Chapter 9: Water Transport

Chapter 9: Water Transport

1. Introduction

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

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

1.3 From 2015 DfT no longer publish a detailed breakdown of data for coastwise, one port and inland waterway traffic and we are unable to update table 9.1 as fully as we previously did.

Key Points

• There were 44 million tonnes of freight lifted by water transport in Scotland in 2015 (around a quarter of freight lifted in Scotland, including exports).
• There was a total of 7.8 million passengers and 2.7 million vehicles carried on ferry routes within Scotland in 2015.
• There were 1.7 million passengers and 0.4 million vehicles carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland and 43,000 vehicles carried between Scotland and Europe in 2015.

2. Main Points

Freight

Tonnage

2.1 In 2015, a total of 44 million tonnes of freight was recorded as being lifted by water transport in Scotland: 14.2 million tonnes of coastwise traffic to other ports in the United Kingdom (including Scotland) and 30.3 million tonnes of exports from the major Scottish ports. Only 10.3 million tonnes of waterborne freight was carried for part of its journey on inland waterways in 2015.  (Table 9.1[a])

2.2 Exports through major (see section 9.16.3 page 278) Scottish ports rose from 61 million tonnes in 1997 to 68 million tonnes in 2002 before steadily falling to 31 million tonnes in 2014 (there has been a 43% 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.    (Table 9.1[a]) 

2.3 In 2015, a total of 4.6 million tonnes of coastwise freight was discharged in Scotland: considerably less than lifted in Scotland. 

Imports totalled 13.5 million tonnes, considerably less than the volume of exports.  There are no figures available on inland waterway traffic which is discharged in Scotland. (Table 9.1[b])  

2.4 Waterborne freight (coastwise, one port and foreign traffic; both incoming and outgoing) passing through the ports fell by 2% in 2015 to 70 million tonnes.  This was 36% less than in 2005, continuing a steady fall.  In 2015, the eleven major ports accounted for 95% of the total traffic through Scottish ports. Exports accounted for 43% of the total freight through Scottish ports and domestic traffic (either coastwise or one port) accounted for 33%. Imports, and incoming domestic freight were much lower, together accounting for 28% of the total freight through Scottish ports. (Table 9.2)

Ports & Destinations

2.5 Forth (27 million tonnes), Clyde (12 million tonnes) and Sullom Voe (6 million tonnes) accounted for the highest freight traffic in 2015. Forth traffic is 10% higher than 2014, and is 21% below 2005. Clyde’s freight traffic has fluctuated between 2005 and 2015, falling overall from 15.7 million tonnes to 12.5 million tonnes in 2015. 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)

2.6 Bulk fuel accounted for 45 million tonnes (68%) of the total traffic through major Scottish ports in 2015. (Table 9.4)

2.7 Top exporting ports for foreign traffic were: Forth (19 million tonnes); Glensanda (4 million tonnes) and Sullom Voe (3 million tonnes). Clyde (8.9 million tonnes) and Forth (3.5 million tonnes) together accounted for almost all the imports from foreign traffic. Forth (3.6 million tonnes), Sullom Voe (2.7 million tonnes), and Aberdeen and Glensanda (both 2 million tonnes) had most outward domestic traffic; Aberdeen (1.6 million tonnes) was the main port for inwards domestic traffic.  (Table 9.6)

2.8 The main types of traffic through the major ports in 2015 were crude oil (30 million tonnes), oil products (10 million tonnes), other dry bulk (7 million tonnes) and coal (4million tonnes.  (Table 9.7)

2.9 In 2015 most exports were destined for Netherlands (8.9 million tonnes), Asia (6.5 million tonnes), Germany (4.9 million tonnes), Belgium (2.7 million tonnes) and France (2.4 million tonnes) while most imports arrived from Nigeria (2.7 million tonnes) and Columbia (2.5 million tonnes).  (Table 9.8)

2.10 The total number of road goods vehicles and containers passing through Scottish ports, and the weight of freight that they carried, increased by around 9% and 18% respectively between 2004 and 2014.  (Table 9.9) 

2.11 Inland waterway traffic mainly comprises those parts of coastwise and foreign traffic that are carried on inland waterways.  About 9.4 million tonnes of freight were lifted in Scotland and carried on inland waterways in 2014, in line with most of the past ten years (when the total was usually between 10 and 12 million tonnes). Most of the inland waterway traffic was carried on the Forth (80%). (Table 9.10)

Passenger Services

Routes to Northern Ireland and Europe

2.12 In 2015, 1.7 million passengers were carried on ferry services between Scotland and Northern Ireland, the busiest Scottish port for this traffic being Cairnryan, which accounted for 92% of the total. Just under half a million vehicles were carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2015, a 2 per cent decrease on 2014.  The Rosyth to Zeebrugge freight route is the only ferry route between Scotland and Europe. This carried 43,400 vehicles in 2015, a 7 per cent increase on 2014.  (Tables 9.13 (a) & (b))

Routes within Scotland

2.13 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. 

2.14 There were 7.8 million passengers carried on routes within Scotland in 2015, a rise of 1 per cent compared to 2014 and 8 per cent below the recent peak in numbers in 2007.  Caledonian MacBrayne carried 4.6 million of these passengers (59%) and Western Ferries carried a further 17 per cent on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12)

2.15  There were 2.7 million vehicles carried on routes within Scotland in 2015, a 3 per cent rise on 2014.  Of these vehicles, 47 per cent were carried by Caledonian MacBrayne and a further 23 per cent by Western Ferries on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12)

Operators on subsidised routes within Scotland

2.16 Caledonian MacBrayne ferries carried 4.6 million passengers in 2015, 27,000 (1%) less than in 2014.  There were 1.2 million cars carried, or 7 per cent more than in 2014, and 98,000 commercial vehicles and buses, 6 per cent less than 2014.  (Table 9.14)

2.17 Serco Northlink Ferries carried 298,000 passengers in 2015, a three per cent increase compared to 2014.  There were 57,000 cars carried on these routes in 2014, four per cent more than 2014.  (Table 9.14)

Local Authority ferry services

2.18 Shetland Islands Council services carried 733,000 passengers in 2015, four per cent less than 2014. There were 366,000 vehicles carried, fall of 1 per cent on 2014.

