761	58,962	58,078

Table 9.3: Foreign and domestic traffic by port: inwards and outwards, thousand tonnes. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Stranraer - Inwards [note13]	543	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stranraer - Outwards [note13]	442	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stranraer - Total traffic [note13]	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan - Inwards [note14] [note15]	-	943	898	1,022	1,076	1,166	1,155	1,263	1,367	1,358	1,399
Loch Ryan - Outwards [note14] [note15]	-	872	885	1,016	1,087	1,190	1,233	1,283	1,283	1,258	1,330
Loch Ryan - Total traffic [note14] [note15]	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546	2,650	2,616	2,729
Cairnryan - Inwards	1,340	1,246	1,103	1,096	1,179	1,290	1,399	1,323	1,224	1,209	1,474
Cairnryan - Outwards	1,592	1,364	1,261	1,272	1,370	1,450	1,448	1,534	1,481	1,486	1,655
Cairnryan - Total traffic	2,932	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,848	2,857	2,705	2,695	3,129
Ayr - Inwards	212	205	347	284	217	256	209	215	235	214	214
Ayr - Outwards	190	99	123	71	63	50	31	55	104	67	67
Ayr - Total traffic	402	304	470	355	280	306	240	270	339	281	281
Clyde - Inwards	9,981	12,026	12,148	13,221	9,678	6,273	6,500	6,825	6,700	5,119	6,595
Clyde - Outwards	3,450	3,394	2,635	2,980	2,806	2,469	2,366	2,262	2,101	1,814	1,815
Clyde - Total traffic	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742	8,865	9,087	8,801	6,933	8,410
Glensanda - Inwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glensanda - Outwards	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646	5,458	6,123
Glensanda - Total traffic	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646	5,458	6,123
Other West Coast - Inwards [note16]	347	337	284	337	271	303	320	307	488	413	463
Other West Coast - Outwards [note16]	362	342	369	466	386	243	243	247	458	380	367
Other West Coast - Total traffic [note16]	709	680	653	803	656	546	563	554	946	793	830
Orkneys - Inwards	186	200	180	182	195	204	210	210	205	194	250
Orkneys - Outwards	2,158	1,529	874	969	3,750	4,411	4,643	3,260	2,845	2,476	2,528
Orkneys - Total traffic	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615	4,852	3,470	3,050	2,670	2,778
Lerwick - Inwards	344	407	495	437	410	359	325	276	279	364	303
Lerwick - Outwards	241	263	328	401	336	269	279	237	269	392	256
Lerwick - Total traffic	585	670	824	838	746	629	604	513	548	756	559
Sullom Voe - Inwards	748	2,196	201	1	6	-	-	-	-	2	2
Sullom Voe - Outwards	9,405	9,202	6,192	7,183	6,114	6,183	5,179	5,329	7,371	6,827	6,192
Sullom Voe - Total traffic	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183	5,179	5,329	7,371	6,829	6,194
Cromarty Firth - Inwards	1,882	1,313	1,605	810	145	242	158	189	819	254	243
Cromarty Firth - Outwards	2,138	1,314	1,773	781	117	153	69	86	110	168	181
Cromarty Firth - Total traffic	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395	227	275	929	421	424
Inverness - Inwards	437	368	409	321	394	510	421	522	460	403	586
Inverness - Outwards	162	154	155	154	172	154	144	150	185	169	181
Inverness - Total traffic	599	521	563	475	566	664	565	672	645	572	767
Peterhead - Inwards	541	584	589	768	950	695	842	732	713	582	637
Peterhead - Outwards	513	440	382	608	518	453	447	399	377	393	329
Peterhead - Total traffic	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148	1,288	1,131	1,090	976	966
Aberdeen - Inwards	1,966	2,084	2,055	1,986	2,031	1,728	1,948	2,022	2,060	1,661	1,703
Aberdeen - Outwards	2,198	2,409	2,209	2,245	2,345	2,042	2,111	2,116	2,135	1,726	1,861
Aberdeen - Total traffic	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770	4,058	4,138	4,195	3,387	3,563
Montrose - Inwards	359	336	417	452	387	362	348	402	362	322	356
Montrose - Outwards	129	182	171	150	106	142	96	132	172	237	233
Montrose - Total traffic	488	518	588	601	493	504	444	534	534	559	589
Dundee - Inwards	721	666	704	463	468	449	500	546	475	408	431
Dundee - Outwards	208	176	111	54	47	84	67	62	28	23	21
Dundee - Total traffic	929	842	815	517	515	534	566	608	503	430	452
Perth - Inwards	61	42	37	49	58	28	23	12	29	23	16
Perth - Outwards	13	19	23	12	5	5	9	-	-	-	-
Perth - Total traffic	74	62	60	61	63	33	31	12	29	23	16
Forth - Inwards [note17]	4,307	4,442	4,177	4,056	4,035	4,080	4,286	4,621	5,010	4,266	4,473
Forth - Outwards [note17]	23,571	20,890	22,188	20,552	23,039	23,359	23,258	21,966	20,211	18,766	15,304
Forth - Total traffic [note17]	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439	27,544	26,587	25,221	23,032	19,777
Other East Coast - Inwards [note18]	302	289	326	348	345	377	344	318	323	275	269
Other East Coast - Outwards [note18]	303	263	239	284	268	224	240	241	235	255	223
Other East Coast - Total traffic [note18]	605	552	565	632	612	601	584	559	558	530	492
Scotland - Inwards	24,277	27,684	25,976	25,835	21,845	18,322	18,986	19,781	20,748	17,067	19,414
Scotland - Outwards	53,135	48,454	45,663	45,546	48,126	48,368	47,999	45,302	46,012	41,895	38,665
Scotland - Total traffic	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985	65,083	66,761	58,962	58,078

Table 9.4: Foreign and domestic freight traffic by port: bulk fuel and all other traffic, thousand tonnes. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Stranraer - Bulk fuel [note13]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stranraer - All other traffic [note13]	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan - Bulk fuel [note14] [note15]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan - All other traffic [note14] [note15]	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546	2,650	2,616	2,729
Cairnryan - Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cairnryan - All other traffic	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,848	2,857	2,705	2,695	3,129
Ayr - Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ayr - All other traffic	402	304	470	355	280	306	240	270	339	281	281
Clyde - Bulk fuel	11,464	13,547	12,877	14,090	10,332	6,522	6,918	7,096	7,212	5,592	6,862
Clyde - All other traffic	1,967	1,874	1,906	2,111	2,152	2,220	1,947	1,991	1,589	1,342	1,547
Glensanda - Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glensanda - All other traffic	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646	5,458	6,123
Other West Coast - Bulk fuel [note16]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Other West Coast - All other traffic [note16]	709	680	653	803	656	546	563	554	946	793	830
Orkneys - Bulk fuel	2,096	1,487	825	918	3,689	4,348	4,585	3,194	2,778	2,414	2,475
Orkneys - All other traffic	248	242	229	233	256	267	267	276	273	256	303
Lerwick - Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - All other traffic	585	670	824	838	746	629	604	513	548	756	559
Sullom Voe - Bulk fuel	10,134	11,339	6,352	7,180	6,108	6,179	5,175	5,326	7,368	6,826	6,191
Sullom Voe - All other traffic	19	59	41	5	12	4	4	3	3	4	4
Cromarty Firth - Bulk fuel	3,821	2,410	3,181	1,339	87	207	63	24	20	23	26
Cromarty Firth - All other traffic	199	218	197	252	175	188	164	251	909	398	398
Inverness - Bulk fuel	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Inverness - All other traffic	599	521	563	475	566	664	565	672	645	572	767
Peterhead - Bulk fuel	260	282	305	236	330	443	456	471	411	382	387
Peterhead - All other traffic	794	742	667	1,141	1,138	705	832	660	678	593	579
Aberdeen - Bulk fuel	1,018	1,073	1,073	1,019	1,388	1,130	1,334	1,387	1,403	1,147	1,122
Aberdeen - All other traffic	3,147	3,420	3,190	3,212	2,988	2,640	2,724	2,751	2,792	2,239	2,441
Montrose - Bulk fuel	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Montrose - All other traffic	488	518	588	601	493	504	444	534	534	559	589
Dundee - Bulk fuel	560	457	378	169	149	137	127	137	122	73	95
Dundee - All other traffic	369	385	437	349	366	397	439	470	381	357	357
Perth - Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Perth - All other traffic	74	62	60	61	63	33	31	12	29	23	16
Forth - Bulk fuel [note17]	23,208	21,028	22,039	19,982	23,081	22,999	23,336	22,653	20,205	18,526	15,585
Forth - All other traffic [note17]	4,670	4,304	4,326	4,626	3,993	4,440	4,208	3,934	5,016	4,506	4,192
Other East Coast - Bulk fuel [note18]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Other East Coast - All other traffic [note18]	605	552	565	632	612	601	584	559	558	530	492
Major ports - Bulk fuel [note19]	52,561	51,623	47,030	44,933	45,164	41,965	41,994	40,288	39,519	34,984	32,743
Major ports - All other traffic	21,391	21,210	20,887	22,683	21,388	21,444	21,959	21,681	23,642	20,464	21,801
All traffic - major ports only	73,952	72,833	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409	63,953	61,970	63,160	55,447	54,544
All traffic - all ports	77,414	76,140	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985	65,083	66,761	58,962	58,078

Table 9.5: Foreign and domestic freight traffic by port and mode of appearance (major ports only), thousand tonnes. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Stranraer - Liquid bulk [note13] [note20]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stranraer - Dry bulk [note13] [note20]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stranraer - Container & roll on traffic [note13] [note20]	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stranraer - Other general cargo [note13] [note20]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stranraer - All traffic [note13] [note20]	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan - Liquid bulk [note14] [note15]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan - Dry bulk [note14] [note15]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan - Container & roll on traffic [note14] [note15]	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546	2,650	2,616	2,729
Loch Ryan - Other general cargo [note14] [note15]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan - All traffic [note14] [note15]	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546	2,650	2,616	2,729
Cairnryan - Liquid bulk [note20]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cairnryan - Dry bulk [note20]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cairnryan - Container & roll on traffic [note20]	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,737	2,847	2,857	2,705	2,695	3,129
Cairnryan - Other general cargo [note20]	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
Cairnryan - All traffic [note20]	2,632	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,847	2,857	2,705	2,695	3,129
Clyde - Liquid bulk	5,124	5,945	5,777	6,952	6,729	6,125	6,918	7,093	7,212	5,592	6,862
Clyde - Dry bulk	7,564	8,778	8,377	8,451	4,899	1,668	1,125	1,144	818	692	833
Clyde - Container & roll on traffic	599	588	499	576	634	651	599	641	596	533	575
Clyde - Other general cargo	144	109	130	221	223	298	223	209	174	116	139
Clyde - All traffic	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742	8,865	9,087	8,801	6,933	8,410
Glensanda - Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glensanda - Dry bulk	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646	5,458	6,123
Glensanda - Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glensanda - Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glensanda - All traffic	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646	5,458	6,123
Orkney - Liquid bulk	2,095	1,486	824	918	3,688	4,348	4,585	3,194	2,778	2,413	2,474
Orkney - Dry bulk	25	15	11	12	16	9	9	15	9	14	55
Orkney - Container & roll on traffic	211	215	208	209	234	243	242	242	236	215	217
Orkney - Other general cargo	13	13	11	12	7	15	16	19	27	27	31
Orkney - All traffic	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615	4,852	3,470	3,050	2,670	2,778
Sullom Voe - Liquid bulk	10,134	11,339	6,357	7,180	6,114	6,179	5,175	5,326	7,368	6,826	6,191
Sullom Voe - Dry bulk	12	57	13	-	5	4	3	3	3	3	4
Sullom Voe - Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sullom Voe - Other general cargo	7	2	24	5	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	0.1
Sullom Voe - All traffic	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183	5,179	5,329	7,371	6,829	6,194
Cromarty Firth - Liquid bulk	3,821	2,408	3,178	1,337	89	213	71	35	20	26	30
Cromarty Firth - Dry bulk	159	144	115	174	109	108	131	105	745	126	63
Cromarty Firth - Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cromarty Firth - Other general cargo	41	76	85	80	64	74	24	135	164	269	332
Cromarty Firth - All traffic	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395	227	275	929	421	424
Peterhead - Liquid bulk [note20]	390	386	364	536	735	535	560	606	590	516	522
Peterhead -Dry bulk [note20]	158	100	53	155	97	64	32	43	59	85	42
Peterhead - Container & roll on traffic [note20]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peterhead - Other general cargo [note20]	506	538	554	686	635	549	696	483	441	374	402
Peterhead - All traffic [note20]	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148	1,288	1,131	1,090	976	966
Aberdeen - Liquid bulk	1,922	2,059	1,987	1,986	2,298	2,188	2,131	2,095	2,204	1,752	1,706
Aberdeen - Dry bulk	606	439	474	487	455	367	405	519	498	344	463
Aberdeen - Container & roll on traffic	405	468	474	430	408	409	505	486	416	383	480
Aberdeen - Other general cargo	1,231	1,527	1,329	1,328	1,215	806	1,018	1,038	1,076	908	914
Aberdeen - All traffic	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770	4,058	4,138	4,195	3,387	3,563
Dundee - Liquid bulk [note20]	571	467	379	183	157	147	145	180	156	109	133
Dundee - Dry bulk [note20]	277	294	369	259	310	304	330	354	285	275	284
Dundee - Container & roll on traffic [note20]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dundee - Other general cargo [note20]	81	82	67	75	48	82	92	74	62	46	35
Dundee - All traffic [note20]	929	842	815	517	515	534	566	608	503	430	452
Forth - Liquid bulk [note17]	23,353	20,739	22,109	20,363	23,183	23,323	23,556	22,778	21,194	19,065	15,917
Forth - Dry bulk [note17]	1,392	1,283	1,125	1,056	958	963	979	1,138	1,362	1,317	1,356
Forth - Container & roll on traffic [note17]	2,666	2,798	2,858	2,834	2,643	2,792	2,737	2,538	2,432	2,158	2,184
Forth - Other general cargo [note17]	466	512	273	355	290	361	272	132	233	491	321
Forth - All traffic [note17]	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439	27,544	26,587	25,221	23,032	19,777

Table 9.6a: Foreign and domestic freight traffic at the major ports by type of traffic, thousand tonnes, 2020. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Port	Foreign traffic - imports	Foreign traffic - exports	Foreign traffic - total	Domestic traffic - inwards	Domestic traffic - outwards	Domestic traffic - total	All traffic - total
Loch Ryan	-	-	-	1,358	1,258	2,616	2,616
Cairnryan	-	-	-	1,209	1,486	2,695	2,695
Clyde	4,401	1,003	5,405	718	811	1,529	6,933
Glensanda	-	3,467	3,467	-	1,991	1,991	5,458
Orkney	5	2,284	2,289	189	192	380	2,670
Sullom Voe	2	5,532	5,534	0	1,295	1,295	6,829
Cromarty Firth	172	13	185	82	154	236	421
Peterhead	20	48	68	563	345	908	976
Aberdeen	304	353	656	1,357	1,373	2,730	3,387
Dundee	364	21	384	44	2	46	430
Forth [note17]	3,714	17,196	20,910	552	1,570	2,122	23,032
All Major Ports	8,981	29,917	38,899	6,071	10,477	16,549	55,447

Table 9.6b: Foreign and domestic freight traffic at the major ports by type of traffic, thousand tonnes, 2021. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Port	Foreign traffic - imports	Foreign traffic - exports	Foreign traffic - total	Domestic traffic - inwards	Domestic traffic - outwards	Domestic traffic - total	All traffic - total
Loch Ryan	-	-	-	1,398	1,330	2,729	2,729
Cairnryan	-	-	-	1,474	1,655	3,129	3,129
Clyde	5,636	673	6,309	958	1,142	2,100	8,409
Glensanda	-	3,289	3,289	-	2,834	2,834	6,123
Orkney	2	2,343	2,345	247	186	433	2,778
Sullom Voe	0	4,938	4,938	2	1,254	1,257	6,194
Cromarty Firth	200	54	255	43	127	169	424
Peterhead	22	22	43	616	307	923	966
Aberdeen	489	469	957	1,214	1,392	2,606	3,563
Dundee	331	8	339	99	13	112	452
Forth [note17]	4,071	14,273	18,344	402	1,031	1,434	19,777
All Major Ports	10,752	26,068	36,820	6,454	11,270	17,725	54,544