2.19 Orkney Ferries services carried 315,000 passengers in 2015, two per cent less than in 2014. There were 85,000 vehicles carried on these routes, one per cent more than the previous year. (Table 9.14)

2.20 Ferries operated by Argyll and Bute Council carried 141,000 passengers in 2015. 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 568,000 passengers have been carried on the Corran Ferry. (Table 9.14 and 9.16)

Ferry routes within and to/from Scotland

2.21 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 1,331,100 passengers in 2015. There were 599,600 cars carried on this route and 34,900 commercial vehicles and buses in 2015.  (Table 9.16 and Figure 9.4 and 9.5)

2.22 The second busiest Scottish ferry route over recent years in terms of passenger numbers has been the Cairnryan / Belfast route. This route carried 1.1 million passengers in 2015.  (Table 9.13 and Figure 9.4)

2.23 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 247.2 thousand vehicles in 2015. (Table 9.16 and Figure 9.5)

2.24 The busiest subsidised ferry routes are operated by Caledonian MacBrayne.  The busiest route in terms of passengers in 2015 was Ardrossan - Brodick, with 761,900 passengers.  Ardrossan - Brodick was also the busiest subsidised route for car traffic in 2015 with 189,900 car crossings, an increase of 36 per cent over the previous year. (Table 9.15)

2.25 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 824,200 passengers in 2015 and 276,400 cars. (Table 9.15)

Ferry Punctuality

2.26 The level of reliability (the number of timetabled sailings actually operated, see table footnote for more detail) for Caledonian MacBrayne lifeline ferry services was 99.6% in 2015-16 and the level of punctuality (against the published timetable) was 99.7%.  For Northlink the level of lifeline ferry services that were both punctual and reliable was 99.9% for Aberdeen routes and 99.5% for the Pentland Firth in 2015-16.  (Table 9.17) 

Coastguard callouts

2.27 Due to 'Industrial action short of a strike' undertaken by Coastguard staff during 2015, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency is unable to provide a detailed breakdown of incident details for 2015. Overall there were 2,538 incidents.  (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

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 8
Freight lifted   ( weight )	million tonnes
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	16.95	12.54	15.07	15.79	13.59	11.49	11.12	7.22	5.93	5.41	..
Coal	2.15	1.59	1.28	1.40	1.02	1.23	0.67	0.76	0.67	0.78	..
Other	6.44	6.45	6.43	6.09	5.23	5.23	4.54	4.56	4.79	5.62	..
Total	25.53	20.58	22.79	23.28	19.84	17.95	16.33	12.54	11.39	11.81	14.20
One Port traffic2
To rigs	1.76	1.48	1.83	1.75	3.59	1.88	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	..
Sea dumped	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..
Total	1.76	1.48	1.83	1.75	3.59	1.88	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	..
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.05	..
Coastwise	4.77	4.19	4.10	3.99	3.43	3.04	2.74	2.18	1.93	1.64	..
One Port	0.02	0.11	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.05	0.01	0	0.02	0.01	..
Foreign	5.41	5.86	6.36	8.18	6.63	7.80	7.95	8.61	8.74	7.71	..
Total	10.19	10.16	10.50	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.69	9.41 |	10.27
All above traffic3	32.70	27.92	30.98	33.21	30.06	27.63	26.70	23.72	22.23	21.76	24.47
Port exports4	45.00	43.99	45.58	42.42	38.32	39.89	33.36	32.06	31.58	30.84	30.26
All freight lifted5	72.29	66.06	70.20	67.44	61.75	59.72	52.11	47.17	45.07	44.89 |	44.45
Freight moved  ( weight x distance )	million tonne-kilometres
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	13,523	10,550	13,155	14,456	12,360	10,777	10,628	6,723	4,888	4,783	..
Coal	391	368	305	343	261	302	303	316	277	312	..
Other	3,543	3,573	3,449	3,090	2,700	2,478	2,080	2,012	2,287	2,936	..
Total	17,457	14,491	16,909	17,890	15,321	13,557	13,011	9,051	7,452	8,031	11,414
One Port traffic2
To rigs	1,762	1,482	1,832	1,746	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..
Sea dumped	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..
Total	1,762	1,482	1,832	1,746	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coastwise	115	101	101	101	83	80	80	60	53	22	..
One Port	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..
Foreign	135	146	166	210	160	200	190	209	209	137	..
Total	251	249	268	312	244	280	270	269	262	234	236
All above traffic6	19,470	16,222	19,009	19,948	17,852	15,722	15,471	11,891	9,814	10,447	11,649
Port exports7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All freight7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1.  Covers all coastwise cargo lifted in Scotland, regardless of its destination.
2.  Covers cargoes lifted in Scotland for offshore installations and for dumping at sea.
3.  Total of Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic and the Internal and Foreign components of Inland Waterway traffic. 
Excludes Coastwise and One Port components of Inland Waterway traffic to avoid double counting.
4. Major ports only.  There were seven major ports in 1996; eight in 1997 and 1998; nine in 1999;and 11 from 2000 onwards.
5.  Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic, the Internal component of Inland Waterway traffic, and Port exports.
Excludes Coastwise and One Port components of Inland Waterway traffic to avoid double counting.
6.  This is the total of Coastwise traffic, One Port traffic and Inland Waterway traffic. No double counting exists as the Coastwise component of Inland Waterway traffic relates to the distance travelled on inland waterways, and Coastwise traffic relates to the distance travelled at sea.
7.  Figures for tonne-kilometres are not available for exports (and, in any case, would not be relevant to Scottish transport statistics).
8.  DfT have now discontinued the  publication of a number of tables in their publication. We are no longer able to update most of this table.