Table 9.7: All traffic at the major ports by mode of appearance and commodity, thousand tonnes, 2021. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Commodity	Foreign traffic - imports	Foreign traffic - exports	Foreign traffic - total	Domestic traffic - inwards	Domestic traffic - outwards	Domestic traffic - total	All traffic - total
Liquid bulk - Liquefied gas	663	1,684	2,347	-	67	67	2,413
Liquid bulk - Crude oil	4,792	16,680	21,472	478	1,965	2,444	23,915
Liquid bulk - Oil products	1,754	1,641	3,396	1,441	1,576	3,017	6,413
Liquid bulk - Other liquid bulk products	464	81	545	117	431	548	1,093
Liquid bulk - All traffic	7,673	20,086	27,759	2,036	4,039	6,076	33,835
Dry bulk - Ores	217	495	712	-	106	106	818
Dry bulk - Coal	0	-	0	1	-	1	1
Dry bulk - Agricultural products (eg grain, soya, tapioca)	559	16	575	114	57	171	746
Dry bulk - Other dry bulk	889	3,354	4,242	541	2,873	3,414	7,656
Dry bulk - All traffic	1,664	3,865	5,529	655	3,037	3,692	9,221
Containers - 20' freight units	263	354	617	32	35	67	685
Containers - 40' freight units	395	987	1,382	38	119	157	1,540
Containers - Freight units >20' & <40'	42	100	142	1	-	1	142
Containers - Freight units >40'	203	243	446	4	30	34	481
Containers - All traffic	903	1,685	2,587	75	185	259	2,847
Roll-on/roll-off (self-propelled) - Road goods vehicles with or without accompanying trailers	0	0	0	1,500	1,602	3,103	3,103
Roll-on/roll-off (self-propelled) - Import/Export motor vehicles	0	0	0	3	4	8	8
Roll-on/roll-off (self-propelled) - All traffic	0	0	0	1,504	1,607	3,111	3,111
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled) - Unaccompanied road goods trailers & semi-trailers	8	11	19	1,648	1,644	3,291	3,311
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled) - Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	-	-	-	0	2	2	2
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled) - Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	5	6	11	18	14	32	43
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled) - All traffic	14	17	31	1,666	1,660	3,325	3,356
Other general cargo - Forestry products	171	39	210	9	-	9	219
Other general cargo - Iron and steel products	68	196	264	10	3	13	277
Other general cargo - Other general cargo & containers <20'	259	180	439	500	740	1,239	1,678
Other general cargo - All traffic	498	415	913	519	743	1,262	2,174
Total traffic	10,752	26,068	36,820	6,454	11,270	17,724	54,544

Table 9.8: Major ports traffic by cargo category and country of loading or unloading, thousand tonnes, 2021. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Country of loading or unloading	Liquid bulks - Inwards to UK	Liquid bulks - outwards from UK	Liquid bulks - total	Dry bulks - Inwards to UK	Dry bulks - outwards from UK	Dry bulks - total	Other general cargo - Inwards to UK	Other general cargo - outwards from UK	Other general cargo - total	Container traffic - Inwards to UK	Container traffic - outwards from UK	Container traffic - total	Ro-Ro traffic - Inwards to UK	Ro-Ro traffic - outwards from UK	Ro-Ro traffic - total	All traffic - Inwards to UK	All traffic - outwards from UK	All traffic - total
Belgium	245	1,713	1,958	51	256	308	4	40	44	217	575	793	-	-	-	518	2,585	3,102
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Denmark	331	308	639	10	1	11	12	5	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	354	314	668
Estonia	15	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	15
Finland	38	3	41	49	-	49	38	-	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	125	3	128
France	7	967	974	72	47	118	-	2	2	-	83	84	-	-	-	79	1,099	1,178
Germany	61	1,822	1,882	158	1,457	1,615	31	163	194	-	28	28	-	-	-	249	3,470	3,719
Greece	49	-	49	33	-	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	82	-	82
Irish Republic	3	-	3	89	-	89	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	92	1	93
Italy	5	524	529	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	6	524	530
Latvia	8	-	8	88	11	99	28	1	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	124	12	136
Lithuania	8	11	19	12	-	12	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	16	36
Malta	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13
Netherlands	1,054	6,239	7,292	59	1,408	1,467	3	1	4	573	855	1,428	-	-	-	1,688	8,503	10,191
Poland	46	79	124	4	270	274	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	349	399
Portugal	41	183	224	26	97	123	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	68	280	348
Romania	-	-	-	16	-	16	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	1	17
Spain	8	947	956	517	299	817	35	38	73	81	57	138	-	-	-	641	1,342	1,983
Sweden	164	179	344	4	1	5	35	-	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	204	181	384
All European Union countries (as at 1 July 2013)	2,082	12,988	15,070	1,188	3,849	5,036	187	256	443	875	1,599	2,474	-	-	-	4,332	18,691	23,023
Azerbaidjan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Egypt	10	282	292	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	282	292
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	15	-	15	5	-	5	-	30	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	30	51
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Morocco	-	13	13	35	-	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	13	48
Norway	1,780	383	2,163	204	16	220	35	110	145	2	16	18	14	17	31	2,035	542	2,577
Russia	986	167	1,153	24	-	24	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,018	167	1,185
Tunisia	-	-	-	19	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	19
Turkey	-	14	14	4	-	4	66	1	67	3	-	3	-	-	-	73	15	88
Ukraine	-	-	-	133	-	133	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	134	-	134
All other Europe & Mediterranean	2,791	858	3,649	425	16	441	108	144	252	7	16	23	14	17	31	3,346	1,051	4,397
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cote Divoire	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Kenya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nigeria	541	-	541	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	541	5	546
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	11	-	69	69	-	-	-	2	77	79
Africa (excluding Mediterranean)	541	-	541	5	-	5	3	14	17	-	69	69	-	-	-	549	82	632
Argentina	-	-	-	25	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	25
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Canada	-	-	-	19	-	19	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	24
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
Trinidad & Tobago	73	-	73	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	73	-	73
USA	2,186	701	2,887	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,194	701	2,894
Uruguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All America	2,258	701	2,959	44	-	44	18	-	18	1	-	1	-	-	-	2,321	701	3,022
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
China	-	3,014	3,014	-	-	-	122	-	122	3	-	3	-	-	-	125	3,014	3,139
India	-	282	282	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	-	-	-	2	283	285
Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
Singapore	-	847	847	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	848	848
South Korea	-	1,386	1,386	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1,386	1,392
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	30
Vietnam	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
All Asia and Australasia	-	5,528	5,528	3	-	3	181	1	183	7	1	8	-	-	-	191	5,530	5,722
Unspecified countries	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	-	-	-	12	12	24
All foreign countries	7,673	20,075	27,747	1,664	3,865	5,529	498	415	913	890	1,685	2,575	14	17	31	10,739	26,056	36,795
All domestic traffic	2,036	4,039	6,076	655	3,037	3,692	519	743	1,262	75	185	259	3,169	3,266	6,436	6,454	11,270	17,724
All foreign and domestic traffic	9,709	24,126	33,835	2,320	6,901	9,221	1,016	1,158	2,174	977	1,870	2,846	3,183	3,284	6,467	17,206	37,338	54,544

Table 9.9: Foreign and coastwise container and roll-on traffic by type. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 [note6]	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of containers (thousands)	269	286	268	264	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Number of wheeled vehicles (thousands) [note22]	464	473	506	476	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Total freight units (thousands)	733	759	774	740	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Container traffic weight (thousand tonnes)	2,928	3,190	3,118	3,162	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Wheeled vehicle traffic weight (thousand tonnes) [note22]	5,696	5,695	5,505	5,747	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Total traffic weight (thousand tonnes)	8,624	8,886	8,624	8,908	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]