Figure 9.1 Foreign and domestic 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 

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 6
Freight discharged   ( weight )	million tonnes
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	4.29	3.56	3.62	2.79	2.52	3.01	2.06	2.14	1.91	1.74	..
Coal	-	0.01	0.04	0.02	-	0.01	0.08	0.01	0.02	-	..
Other	4.17	4.22	4.13	4.20	3.77	4.25	3.83	4.28	3.98	4.06	..
Total	8.46	7.79	7.79	7.01	6.29	7.26	5.97	6.43	5.91	5.79	4.62
One Port traffic2
From rigs	9.57	8.31	7.86	4.06	2.75	3.12	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	..
Sea dredged	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	..
Total	9.58	8.33	7.87	4.07	2.76	3.12	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	..
Inland waterway traffic3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Port imports4	17.02	17.91	14.61	16.11	13.53	13.17	14.22	16.25	16.50	16.55	13.48
Freight moved  ( weight x distance )	million tonne-kilometres
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	2,120	1,811	1,907	1,444	1,445	2,070	1,459	1,529	1,253	1,126	..
Coal	-	-	39	12	-	12	61	9	12	-	..
Other	963	1,048	943	1,031	953	1,056	958	1,092	986	1,017	..
Total	3,083	2,859	2,890	2,487	2,398	3,138	2,478	2,626	2,250	2,143	1,846
One Port traffic2
From rigs	9,580	8,325	7,870	4,067	2,762	3,146	2,885	3,898	2,241	2,091	..
Sea dredged	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..
Total	9,580	8,325	7,870	4,067	2,762	3,146	2,885	3,898	2,241	2,091	..
Inland waterway traffic3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Port imports5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1.  Covers all coastwise cargo discharged in Scotland, whether it was loaded in Scotland or elsewhere in the UK.
2.  One port traffic covers cargoes from offshore installations and sea dredged aggregates unloaded in Scotland; figures from 2012 subject to revision.
3.  Information about Inland Waterway traffic discharged in Scotland is not available from the statistics compiled by DfT. 
4.  These figures relate to major ports only (please see the notes on the Sources of the statistics).   
    There were seven major ports in 1996; eight in 1997 and 1998; nine in 1999; and eleven in 2000 onwards
5.  Figures for tonne-kilometres are not available for imports (and, in any case, would not be relevant to Scottish transport statistics).
6.  DfT have now discontinued the  publication of a number of tables in their publication. We are no longer able to update most of this table.

 

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

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	thousand tonnes
Foreign
Imports	17,024	17,909	14,612	16,106	13,532	13,169	14,216	16,254	16,501	16,554	13,481
Exports	45,002	43,994	45,581	42,416	38,321	39,891	33,358	32,060	31,583	30,842	30,259
Total	62,025	61,903	60,193	58,521	51,853	53,060	47,573	48,313	48,084	47,396	43,740
Domestic
Inwards	16,572	14,680	14,138	9,611	7,670	8,722	7,999	9,447	7,160	7,053	6,281
Outwards	26,395	21,039	23,482	23,975	22,558	18,745	18,378	15,072	12,673	13,167	16,531
Total	42,967	35,718	37,619	33,586	30,228	27,468	26,379	24,519	19,833	20,219	22,813
Total - major ports only	104,992	97,621	97,812	92,108	82,081	80,525	73,952	72,832	67,917	67,615	66,552
Total - all ports	108,890	101,587	101,952	96,346	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics
1.  The Foreign and Domestic figures refer to major ports only.  

 

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

Port	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	thousand tonnes
Stranraer 3
Inwards	630	644	647	634	646	553	543	-	-	-	-
Outwards	535	578	584	556	531	465	442	-	-	-	-
Total traffic	1,165	1,222	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan 4, 5
Inwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	943 |	898	1,022	1,076
Outwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	872 |	885	1,016	1,087
Total traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,815 |	1,783	2,038	2,163
Cairnryan
Inwards	1,479	1,446	1,440	1,294	1,123	1,150	1,340	1,246	1,103	1,096	1,179
Outwards	1,795	1,699	1,723	1,633	1,448	1,484	1,592	1,364	1,261	1,272	1,370
Total traffic	3,274	3,145	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548
Ayr
Inwards	185	172	174	182	182	276	212	205	347	284	217
Outwards	233	247	379	375	153	282	190	99	123	71	63
Total traffic	418	419	553	557	335	558	402	304	470	355	280
Clyde
Inwards	11,868	11,702	9,323	10,885	9,474	8,982	9,981	12,026	12,148	13,221	9,678
Outwards	3,870	3,279	2,740	3,453	3,078	3,301	3,450	3,394	2,635	2,980	2,806
Total traffic	15,737	14,981	12,063	14,338	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484
Glensanda
Inwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Outwards	5,439	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597
Total traffic	5,439	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597
Other West Coast 1
Inwards	371	408	448	489	368	649	347	337	284	337	271
Outwards	381	536	518	538	530	651	362	342	369	466	386
Total traffic	752	944	967	1,028	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656
Orkneys
Inwards	5,344	4,158	3,655	776	169	184	186	200	180	182	195
Outwards	9,190	7,091	6,937	4,014	3,073	3,059	2,158	1,529	874	969	3,750
Total traffic	14,534	11,249	10,592	4,789	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945
Lerwick
Inwards	342	311	352	372	309	323	344	407	495	437	410
Outwards	280	230	263	287	250	245	241	263	328	401	336
Total traffic	622	541	615	658	560	568	585	670	824	838	746
Sullom Voe
Inwards	3,937	3,705	2,747	2,379	840	1,021	748	2,196	201	1	6
Outwards	16,603	15,743	13,826	12,160	10,377	10,250	9,405	9,202	6,192	7,183	6,114
Total traffic	20,541	19,447	16,573	14,539	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120
Cromarty Firth
Inwards	1,648	1,608	1,688	1,174	1,300	1,659	1,882	1,313	1,605	810	145
Outwards	1,677	1,598	1,814	1,078	1,565	2,004	2,138	1,314	1,773	781	117
Total traffic	3,325	3,206	3,502	2,252	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262
Inverness
Inwards	568	549	562	551	524	520	437	368	409	321	394
Outwards	97	122	123	146	127	151	162	154	155	154	172
Total traffic	665	671	684	697	651	671	599	521	563	475	566
Peterhead
Inwards	606	647	468	524	482	538	541	584	589	768	950
Outwards	322	300	321	347	315	568	513	440	382	608	518
Total traffic	928	947	790	871	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468
Aberdeen
Inwards	2,401	2,407	2,541	2,407	2,227	2,035	1,966	2,084	2,055	1,986	2,031
Outwards	2,208	2,256	2,591	2,426	1,343	2,129	2,198	2,409	2,209	2,245	2,345
Total traffic	4,609	4,663	5,131	4,833	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376
Montrose
Inwards	466	397	366	413	283	395	359	336	417	452	387
Outwards	232	244	216	196	140	116	129	182	171	150	106
Total traffic	697	640	582	609	423	512	488	518	588	601	493
Dundee
Inwards	905	918	809	788	632	754	721	666	704	463	468
Outwards	317	284	226	190	177	209	208	176	111	54	47
Total traffic	1,222	1,202	1,035	978	810	962	929	842	815	517	515
Perth
Inwards	133	147	144	141	120	99	61	42	37	49	58
Outwards	7	1	-	1	6	4	13	19	23	12	5
Total traffic	139	148	144	141	125	103	74	62	60	61	63
Forth 6
Inwards	4,778	5,353	5,431	4,856	4,309	5,015	4,307	4,442	4,177	4,056	4,035
Outwards	29,440	26,203	31,249	34,199	32,381	29,321	23,571	20,890	22,188	20,552	23,039
Total traffic	34,218	31,556	36,681	39,054	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074
Other East Coast 2
Inwards	254	263	272	281	284	291	302	289	326	348	345
Outwards	349	339	324	263	1,192	289	303	263	239	284	268
Total traffic	604	602	595	549	476	580	605	552	565	632	612
Scotland
Inwards	35,915	34,835	31,067	28,147	23,272	24,444	24,277	27,684	25,976	25,835	21,845
Outwards	72,975	66,752	70,885	68,198	62,277	60,374	53,135	48,454	45,663	45,546	48,126
Total traffic	108,890	101,587	101,952	96,345	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968

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

 

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

Port	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Stranraer 8	thousand tonnes
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	1,165	1,222	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan 5, 6
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163
Cairnryan
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	3,274	3,145	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548
Ayr
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	418	419	553	557	335	558	402	304	470	355	280
Clyde
Bulk fuel	13,785	13,106	9,825	12,197	10,672	10,209	11,464	13,547	12,877	14,090	10,332
All other traffic	1,952	1,875	2,238	2,141	1,880	2,074	1,967	1,874	1,906	2,111	2,152
Glensanda
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	5,439	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597
Other West Coast 2
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	752	944	967	1,028	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656
Orkney
Bulk fuel	14,379	11,103	10,414	4,595	3,027	2,999	2,096	1,487	825	918	3,689
All other traffic	155	146	178	194	214	245	248	242	229	233	256
Lerwick
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	622	541	615	658	560	568	585	670	824	838	746
Sullom Voe
Bulk fuel	20,494	19,417	16,537	14,507	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,352	7,180	6,108
All other traffic	47	30	36	32	-	69	19	59	41	5	12
Cromarty Firth
Bulk fuel	3,164	3,031	3,336	2,101	2,730	3,454	3,821	2,410	3,181	1,339	87
All other traffic	161	175	166	151	134	209	199	218	197	252	175
Inverness
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	665	671	684	697	651	671	599	521	563	475	566
Peterhead
Bulk fuel	451	369	143	230	309	365	260	282	305	236	330
All other traffic	477	578	647	641	488	742	794	742	667	1,141	1,138
Aberdeen
Bulk fuel	1,396	1,517	1,487	1,468	1,044	1,022	1,018	1,073	1,073	1,019	1,388
All other traffic	3,213	3,146	3,644	3,365	3,526	3,142	3,147	3,420	3,190	3,212	2,988
Montrose
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	697	640	582	609	423	512	488	518	588	601	493
Dundee
Bulk fuel	664	595	528	493	448	486	560	457	378	169	149
All other traffic	558	607	507	485	362	476	369	385	437	349	366
Perth
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	139	148	144	141	125	103	74	62	60	61	63
Forth 7
Bulk fuel	29,586	27,455	32,738	34,863	32,438	30,405	23,208	21,028	22,039	19,982	23,081
All other traffic	4,632	4,101	3,943	4,191	4,252	3,930	4,670	4,304	4,326	4,626	3,993
Other East Coast 3
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other	604	602	595	549	476	580	605	552	565	632	612
Major ports 4
Bulk fuel 1	83,919	76,593	75,008	70,454	61,885	60,142	52,561	51,623	47,030	44,933	45,164
All other traffic	21,073	21,029	22,803	21,654	20,196	20,384	21,391	21,210	20,887	22,683	21,388
All traffic:
Major ports only	104,992	97,622	97,811	92,108	82,081	80,526	73,952	72,833	67,917	67,615	66,552
All ports	108,889	101,587	101,951	96,347	85,547	84,818	77,414	76,140	71,639	71,381	69,968