Table 9.10: Inland waterway freight traffic lifted and moved. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Port	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 [note6]	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Freight lifted, River Clyde (million tonnes)	2.56	2.25	1.88	1.8	1.91	1.93	1.68	1.48	1.08	1.04	1.50
Freight lifted, River Forth (million tonnes)	7.99	8.50	8.76	7.54	8.24	8.49	8.78	8.95	8.02	6.55	6.50
Freight lifted, all waterways (million tonnes) [note23]	10.70	10.79	10.65	9.41	10.14	10.42	10.46	10.43	9.09	7.59	8.00
Freight moved, River Clyde (million tonne-kilometres)	100	89	76	74	77	78	67	59	42	41	57
Freight moved, River Forth (million tonne-kilometres)	170	178	184	158	173	178	184	188	168	138	137
Freight moved, all waterways (million tonne-kilometres) [note23]	270	269	260	234	250	257	252	247	210	178	194

Table 9.11: Inland waterway freight traffic lifted and moved in Scotland, by mode of appearance. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Freight	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 [note6]	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Freight lifted - Bulk-liquid (million tonnes)	6.18	6.97	6.84	5.31	6.49	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight lifted - Bulk-dry (million tonnes)	2.15	1.39	1.40	1.50	1.49	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight lifted - Unitised forest products (million tonnes)	0.11	0.03	0.01	0.04	0.00	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight lifted - Other semi-bulk (million tonnes)	0	0	0	0	0.00	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight lifted - Break bulk (million tonnes)	0	0	0	0	0.00	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight lifted - Other general cargo (million tonnes)	0.17	0.14	0.17	0.25	0.13	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight lifted - Unit loads (million tonnes)	2.10	2.27	2.29	2.35	2.12	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight lifted - Total (million tonnes)	10.70	10.80	10.7	9.41	10.27	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight moved - Bulk-liquid (million tonne-kilometres)	140	161	152	115	126	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight moved - Bulk-dry (million tonne-kilometres)	90	56	57	60	54	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight moved - Unitised forest products (million tonne-kilometres)	-	-	-	2	0	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight moved - Other semi-bulk (million tonne-kilometres)	0	0	0	0	0	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight moved - Break bulk (million tonne-kilometres)	0	0	0	0	0	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight moved - Other general cargo (million tonne-kilometres)	10	4	5	8	0	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight moved - Unit loads (million tonne-kilometres)	40	48	48	50	0	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Freight moved - Total (million tonne-kilometres)	280	269	262	234	256	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]

Table 9.12a: Total passengers carried by operator, thousands. Source: Ferry operators - Not National Statistics

Operator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Caledonian MacBrayne	4,575	4,511	4,595	4,654	4,627	5,056	5,237	5,253	5,686	2,370	3,950
Cowal Ferries [note24]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argyll Ferries Ltd [note24]	409	341	299	310	306	303	302	288	-	-	-
P&O Scottish Ferries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serco Northlink [note25]	304	298	283	289	298	302	308	322	348	122	230
Orkney Ferries	338	336	328	320	315	329	331	339	336	170	235
Shetland Islands Council [note26]	615	811	777	762	742	775	776	764	777	467	623
Argyll & Bute Council	134	140	138	138	141	150	144	139	141	90	152
Highland Council [note27]	3	5	10	10	11	9	8	8	8	5	9
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	58	53	57	54	54	56	41	43	41	1	-
Western Ferries	1,333	1,389	1,343	1,347	1,331	1,341	1,354	1,373	1,320	850	1,063
Bruce Watt Cruises [note28]	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cromarty Ferry Company	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Highland Seaways	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo) [note29]	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total within Scotland	7,773	7,888	7,831	7,884	7,824	8,320	8,501	8,529	8,656	4,076	6,261
Scotland and Northern Ireland	1,858	1,809	1,831	1,794	1,729	1,753	1,753	1,750	1,771	850	1,391
Scotland and Europe	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	-
Total [note29]	9,631	9,698	9,662	9,679	9,554	10,073	10,255	10,279	10,427	4,926	7,652

Table 9.12b: Total vehicles carried by operator, thousands. Source: Ferry operators - Not National Statistics

Operator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Caledonian MacBrayne	1,173	1,156	1,168	1,200	1,267	1,445	1,519	1,520	1,585	874	1,344
Cowal Ferries [note24]	65	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Argyll Ferries Ltd [note24]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
P&O Scottish Ferries	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serco Northlink [note25]	63	61	56	56	59	63	68	72	77	35	63
Orkney Ferries	87	87	84	84	85	87	89	94	94	66	81
Shetland Islands Council [note26]	297	392	377	366	367	387	413	375	382	264	333
Argyll & Bute Council	33	33	30	33	36	43	42	41	42	32	50
Highland Council [note27]	254	253	246	259	259	263	270	272	277	127	201
Western Ferries	616	646	616	628	635	642	659	671	663	465	566
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo) [note29]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total within Scotland	2,589	2,655	2,577	2,626	2,706	2,930	3,060	3,043	3,120	1,861	2,638
Scotland and Northern Ireland	479	412	354	408	398	408	413	405	415	252	444
Scotland and Europe	41	36	41	41	43	33	33	8	-	-	-
Total [note29]	3,109	3,104	2,973	3,075	3,148	3,371	3,506	3,456	3,534	2,113	3,082

Table 9.13a: Vehicle and passenger traffic between Scotland and Northern Ireland, thousands. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Route	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Cairnryan - Larne - Numbers of vehicles	153	126	117	121	119	135	136	132	123	58	110
Cairnryan - Larne - Numbers of passengers	631	524	501	492	472	536	551	521	467	242	396
Cairnryan - Belfast - Numbers of vehicles [note31]	49	239	187	237	243	273	276	273	291	194	334
Cairnryan - Belfast - Numbers of passengers [note31]	96	1,116	1,150	1,124	1,126	1,217	1,202	1,229	1,304	608	995
Campbeltown - Ballycastle - Numbers of vehicles [note32]	..	..
Campbeltown - Ballycastle - Numbers of passengers [note32]	..	..
Stranraer - Belfast - Numbers of vehicles [note31]	217	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Stranraer - Belfast - Numbers of passengers [note31]	922	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Stranraer - Larne - Numbers of vehicles	-	-
Stranraer - Larne - Numbers of passengers	-	-
Troon - Belfast - Numbers of vehicles [note33]	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Troon - Belfast - Numbers of passengers [note33]	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Troon - Larne - Numbers of vehicles [note32]	60	47	50	50	36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Troon - Larne - Numbers of passengers [note32]	208	169	180	178	131	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total - Numbers of vehicles	479	412	354	408	398	408	413	405	415	252	444
Total - Numbers of passengers	1,858	1,809	1,831	1,794	1,729	1,753	1,753	1,750	1,771	850	1,391

Table 9.13b: Vehicle and Passenger Traffic between Scotland and other EU countries, thousands. Source: Department for Transport, Maritime Statistics

Route	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Rosyth - Zeebrugge - Numbers of passengers [note34]	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48	0.72	0.41	0.05
Rosyth - Zeebrugge - Numbers of cars [note34]	0.003	0.013	0.001	0.002	0.006	0.004	0.041	0.001
Rosyth - Zeebrugge - Roads goods vehicles [note34]	0.50	0.48	0.55	0.45	0.41	0.49	0.30	0.041
Rosyth - Zeebrugge - Unaccompanied trailers [note34]	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	1.513
Rosyth - Zeebrugge - Import/export vehicles [note34]	14	11	13	14	16	6	5	1.521
Rosyth - Zeebrugge - Unaccompanied caravans, other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles [note34]	0.016	0.028	0.039	0.064	0.095	0.068	0.011	0.003
Rosyth - Zeebrugge - Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport [note34]	21	19	21	21	22	20	21	4.916
Lerwick - Bergen - Numbers of passengers [note35]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lerwick - Hanstholm - Numbers of passengers [note35]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lerwick - Torshaven - Numbers of passengers [note35]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total passengers - Numbers of passengers	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48	0.72	0.41	0.05
Total vehicles	41	36	41	41	43	33	33	8

Table 9.14a: Shipping services, operators on subsidised routes. Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics

Operator	Unit	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Caledonian MacBrayne	Cars carried (thousands)	1,062	1,046	1,064	1,096	1,169	1,356	1,428	1,429	1,494	804	1,259
Caledonian MacBrayne	Commercial vehicles and buses (thousands)	111	110	104	104	98	89	91	91	91	70	85
Caledonian MacBrayne	Vehicles (Cowal ferries) (thousands)	65	27
Caledonian MacBrayne	Vehicles (Argyll ferries) (thousands)
Caledonian MacBrayne	Passengers ( thousands)	4,575	4,511	4,595	4,654	4,627	5,056	5,237	5,253	5,686	2,370	3,950
Caledonian MacBrayne	Passengers (Cowal ferries) (thousands)
Caledonian MacBrayne	Passengers (Argyll ferries) (thousands)	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8	288	-	-	-
Caledonian MacBrayne	Loose freight (calendar year thousands tonnes) [note38]	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
Caledonian MacBrayne	Revenue from users (thousands pounds) [note37]	58,667	62,118	64,717	67,658	66,055	63,533	69,375	73,367	75,783	41,800	70,099
Caledonian MacBrayne	Subsidy (thousand pounds) [note39]	69,308	73,163	88,777	103,397	122,602	132,016	136,820	134,123	148,852	156,858	158,292
Caledonian MacBrayne	Cowal ferries (subsidy) (thousands pounds) [note39]	1,008
Caledonian MacBrayne	Argyll Ferries (subsidy) (thousand pounds) [note39] [note40]	1,309	1,616	3,037	3,542	3,440	3,633	4,052	4,905	-	-	-
P&O Scottish Ferries [note41]	Cars carried (thousands)
P&O Scottish Ferries [note41]	Commercial vehicles (thousands)
P&O Scottish Ferries [note41]	Passengers (thousands)
P&O Scottish Ferries [note41]	Loose freight [note 46]
P&O Scottish Ferries [note41]	Revenue from users (thousand pounds)
P&O Scottish Ferries [note41]	Subsidy (thousand pounds)
Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries / Northlink Ferries Ltd / Serco Northlink Ferries [note42]	Cars carried (thousands)	63	61	56	55	59	63	67	71	77	35	63
Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries / Northlink Ferries Ltd / Serco Northlink Ferries [note42]	Commercial Vehicles (thousands) [note43]			0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.016	0.031
Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries / Northlink Ferries Ltd / Serco Northlink Ferries [note42]	Passengers (thousands)	304	298	283	289	298	302	308	322	348	122	230
Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries / Northlink Ferries Ltd / Serco Northlink Ferries [note42]	Revenue from users (thousand pounds) [note44] [note45]	25,718	28,426	29,385	30,875	31,976	32,316	34,116	36,610	30,579	29,128	39,328
Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries / Northlink Ferries Ltd / Serco Northlink Ferries [note42]	Subsidy (thousand pounds) [note44]	37,172	39,195	28,358	24,773	21,584	22,374	29,625	35,681	24,075	34,174	38,851
Total for these Shipping Services	Vehicles carried (thousands)	1,301	1,245	1,224	1,255	1,326	1,508	1,586	1,591	1,662	908	1,407
Total for these Shipping Services	Passengers (thousands)	5,288	5,150	5,177	5,253	5,230	5,661	5,846	5,863	6,034	2,492	4,179
Total for these Shipping Services	Loose freight (thousand tonnes) [note46]	4.8	4.9	4.7	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.0	1.8	2.0	2.0
Total for these Shipping Services	Revenue from users (thousand pounds)	86,935	93,366	96,710	101,146	100,713	98,604	106,194	113,019	109,286	72,916	111,875
Total for these Shipping Services	Subsidy (thousand pounds)	113,327	119,060	124,059	135,210	151,527	162,015	173,641	178,492	182,386	201,057	209,755

Table 9.14b: Shipping services, local authority operators. Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics

Operator	Unit	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Orkney Ferries	Vehicles carried (thousands)	87	87	84	84	85	87	89	94	94	66	81
Orkney Ferries	Passengers (thousands)	338	336	328	320	315	329	331	339	336	170	235
Orkney Ferries	Loose freight (thousand tonnes)	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.5	1.5
Orkney Ferries	Revenue from users (thousand pounds) [note39]	2,550	2,822	2,608	2,613	2,682	2,755	2,703	3,042	2,924	1,988	2,448
Orkney Ferries	Subsidy (thousand pounds) [note39]	6,847	6,702	6,924	7,040	7,341	7,625	7,196	8,688	9,459	10,025	12,612
Shetland Islands Council [note47]	Vehicles carried (thousands)	297	392	377	366	367	387	413	375	382	264	333
Shetland Islands Council [note47]	Passengers (thousands)	615	811.3	777.119	761.5	741.994	774.91	776.14	763.939	776.752	467.4	622.7
Highland Council	Vehicles carried (thousands)	254.449	252.8	246	259.2	258.6	262.5	270.1	272.2	276.856	126.9	201
Highland Council	Passengers (thousands) [note48]	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4	8.3	8.1	5.0	9.0
Argyll and Bute Council	Vehicles carried (thousands)	33.4	32.8	29.85	32.9	35.9	43.2	41.8	40.5	41.7	31.85	50.2
Argyll and Bute Council	Passengers (thousands)	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2	138.9	141.1	90.3	151.9
Total for Local Authority operators	Vehicles carried (thousands)	672	765	737	742	746	780	814	781	795	488	665
Total for Local Authority operators	Passengers (thousands)	1,090	1,292	1,254	1,230	1,210	1,263	1,260	1,250	1,262	733	1,019

Table 9.15: Passenger traffic on subsidised ferry services, thousands. Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics

Region	Route	Operator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Clyde	Ardrossan-Brodick [note62]	CalMac	692.4	688.7	706.1	715.1	761.9	828.3	844.2	840.1	849.5	320.3	536.7
Clyde	Ardrossan-Campbeltown [note57] [note62]	CalMac	..	..	9.8	11.3	10.7	10.3	10.0	8.8	11.5	0	8.4
Clyde	Ballycastle-Rathlin [note52]	Rathlin Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Colintraive-Rhubodach [note62]	CalMac	228.0	217.1	222.1	214.5	209.4	232.0	216.2	201.9	199.2	116.4	165.3
Clyde	Gourock - Kilcreggan [note59]	CalMac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.1	39.3
Clyde	Gourock-Dunoon [note24] [note53]	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Gourock-Dunoon [note24]	Cowal Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Gourock-Dunoon [note24]	Argyll Ferries	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8	287.9	299.1	104.9	131.6
Clyde	Largs-Cumbrae [note62]	CalMac	697.7	695.4	708.9	706.1	687.1	738.5	745.6	793.2	786.8	421.8	619.1
Clyde	Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig [note49] [note62]	CalMac	46.9	43.7	43.0	46.7	58.8	66.4	67.2	72	75.3	30.5	68.2
Clyde	Tarbert-Portavadie [note62]	CalMac	61.7	60.9	61.7	62.7	63.3	85.8	85.7	88.5	95.8	47.5	77.0
Clyde	Wemyss Bay-Rothesay [note62]	CalMac	711.5	690.1	676.9	674.1	631.7	675.7	713.9	724.5	727.1	332.2	503.5
Clyde	Total Clyde	[not applicable]	2,847.5	2,737.3	2,727.8	2,740.6	2,728.4	2,940.4	2,984.6	3,016.9	3,044.2	1,389.8	2,149.1
West Coast	Ardmhor (Barra)-Eriskay [note62]	CalMac	48.4	46.1	45.5	47.4	48.1	57.1	60.0	61.1	63.7	25.2	49.2
West Coast	Berneray-Leverburgh [note51] [note62]	CalMac	58.1	52.8	54.4	57.7	54.4	63.1	68.4	69.6	75.5	28.3	56.7
West Coast	Fionnphort-Iona [note62]	CalMac	221.7	213.5	224.2	223.9	215.4	243.2	250.3	229.5	243.4	56.6	133.9
West Coast	Fishnish-Lochaline [note62]	CalMac	117.1	110.7	108.8	110.9	109.7	105.1	103.4	112.3	116.9	58.2	110.9
West Coast	Gallanach - Kerrera	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	27.9	55.4
West Coast	Kennacraig-Islay/C'say/Oban [note61]	CalMac	11.0	11.4	19.0	19.2	20.8	22.7	22.2	20.6	21.5	4.2	14.9
West Coast	Kennacraig-Islay [note61]	CalMac	174.1	178.4	180.7	189.8	194.8	203.2	214.3	223.8	231.5	86.5	147.3
West Coast	Mallaig-Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna [note62]	CalMac	25.6	26.6	25.9	29.8	27.8	30.4	30.5	30	30.5	6.3	17.4
West Coast	Mallaig-Armadale [note62]	CalMac	220.8	217.3	237.4	239.4	247.6	250.8	285.5	283.4	305.4	52.6	121.4
West Coast	Mallaig-Lochboisdale [note59] [note62]	CalMac	-	-	0.4	1.2	1.0	22.8	27.6	21.2	29.2	8.9	20.5
West Coast	Oban-Coll/Tiree/Castlebay [note60]	CalMac	10.6	9.5	9.9	10.7	9.6	5.7	5.4	4.9	5.6	0.0	5.2
West Coast	Oban-Colonsay [note61]	CalMac	14.7	14.2	15.7	13.4	11.8	12.0	13.4	13.8	12.4	7.8	11.5
West Coast	Oban-Lismore [note62]	CalMac	20.1	20.1	20.3	19.7	19.9	24.3	26.0	25.4	25.2	16.2	22.2
West Coast	Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale [note60]	CalMac	61.6	59.3	58.2	57.7	55.8	43.3	47.2	53.4	49.1	18.4	42.4
West Coast	Oban-Coll/Tiree [note60]	CalMac	50.3	51.4	52.4	52.5	51.5	56.4	58.7	56.9	59.5	27.1	50.3
West Coast	Oban-Craignure [note62]	CalMac	543.7	549.4	553.4	572.0	555.2	644.8	670.3	634.6	652.3	238.2	391.3
West Coast	Otternish-Leverburgh [note51]	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Coast	Raasay-Sconser [note62]	CalMac	53.6	56.5	57.6	57.4	60.3	70.7	82.0	83.8	88.2	37.9	72.5
West Coast	Tayinloan-Gigha [note61]	CalMac	57.9	56.1	58.4	64.1	59.8	63.8	68.0	72.3	74.2	39.9	70.1
West Coast	Tobermory-Kilchoan [note62]	CalMac	34.3	34.2	35.7	35.3	36.4	47.1	49.6	50.3	55.6	16.8	38.2
West Coast	Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy [note50] [note60]	CalMac	182.3	183.1	185.1	194.4	188.2	188.1	195.8	192.8	202.0	89.4	151.6
West Coast	Ullapool-Stornoway [note60]	CalMac	230.9	224.2	223.0	226.0	231.9	264.1	275.7	284.5	299.9	134.1	217.7
West Coast	Total West Coast	[not applicable]	2,136.9	2,114.8	2,165.9	2,222.5	2,200.0	2,418.7	2,554.3	2,524.2	2,641.8	980.6	1,800.5
North	Aberdeen - Kirkwall [note42] [note55] [note56]	Serco Northlink	36.6	35	34.2	32.3	34.1	32.9	33.5	35.0	36.8	12.4	24.2
North	Aberdeen - Lerwick[note42] [note56]	Serco Northlink	113.1	108	116.8	119.2	122.0	116.4	110.1	115.4	129.8	51.5	84.3
North	Aberdeen - Stomness [note42] [note55] [note56]	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North	Lerwick - Kirkwall [note42] [note56]	Serco Northlink	16.0	16	16.3	16.3	15.8	17.1	17.5	18.8	19.2	4.9	13.1
North	Scrabster - Stromness [note42] [note56]	Serco Northlink	138.0	139	115.6	120.8	125.7	135.2	146.4	153.3	161.9	53.0	108.0
North	Total North	[not applicable]	303.7	298.0	282.9	288.6	297.6	301.5	307.5	322.5	347.6	121.8	229.5
All	Total	[not applicable]	5,288.1	5,150.0	5,176.6	5,251.7	5,226.0	5,660.6	5,846.4	5,863.6	6,033.7	2,492.2	4,179.1

Table 9.15(cont): Commercial vehicles and buses on subsidised ferry services, thousands. Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics

Region	Route	Operator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Clyde	Ardrossan-Brodick [note62]	CalMac	11.4	12.0	12.4	12.1	9.2	10.7	10.4	10.0	9.4	6.9	9.2
Clyde	Ardrossan-Campbeltown [note57] [note62]	CalMac	..	..	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
Clyde	Colintraive-Rhubodach [note62]	CalMac	15.0	14.1	12.9	12.4	11.6	9.2	8.2	8.5	8.6	6.8	7.5
Clyde	Gourock-Dunoon [note24] [note53]	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Gourock-Dunoon [note24]	Cowal Ferries	1.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Gourock-Dunoon [note24]	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Largs-Cumbrae [note62]	CalMac	5.4	5.6	6.8	6.2	6.5	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.1	4.6	4.7
Clyde	Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig [note49] [note62]	CalMac	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5
Clyde	Tarbert-Portavadie [note62]	CalMac	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3
Clyde	Wemyss Bay-Rothesay [note62]	CalMac	14.1	14.2	13.2	13.7	11.9	8.9	9.5	9.2	9.2	6.8	8.5
Clyde	Other	[not applicable]	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Total Clyde	[not applicable]	48.5	47.1	46.3	45.6	40.5	34.1	33.3	33.2	32.5	25.6	30.8
West Coast	Ardmhor (Barra)-Eriskay [note62]	CalMac	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.1	2.1	0.9	0.8
West Coast	Berneray-Leverburgh [note51] [note62]	CalMac	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.3	1.8	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.2	1.6
West Coast	Fionnphort-Iona [note62]	CalMac	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.5	0.6
West Coast	Fishnish-Lochaline [note62]	CalMac	3.8	4.5	4.0	3.4	3.7	2.8	2.1	3.1	2.8	2.3	3.5
West Coast	Gallanach - Kerrera	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.0	0.0
West Coast	Kennacraig-Islay/C'say/Oban [note61]	CalMac	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.5
West Coast	Kennacraig-Islay [note61]	CalMac	10.9	12.4	10.3	10.8	10.8	11.4	11.6	12.5	13	10.4	13.0
West Coast	Mallaig-Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna [note62]	CalMac	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2
West Coast	Mallaig-Armadale [note62]	CalMac	1.9	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.5	0.1	0.2
West Coast	Mallaig-Lochboisdale [note59] [note62]	CalMac	-	-	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
West Coast	Oban-Coll/Tiree/Castlebay [note60]	CalMac	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
West Coast	Oban-Colonsay [note61]	CalMac	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
West Coast	Oban-Lismore [note62]	CalMac	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.4
West Coast	Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale [note60]	CalMac	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.9	1.0
West Coast	Oban-Coll/Tiree [note60]	CalMac	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.8
West Coast	Oban-Craignure [note62]	CalMac	11.3	12.2	10.9	10.7	10.6	9.3	9.7	8.9	8.9	5.6	7.3
West Coast	Otternish-Leverburgh [note51]	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Coast	Raasay-Sconser [note62]	CalMac	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.6
West Coast	Tayinloan-Gigha [note61]	CalMac	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.5
West Coast	Tobermory-Kilchoan [note62]	CalMac	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.02	0.04	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
West Coast	Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy [note50] [note60]	CalMac	8.0	6.7	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.2	6.0	6.2	6.0	5.6	6.1
West Coast	Ullapool-Stornoway [note60]	CalMac	15.9	13.2	12.3	13.0	11.6	12.9	13.0	12.9	13.9	12.5	14.1
West Coast	Total West Coast	[not applicable]	64.2	63.4	57.6	56.8	56.8	55.4	57.0	57.7	58.8	44.4	53.9
North	Aberdeen - Kirkwall [note42] [note55] [note56]	Serco Northlink	..	..	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0	0
North	Aberdeen - Lerwick[note42] [note56]	Serco Northlink	..	..	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.013	0.013
North	Aberdeen - Stomness [note42] [note55] [note56]	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North	Lerwick - Kirkwall [note42] [note56]	Serco Northlink	..	..	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0	0
North	Scrabster - Stromness [note42] [note56]	Serco Northlink	..	..	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.003	0.013
North	Total North	[not applicable]	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.45	0.43	0.43	0.56	0.51	0.53	0.016	0.031
All	Total	[not applicable]	112.8	110.5	104.3	102.9	97.7	89.9	90.9	91.4	91.8	70.0	84.7

Table 9.15b: Car traffic on subsidised ferry services, thousands. Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics

Region	Route	Operator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Clyde	Ardrossan-Brodick [note62]	CalMac	127.9	127.0	130.4	139.6	189.9	202.8	205.5	199.0	207.7	103.4	159.9
Clyde	Ardrossan-Campbeltown [note57] [note62]	CalMac	..	..	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.9	0.0	3
Clyde	Colintraive-Rhubodach [note62]	CalMac	80.9	76.4	75.5	74.6	83.7	95.2	91.6	84.7	86.6	56.9	77
Clyde	Gourock-Dunoon [note24] [note53]	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Gourock-Dunoon [note24]	Cowal Ferries	25.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Gourock-Dunoon [note24]	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Largs-Cumbrae [note62]	CalMac	136.0	134.1	134.9	135	138.2	161.3	169.9	174.1	178.9	125.7	175.5
Clyde	Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig [note49] [note62]	CalMac	14.7	14.0	13.9	14.9	20.8	23.9	24.2	25.5	27.5	12.2	26.8
Clyde	Tarbert-Portavadie [note62]	CalMac	19.7	19.0	18.5	18.5	17.9	25.5	26.6	28.8	30.2	18.4	27.8
Clyde	Wemyss Bay-Rothesay [note62]	CalMac	152.9	150.1	144.8	147.5	145.1	172.9	188.7	193.7	198.1	112.7	165.8
Clyde	Other	[not applicable]	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clyde	Total Clyde	[not applicable]	557.9	520.7	520.0	532.3	597.9	684.1	709.0	708.0	731.9	429.3	635.2
West Coast	Ardmhor (Barra)-Eriskay [note62]	CalMac	17.0	16.7	16.6	17.0	17.3	22.0	23.0	23.9	25.3	13.1	21.4
West Coast	Berneray-Leverburgh [note51] [note62]	CalMac	23.4	21.7	22.2	23.9	22.5	28.2	29.7	30.4	32.3	14.4	26.7
West Coast	Fionnphort-Iona [note62]	CalMac	5.6	6.1	6.7	6.7	6.7	8.3	8.8	9.1	9.2	6.8	8.2
West Coast	Fishnish-Lochaline [note62]	CalMac	46.2	43.7	43.4	44.6	45.1	42.7	42.9	45.5	46.7	28.4	51.8
West Coast	Gallanach - Kerrera	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1.5	2.1
West Coast	Kennacraig-Islay/C'say/Oban [note61]	CalMac	3.2	3.1	5.5	6.0	6.6	7.7	7.3	6.8	7.1	1.7	5.6
West Coast	Kennacraig-Islay [note61]	CalMac	56.0	57.3	61.8	65.8	66.8	69.7	76.4	79.5	81.6	36.4	60.8
West Coast	Mallaig-Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna [note62]	CalMac	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	2.5	3.2
West Coast	Mallaig-Armadale [note62]	CalMac	52.4	50.3	52.4	53.1	54.9	61.8	70.0	67.8	75.8	19.8	42.3
West Coast	Mallaig-Lochboisdale [note59] [note62]	CalMac	-	-	0.1	0.4	0.4	8.3	11	8.3	11.5	4.2	8.6
West Coast	Oban-Coll/Tiree/Castlebay [note60]	CalMac	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	1.8	1.9	1.6	1.8	0.0	1.9
West Coast	Oban-Colonsay [note61]	CalMac	4.3	4.3	4.8	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.9	5.1	5	3.6	5.2
West Coast	Oban-Lismore [note62]	CalMac	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.8	5.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	5.7	7.9
West Coast	Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale [note60]	CalMac	19.3	18.6	17.9	18.4	18.0	15.7	17.1	20	18.3	8.8	17.0
West Coast	Oban-Coll/Tiree [note60]	CalMac	15.2	15.9	16.0	15.7	15.8	17.8	18.8	18	19.2	10.5	19.4
West Coast	Oban-Craignure [note62]	CalMac	108.9	105.8	109.9	112.6	115.4	162.3	168.1	164	169.7	84.3	127.8
West Coast	Otternish-Leverburgh [note51]	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Coast	Raasay-Sconser [note62]	CalMac	19.0	19.8	20.1	19.2	20.3	25.2	29.2	29.9	31.3	17.7	28.5
West Coast	Tayinloan-Gigha [note61]	CalMac	12.7	12.7	14.3	15.8	15.7	17.5	19.5	20.7	22.9	15.0	23.2
West Coast	Tobermory-Kilchoan [note62]	CalMac	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.5	6.1	10.6	11.7	11.6	14.4	4.8	10.3
West Coast	Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy [note50] [note60]	CalMac	67.6	69.8	72.0	76.1	74.8	74.7	78.2	76.7	80.5	39.5	65.1
West Coast	Ullapool-Stornoway [note60]	CalMac	67.8	67.2	68.6	70.3	72.0	86.2	92.1	94.7	100.9	55.7	87.4
West Coast	Total West Coast	[not applicable]	530.0	524.8	544.3	562.6	570.0	672.5	719.0	722.0	762.0	374.3	624.3
North	Aberdeen - Kirkwall [note42] [note55] [note56]	Serco Northlink	5.0	4.6	4.8	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.6	5.1	5.6	2.5	3.7
North	Aberdeen - Lerwick[note42] [note56]	Serco Northlink	17.2	16.3	16.9	16.6	17.4	17.9	18.3	20.0	22.3	12.6	22.1
North	Aberdeen - Stomness [note42] [note55] [note56]	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North	Lerwick - Kirkwall [note42] [note56]	Serco Northlink	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.7	3.2	3.1	3.3	1.4	2.7
North	Scrabster - Stromness [note42] [note56]	Serco Northlink	38.0	38	31.7	32.1	34.1	37.7	40.9	43.2	45.4	18.2	34.6
North	Total North	[not applicable]	62.6	61.2	55.6	55.3	58.5	62.8	67.0	71.5	76.6	34.6	63.0
All	Total	[not applicable]	1,150.5	1,106.7	1,119.9	1,150.2	1,226.4	1,419.4	1,495.0	1,501.5	1,570.5	838.2	1,322.5

Table 9.16a: Passenger traffic on other major ferry routes, thousands. Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics

Operator	Route	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Western Ferries [note64]	Gourock-Dunoon	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	1,320.1	849.7	1,063.3
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	Renfrew - Yoker [note69]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	Gourock - Kilcreggan [note70]	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5	41.2	42.9	41.0	1.3	-
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	Total	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5	41.2	42.9	41.0	1.3	-
Argyll & Bute Council	Appin-Lismore [note71]	38.2	33.4	37.3	44.4	40.2	39.1	45.7	44.0	41.4	40.6	22.7	38.4
Argyll & Bute Council	Islay - Jura	65.8	71.3	70.2	62.8	67.7	68.1	68.0	72.3	69.6	70.7	37.5	61.5
Argyll & Bute Council	Cuan-Luing [note65] [note71]	16.3	16.0	17.7	16.1	14.4	17.1	21.3	15.3	16.1	17.6	21.1	29.3
Argyll & Bute Council	Seil-Easdale [note71]	15.0	13.1	14.4	15.1	15.9	16.9	14.5	12.6	11.8	12.2	9.0	22.7
Argyll & Bute Council	Total	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2	138.9	141.1	90.3	151.9
Highland Council	Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
Highland Council	(Corran Ferry) [note66]	-	-	-	560	566	557	572	580	590	598	320	450
Highland Council	Camusnagaul - Fort William [note67]	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4	8.3	8.1	5.0	9.0
Highland Council	Total [note78]	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4	8.3	8.1	5.0	9.0
West Highland Seaways [note74]	Gairloch (Wester Ross) - Portree (Skye)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Watt Cruises [note27]	Mallaig-Loch Nevis	3.0	4.9	4.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Orkney Ferries [note63] [note75]	Houton - Lyness/Flotta	78.8	81.7	77.1	79.3	77.5	77.7	81.6	84.1	79.1	81.6	48.2	64.5
Orkney Ferries [note63] [note75]	Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	58.8	58.4	56.3	58.8	54.8	55.0	53.6	57.5	60.3	58.1	30.8	40.2
Orkney Ferries [note63] [note75]	Kirkwall - Shapinsay	64.2	67.0	68.7	65	64.9	58.7	62.7	61.2	65.7	62.8	34.5	40.6
Orkney Ferries [note63] [note75]	Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	105.8	104.6	108.6	99.3	96.6	97.4	103.5	101.7	104.7	103.6	44.6	71.1
Orkney Ferries [note63] [note75]	Stromness-Hoy/Graemsay	23.1	26.2	24.9	26	26.5	26.4	27.8	26.9	29.1	29.5	12.0	18.9
Orkney Ferries [note63] [note75]	Total	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2	329.2	331.4	338.9	335.6	170.2	235.3
Orkney Line (previously Orcargo)	Invergordon - Orkney [note27]	..	..	..	..
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	164	169	173.1	166.1	165.8	163.4	169.8	162.6	161.0	164.5	98.1	121
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Toft - Ulsta	272.0	254.0	269.3	280.9	270.0	261.1	273.2	273.1	265.4	268.7	162.4	216
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Bluemull [note73]	-	-	172.1	159.3	152.7	137.8	146.94	151.7	147.7	145.1	79.2	116
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Lerwick - Bressay [note68]	189.0	192.0	196.8	170.9	173.0	170.7	176.3	181	181.4	190.8	123.2	162
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Gutcher - Oddsta [note72]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	-	-	-	-	-	5.5	5.15	4.5	4.4	4.2	2.5	4
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	-	-	-	-	-	3.0	2.81	2.6	2.7	3.0	2	3
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	0.71	0.64	1.4	0.5	-	-
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Total	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	742.0	774.9	776.1	763.9	776.8	467.4	622.7
Cromarty Ferry Company	Cromarty-Nigg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All operators	Total all routes	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	2,622.7	1,583.9	2,082.2