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)

		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
West Coast:	thousand tonnes
Stranraer1 *
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	1,165	1,222	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	-	1,165	1,222	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-
Loch Ryan 2, 3
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,815 |	1,783	2,038	2,163
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,815 |	1,783	2,038	2,163
Cairnryan*
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	3,274	3,145	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,632	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-
All traffic	3,274	3,145	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,632	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548
Clyde
Liquid bulk	3,473	3,626	3,568	5,149	4,685	4,853	5,124	5,945	5,777	6,952	6,729
Dry bulk	11,334	10,397	7,249	8,095	6,904	6,793	7,564	8,778	8,377	8,451	4,899
Container & roll on traffic	370	398	469	439	447	509	599	588	499	576	634
Other general cargo	560	560	777	654	516	128	144	109	130	221	223
All traffic	15,737	14,981	12,063	14,338	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484
Glensanda
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	5,439	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	5,439	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597
East Coast:
	Orkney
	Liquid bulk	14,375	11,100	10,413	4,594	3,026	2,998	2,095	1,486	824	918	3,688
	Dry bulk	15	12	10	6	12	20	25	15	11	12	16
	Container & roll on traffic	115	115	153	161	181	213	211	215	208	209	234
	Other general cargo	29	21	16	29	21	14	13	13	11	12	7
	All traffic	14,534	11,249	10,592	4,789	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945
	Sullom Voe
	Liquid bulk	20,494	19,417	16,537	14,507	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,357	7,180	6,114
	Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	69	12	57	13	-	5
	Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Other general cargo	47	30	36	32	-	-	7	2	24	5	-
	All traffic	20,541	19,447	16,573	14,539	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120
	Cromarty Firth
	Liquid bulk	3,156	3,026	3,336	2,100	2,727	3,460	3,821	2,408	3,178	1,337	89
	Dry bulk	86	79	70	70	73	125	159	144	115	174	109
	Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Other general cargo	84	101	97	81	64	78	41	76	85	80	64
	All traffic	3,325	3,206	3,502	2,252	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262
	Peterhead*
	Liquid bulk	503	532	377	440	377	453	390	386	364	536	735
	Dry bulk	140	102	73	101	88	144	158	100	53	155	97
	Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Other general cargo	286	313	340	331	331	510	506	538	554	686	635
	All traffic	928	947	790	871	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468
	Aberdeen
	Liquid bulk	2,073	2,209	2,214	2,184	2,065	1,957	1,922	2,059	1,987	1,986	2,298
	Dry bulk	394	373	371	308	331	549	606	439	474	487	455
	Container & roll on traffic	354	317	334	355	345	365	405	468	474	430	408
	Other general cargo	1,790	1,765	2,213	1,986	1,829	1,293	1,231	1,527	1,329	1,328	1,215
	All traffic	4,609	4,663	5,131	4,833	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376
	Dundee*
	Liquid bulk	664	594	530	501	451	493	571	467	379	183	157
	Dry bulk	335	317	333	373	300	412	277	294	369	259	310
	Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Other general cargo	223	291	172	104	59	57	81	82	67	75	48
	All traffic	1,222	1,202	1,035	978	810	962	929	842	815	517	515
	Forth 4
	Liquid bulk	29,090	26,220	31,578	33,941	31,913	29,432	23,353	20,739	22,109	20,363	23,183
	Dry bulk	1,596	2,264	2,051	1,994	1,840	1,904	1,392	1,283	1,125	1,056	958
	Container & roll on traffic	2,361	2,407	2,582	2,627	2,494	2,751	2,666	2,798	2,858	2,834	2,643
	Other general cargo	1,171	663	470	492	442	249	466	512	273	355	290
	All traffic	34,218	31,556	36,681	39,054	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074

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, 2014

	Foreign traffic			Domestic traffic			Total
	Imports	Exports	Total	Inwards	Outwards	Total
	thousand tonnes
Loch Ryan	-	-	-	1,022	1,016	2,038	2,038
Cairnryan	-	-	-	1,096	1,272	2,368	2,368
Clyde	12,129	1,036	13,165	1,092	1,944	3,036	16,201
Glensanda	-	4,371	4,371	-	1,977	1,977	6,347
Orkney	7	885	891	176	84	260	1,151
Sullom Voe	1	4,935	4,936	1	2,249	2,249	7,185
Cromarty Firth	146	637	783	664	144	808	1,591
Peterhead	36	103	139	733	505	1,238	1,377
Aberdeen	406	526	931	1,580	1,719	3,300	4,231
Dundee	428	22	450	35	32	67	517
Forth 1	3,402	18,327	21,729	654	2,225	2,879	24,608
All Major Ports	16,554	30,842	47,396	7,053	13,167	20,219	67,615

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, 2015

	Foreign traffic			Domestic traffic			Total
	Imports	Exports	Total	Inwards	Outwards	Total
	thousand tonnes
Loch Ryan	-	-	-	1,076	1,087	2,163	2,163
Cairnryan	-	-	-	1,179	1,370	2,548	2,548
Clyde	8,924	1,478	10,402	754	1,329	2,082	12,484
Glensanda	-	3,545	3,545	-	2,052	2,052	5,597
Orkney	5	1,905	1,910	190	1,845	2,035	3,945
Sullom Voe	6	3,398	3,404	-	2,715	2,715	6,120
Cromarty Firth	123	21	145	22	96	117	262
Peterhead	73	40	113	877	478	1,355	1,468
Aberdeen	382	415	797	1,648	1,930	3,579	4,376
Dundee	445	37	481	23	10	34	515
Forth 1	3,523	19,419	22,942	513	3,619	4,132	27,074
All Major Ports	13,481	30,259	43,740	6,281	16,531	22,813	66,552

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, 2015

	Foreign traffic		All foreign traffic	Domestic traffic		All domestic traffic	All foreign & domestic traffic
	Imports	Exports		Inwards	Outwards
	thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas	43	1,448	1,491	21	386	407	1,898
Crude oil	4,054	18,247	22,300	431	7,026	7,457	29,757
Oil products	2,409	4,292	6,701	1,357	1,827	3,183	9,885
Other liquid bulk products	220	-	220	471	762	1,234	1,454
All liquid bulk traffic	6,725	23,987	30,712	2,279	10,001	12,281	42,993
Dry bulk
Ores	27	401	428	1	76	78	506
Coal	3,395	-	3,395	-	229	229	3,624
Agricultural products (eg grain, soya, tapioca)	707	141	848	82	58	140	988
Other dry bulk	951	3,670	4,621	557	2,151	2,707	7,328
All dry bulk traffic	5,080	4,212	9,292	640	2,514	3,155	12,446
Containers
20' freight units	187	380	567	93	159	252	819
40' freight units	461	804	1,264	86	251	338	1,602
Freight units >20' & <40'	15	125	140	0	1	1	140
Freight units >40'	184	182	367	3	6	9	376
All container traffic	847	1,491	2,338	182	417	599	2,937
Roll-on/roll-off (self-propelled)
Road goods vehicles with or without  accompanying trailers	3	3	6	1,283	1,467	2,750	2,756
Import/Export motor vehicles	20	0	21	2	6	8	28
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic	24	3	27	1,285	1,473	2,758	2,785
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled)
Unaccompanied road goods trailers & semi-trailers	57	50	107	1,177	1,187	2,364	2,470
Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	0	-	0	0	1	1	1
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	254	156	409	15	13	27	437
Other mobile non self-propelled units	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic	311	206	516	1,192	1,201	2,392	2,909
Other general cargo
Forestry products	181	41	222	8	-	8	230
Iron and steel products	202	137	339	0	0	0	340
Other general cargo & containers <20'	113	181	293	695	925	1,620	1,913
All other general cargo traffic	496	359	855	703	925	1,628	2,483
All traffic	13,481	30,259	43,740	6,281	16,531	22,813	66,552

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics

Figure 9.2: Maps showing all routes

 

Table 9.8 Major ports traffic by cargo category and country of loading or unloading - 2015

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	331	1,336	1,667	26	362	388	14	2	15
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Denmark	204	44	248	11	22	32	8	10	18
Estonia	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-
Finland	110	5	114	70	-	70	11	4	14
France	26	1,998	2,024	262	306	568	14	-	14
Germany	22	3,151	3,173	343	1,748	2,092	127	12	139
Greece	-	-	-	28	-	28	2	-	2
Ireland	3	596	600	27	-	27	12	-	12
Italy	-	193	193	-	-	-	13	-	13
Latvia	-	21	21	41	30	71	12	-	12
Lithuania	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-
Netherlands	885	7,311	8,197	250	1,019	1,270	61	18	78
Poland	71	284	355	15	237	252	-	-	-
Portugal	-	-	-	-	82	82	2	5	7
Romania	-	-	-	19	-	19	-	-	-
Spain	1	1,731	1,732	195	359	554	7	4	11
Sweden	676	443	1,118	26	13	39	52	30	82
All EU countries (as at 1 May 2007)	2,329	17,113	19,442	1,326	4,178	5,504	333	86	419
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Algeria	97	-	97	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Georgia	-	-		-	-		1	18	19
Iceland	2	-	2	5	6	11	-	-	-
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya	-	-	-	-	19	19	-	-	-
Morocco	-	4	4	29	-	29	-	-	-
Norway	1,078	132	1,210	97	-	97	112	191	303
Russia	303	-	303	510	-	510	2	2	5
Turkey	-	-	-	25	-	25	-	-	-
Ukraine	-	-		15	-		-	-
Other Europe & Mediterranean	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-
All other Europe & Med.	1,479	136	1,615	681	29	694	117	211	328
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	6
Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Cote D'ivoire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
Gabon	139	-	139	-	-	-	-	1	1
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Nigeria	2,706	18	2,725	-	5	5	-	2	2
Senegal	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
South Africa	-	40	40	-	-	-	4	15	20
Tanzania	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-
Other African countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Africa (excl. Med.)	2,845	59	2,904	7	5	12	9	33	43
America
Argentina	-	-	-	116	-	116	-	-	-
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Canada	13	45	59	316	-	316	-	-	-
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia	-	-	-	2,499	-	2,499	-	-	-
Falkland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16
Martinique	-	93	93	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
Netherlands Antilles	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Panama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
USA	60	68	128	122	-	122	2	-	2
Other American countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All America	73	206	279	3,053	-	3,053	6	17	23
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
China	-	1,064	1,064	-	-	-	14	-	14
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indonesia	-	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Korea	-	4,930	4,930	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	8	19
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taiwan	-	474	474	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Other Asian and Australasian countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Asia and Australasia	-	6,473	6,473	13	-	13	30	12	42
Unspecified countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All foreign countries	6,725	23,987	30,712	5,080	4,212	9,276	496	359	855
All domestic traffic	2,279	10,001	12,281	640	2,514	3,155	703	925	1,628
All foreign and domestic traffic	9,004	33,989	42,993	5,720	6,726	12,431	1,198	1,284	2,483