Table 9.16b: Car traffic on other major ferry routes, thousands. Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics

Operator	Route	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Western Ferries [note64]	Gourock-Dunoon	577.9	605.5	578.5	590.0	599.6	608.0	621.8	634.3	632.7	438.5	539.5
Argyll & Bute Council	Islay - Jura	22.8	22.5	22.2	23.7	23.5	25.9	27.3	26.7	27.3	17.7	27.0
Argyll & Bute Council	Cuan-Luing [note65] [note71]	7.1	7.2	5.8	5.6	7.4	11.3	8.3	8.6	9.4	10.3	17.0
Argyll & Bute Council	Total	29.9	29.7	28.0	29.3	30.9	37.2	35.6	35.3	36.7	28.0	44.0
Highland Council	Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
Highland Council	(Corran Ferry)	242.0	238.5	234.7	247.4	247.2	251.0	257.5	261.1	265.8	120	190
Highland Council	Total	242.0	238.5	234.7	247.4	247.2	251.0	257.5	261.1	265.8	120.0	190.0
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Houton - Lyness/Flotta	17.8	15.9	15.6	14.8	15.4	16.2	17.6	17.4	20.3	11.6	17.7
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	9.1	10.4	9.4	10.7	10.2	8.8	9.43	10.6	10.5	6.5	9.4
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Kirkwall - Shapinsay	7.2	8	7.8	8.1	8.0	7.9	8.2	8.5	8.8	5.7	7.4
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	21.3	20.8	19.5	20.4	21.1	22.7	22.5	22.9	23.4	12.1	16.5
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Total	55.5	55.1	52.3	54.0	54.7	55.6	57.7	59.4	63.0	35.9	51.0
Orkney Line (previously Orcargo)	Invergordon - Orkney 17	..	..
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	78.0	77.9	77.8	75.6	78.7	81.9	81.9	76.0	79.3	57.4	69.3
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Toft - Ulsta	134.0	130.6	138.1	126.9	139.6	147.3	150.6	136.4	139.4	91.6	118.5
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Bluemull [note73]	-	88.8	78.3	73.9	78.2	84.5	85.3	77.8	75.1	46.4	64.5
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Lerwick - Bressay	70.0	66.5	65.2	64.6	65.9	69.5	71.2	63.4	68.0	51.9	61.6
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Gutcher - Oddsta [note72]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	-	-	-	-	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.0	1.8	1	1.8
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	-	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.2	1	1.3
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	-	-	-	-	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	-	-
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Total	282.0	363.8	359.4	341.0	366.6	387.1	392.4	356.9	365.0	249.3	317.0
Cromarty Ferry Company	Cromarty-Nigg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All operators	Total all routes	1,187.2	1,292.6	1,252.9	1,261.7	1,299.0	1,338.9	1,365.1	1,347.0	1,363.2	871.7	1,141.5

Table 9.16c: Commercial vehicle and bus traffic on other major ferry routes, thousands. Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics

Operator	Route	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 [note30]	2021 [note30]
Western Ferries [note64]	Gourock-Dunoon	37.9	40.0	37.9	37.9	34.9	33.8	37.6	36.3	29.8	26.0	26.7
Argyll & Bute Council	Islay - Jura	3.2	2.8	1.6	3.3	4.4	5.7	5.8	4.7	4.5	3.4	4.7
Argyll & Bute Council	Cuan-Luing [note71]	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5
Argyll & Bute Council	Total	3.5	3.1	1.9	3.6	5.0	6.0	6.2	5.2	5.0	3.9	6.2
Highland Council	Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
Highland Council	(Corran Ferry) [note66]	12.5	14.3	11.3	11.8	11.4	11.5	12.6	11.1	11.0	6.9	11.0
Highland Council	Total [note78]	12.5	14.3	11.3	11.8	11.4	11.5	12.6	11.1	11.0	6.9	11.0
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Houton - Lyness/Flotta	6.0	7.4	8.5	9.0	9.0	9.4	9.9	10.7	9.4	9.8	8.4
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	6.8	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.8	4.7	4.6	5.3	4.7	4.5	3.6
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Kirkwall - Shapinsay	4.9	4.4	4.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.9	3.7	3.1	3.4
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	13.5	15.7	13.8	13.1	13.1	14.4	13.8	14.2	13.6	12.2	14.4
Orkney Ferries [note63]	Total	31.2	32.3	31.5	29.9	30.0	31.7	31.5	34.1	31.4	29.6	29.8
Orkney Line (previously Orcargo)	Invergordon - Orkney [note27]	..	..
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	4.3	4.0	2.2	2.9	-	-	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Toft - Ulsta	7.6	12.6	9.0	12	-	-	12.6	9.5	9.9	8.4	9.4
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Gutcher - Belmont [note73]	-	7.2	3.9	6.4	-	-	3.7	4.1	3.8	2.8	3.0
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Lerwick - Bressay [note68]	3.5	4.7	2.5	4	-	-	2.2	2.2	1.7	1.5	1.8
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Gutcher - Oddsta [note72]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland Islands Council [note63]	Total	15.4	28.5	17.6	25.3	0.0	0.0	20.5	17.7	17.4	14.5	16.0
Cromarty Ferry Company	Cromarty-Nigg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All operators	Total all routes	100.4	118.2	100.1	108.5	81.3	83.0	108.4	104.4	94.6	80.8	89.7

Table 9.17: Reliability and punctuality of lifeline ferry services. Source: Scottish Government - Not National Statistics

Operator	Measure	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
CalMac	Scheduled sailings (numbers)	131,209	131,334	133,477	134,665	133,391	135,680	135,076	144,770	163,878	119,988	157,105
CalMac	Reliability (percentage)	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.6	99.9	99.5	99.5	99.6	99.7	98.9
CalMac	Punctuality (percentage)	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.7	99.8	99.6	99.7	99.9	99.6
NorthLink	Scheduled sailings (numbers)	3,308	3,151	2,886	2,868	2,915	2,931	2,989	2,991	2,843	2,939	2,967
NorthLink	Punctuality - Aberdeen routes (percentage)	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.9	99.9	99.9	100	99.8	99.7	100
NorthLink	Punctuality - Pentland Firth (percentage)	99.1	99.5	92.1	100	99.5	100	99.9	100	99.9	100	100

Table 9.18: HM Coastguard search and rescue operations, Scotland. Source: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Not National Statistics

Region	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Assistance rendered	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Assistance not rendered	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Hoax	41	57	60	45	16	30	12	23	44	[not available]	[not available]
Total incidents	3,910	3,283	3,422	3,364	2,538	3,827	4,071	4,304	4,241	[not available]	[not available]
Coastguard rescue team callouts	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Number of persons assisted	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Number of persons rescued	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]
Lives lost	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]	[not available]

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