"-" 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 - 2015

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	114	770	884	326	199	525	811	2,669	3,480
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	3
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	223	76	299
Estonia	1	-	1	-	-	-	5	-	5
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	190	8	199
France	2	55	57	-	-	-	304	2,359	2,663
Germany	11	19	30	-	-	-	503	4,930	5,433
Greece	1	-	1	-	-	-	30	-	30
Ireland	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	596	638
Italy	17	-	17	-	-	-	30	193	223
Latvia	1	-	1	-	-	-	53	52	105
Lithuania	1	-	1	-	-	-	9	-	9
Netherlands	512	530	1,042	-	-	-	1,708	8,879	10,587
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	87	521	607
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	87	89
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	19
Spain	103	111	214	-	-	-	307	2,204	2,511
Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	754	486	1,240
All EU countries (as at 1 May 2007)	765	1,485	2,249	326	199	525	5,078	23,062	28,140
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Algeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	97	-	97
Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	18	19
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	13
Israel	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19
Morocco	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	4	33
Norway	4	1	5	8	10	18	1,299	333	1,632
Russia	10	-	10	-	-	-	825	2	827
Turkey	8	-	8	-	-	-	33	-	33
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	15
Other Europe & Mediterranean	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
All other Europe & Med.	24	1	24	8	10	18	2,308	387	2,695
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	1	2	2	-	-	-	3	5	8
Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7
Cote D'ivoire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	139	1	140
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Nigeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,706	25	2,732
Senegal	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
South Africa	2	3	5	-	-	-	6	59	65
Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7
Other African countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
All Africa (excl. Med.)	3	5	8	-	-	-	2,864	102	2,966
America
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	116	-	116
Brazil	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Canada	1	-	1	-	-	-	331	46	377
Chile	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	2,499	-	2,499
Falkland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16
Martinique	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	93	93
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
Netherlands Antilles	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Panama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
USA	8	-	8	-	-	-	191	68	259
Other American countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All America	11	-	11	-	-	-	3,143	223	3,366
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
China	27	-	27	-	-	-	41	1,064	1,104
Hong Kong	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
India	9	-	9	-	-	-	9	5	14
Indonesia	1	-	1	-	-	-	13	-	14
Japan	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	3
Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,930	4,930
Malaysia	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Singapore	1	-	1	-	-	-	12	8	21
Sri Lanka	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	474	474
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Other Asian and Australasian countries	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
All Asia and Australasia	45	-	45	-	-	-	88	6,485	6,573
Unspecified countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All foreign countries	847	1,491	2,338	334	209	543	13,481	30,259	43,740
All domestic traffic	182	417	599	2,476	2,674	5,150	6,281	16,531	22,813
All foreign and domestic traffic	1,029	1,908	2,937	2,811	2,883	5,693	19,762	46,790	66,552

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

 

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

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 3
Main Freight Units	thousand
Containers	223	232	250	252	251	242	269	286	268	264	..
Wheeled 2	472	456	468	463	420	427	464	473	506	476	..
Total	695	689	718	715	672	670	733	759	774	740	..
Weight	thousand tonnes
Containers	2,590	2,714	3,033	3,115	2,894	2,794	2,928	3,190	3,118	3,162	..
Wheeled 2	5,386	5,317	5,527	5,264	5,027	5,382	5,696	5,695	5,505	5,747	..
Total	7,976	8,030	8,560	8,378	7,920	8,177	8,624	8,886	8,624	8,908	..

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

 

Table 9.10  Inland waterway freight traffic lifted and moved

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Freight lifted in Scotland	million tonnes
River Clyde	1.59	1.53	2.08	2.53	1.46	2.34	2.56	2.25	1.88	1.8	1.91
River Forth	8.47	8.49	8.28	9.52	8.52	8.22	7.99	8.50	8.76	7.54	8.24
All waterways1,2	10.19	10.16	10.50	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.65	9.41	10.14
Freight moved  ( weight x distance )	million tonne-kilometres
River Clyde	70	60	90	110	60	90	100	89	76	74	77
River Forth	180	180	170	200	180	170	170	178	184	158	173
All waterways1,2	250	250	268	320	250	280	270	269	260	234	250

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

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Freight lifted in Scotland	million tonnes
Bulk-liquid	6.61	6.49	6.73	7.48	6.57	6.55	6.18	6.97	6.84	5.31	6.49
Bulk-dry	1.38	1.40	1.43	1.51	1.02	2.05	2.15	1.39	1.40	1.50	1.49
Unitised forest products	0.17	0.21	0.20	0.24	0.16	0.14	0.11	0.03	0.01	0.04	..
Other semi-bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Break bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other general cargo	0.14	0.23	0.17	0.60	0.10	0.10	0.17	0.14	0.17	0.25	0.13
Unit loads	1.89	1.83	1.97	2.37	2.26	2.05	2.10	2.27	2.29	2.35	2.12
Total	10.19	10.16	10.50	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.80	10.7	9.41	10.27
Freight moved  ( weight x distance )	million tonne-kilometres
Bulk-liquid	150	140	160	170	150	150	140	161	152	115	126
Bulk-dry	60	50	60	60	40	80	90	56	57	60	54
Unitised forest products	-	-	-	10	-	..	-	-	-	2	..
Other semi-bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Break bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other general cargo	-	-	-	20	-	..	10	4	5	8	..
Unit loads	40	40	40	60	50	40	40	48	48	50	..
Total	250	250	268	320	250	280	280	269	262	234	256

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics

Figure 9.3: Scottish Ferry Routes South Western Scotland

 

Table 9.12 Total passengers and vehicles carried by operator¹

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	thousands
Passengers
Caledonian MacBrayne	5,358.2	4,774.6	4,732.2	4,533.2	4,762.3	4,736.6	4,575.0	4,510.7	4,594.5	4,654.0	4,627.0
Cowal Ferries 5	..	615.2	607.2	550.8	533.5	499.2	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll Ferries Ltd 5	..	..	..	..	..	..	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5
P&O Scottish Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Serco Northlink 2	300.9	304.0	307.0	296.0	309.0	305.0	304.0	298.0	282.9	289.0	298.0
Orkney Ferries	312.6	317.9	316.4	319.0	329.5	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2
Shetland Islands Council 6	708.7	760.5	795.6	634.1	636.5	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	733.0
Argyll & Bute Council	140.2	138.4	138.6	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2
Highland Council4	5.6	7.0	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	217.9	224.7	220.8	211.4	219.4	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6
Western Ferries	1,280.3	1,306.9	1,329.4	1,308.5	1,336.2	1,313.8	1,332.7	1,389.3	1,342.7	1,347.2	1,331.1
Bruce Watt Cruises 7	3.0	3.4	2.6	4.9	3.3	3.0	4.9	4.6	-	-	-
Cromarty Ferry Company	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Highland Seaways	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo)3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-
Total within Scotland	8,327.4	8,452.7	8,466.5	8,000.6	8,271.6	8,016.4	7,773.1	7,888.1	7,830.6	7,884.7	7,815.8
Scotland and Northern Ireland	2,051.0	2,015.0	2,094.0	1,938.0	1,916.0	1,920.0	1,857.7	1,809.4	1,831.0	1,794.2	1,729.3
Scotland and Europe	194.3	121.0	111.0	75.0	31.0	54.0	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5
Total	10,572.8	10,588.7	10,671.5	10,013.6	10,218.6	9,990.4	9,631.4	9,698.3	9,662.3	9,679.5	9,545.6
Vehicles (cars, commercial vehicles and buses)
Caledonian MacBrayne	1,123.3	1,136.6	1,177.7	1,151.8	1,215.8	1,186.8	1,173.3	1,156.0	1,168.1	1,200.0	1,267.0
Cowal Ferries 5	..	83.8	85.4	75.6	74.5	64.9	27.3	..	..	..	..
Argyll Ferries Ltd 5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
P&O Scottish Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Serco Northlink 2	67.5	69.0	70.0	68.0	68.0	64.0	63.0	61.2	55.6	55.0	57.0
Orkney Ferries	82.9	83.0	81.2	81.2	87.4	88.7	86.6	87.4	83.8	83.9	84.7
Shetland Islands Council 6	319.8	342.2	363.6	273.5	281.2	282.8	297.4	392.3	377.0	366.3	362.4
Argyll & Bute Council	45.0	39.9	36.6	36.5	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9
Highland Council	257.9	244.2	262.2	262.1	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6
Western Ferries	606.8	611.5	635.0	620.2	617.8	597.2	615.8	645.5	616.4	627.9	634.5
Cromarty Ferry Company	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo)3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total within Scotland	2,503.3	2,610.2	2,711.6	2,568.9	2,647.5	2,554.0	2,551.4	2,628.1	2,576.7	2,625.2	2,700.1
Scotland and Northern Ireland	435.0	440.0	479.0	452.0	460.0	457.0	479.0	411.8	354.3	407.9	398.1
Scotland and Europe	88.0	63.0	55.0	35.0	27.4	60.6	41.1	36.3	41.2	40.6	43.4
Total	3,026.3	3,113.2	3,245.6	3,055.9	3,134.9	3,071.5	3,071.5	3,076.2	2,972.2	3,073.8	3,141.6

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 South Western Isles

 

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	thousands
Cairnryan - Larne
Numbers of cars	134	156	154	154	151	153	126	117	121	119
Numbers of passengers	595	646	628	602	611	631	524	501	492	472
Cairnryan - Belfast 1
Numbers of cars	..	..	..	..	..	49 |	239	187	237	243
Numbers of passengers	..	..	..	..	..	96 |	1,116	1,150	1,124	1,126
Stranraer - Belfast 1
Numbers of cars	250	257	239	244	244 |	217	..	..	..	..
Numbers of passengers	1,212	1,217	1,104	1,101	1,084 |	922	..	..	..	..
Troon - Belfast2
Numbers of cars	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Numbers of passengers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Troon - Larne
Numbers of cars	56	66	59	62	62	60	47	50	50	36
Numbers of passengers	208	231	206	213	225	208	169	180	178	131
Total
Numbers of cars	440	479	452	460	457	479	412	354	408	398
Numbers of passengers	2,015	2,094	1,938	1,916	1,920	1,858	1,809	1,831	1,794	1,729

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.

 

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	thousands
Rosyth - Zeebrugge 1
Numbers of passengers	112	110 |	74 |	31	54	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48
Numbers of cars	28	31 |	21 |	9 |	16	0.003	0.013	0.001	0.002	0.006
Roads goods vehicles	6	6 |	4	1 |	12	0.50	0.48	0.55	0.45	0.41
Unaccompanied trailers	22	8 |	5 |	3 |	7	6	6	6	6	5
Import/export vehicles	7	10	5 |	7 |	17	14	11	13	14	16
Unaccompanied caravans, other road, agricultural & indust vehs	-	-	-	-	-	0.016	0.028	0.039	0.064	0.095
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers & shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	-	-	-	7	9	21	19	21	21	22
Lerwick - Bergen 2	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Hanstholm 2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Torshaven 2	5	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total passengers	121	111	75	31	54	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48
Total vehicles	63	55	35	27	61	41	36	41	41	43

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

Figure 9.5: Scottish Ferry Routes Orkney & Shetland Isles

 

Table 9.14a  Shipping services (Operators on subsidised routes)

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Caledonian MacBrayne1,11	thousand
Cars carried	1,019	1,031	1,068	1,042	1,112	1,079	1,062	1,046	1,064	1,096	1,169
Commercial vehicles and buses	104	105	110	110	104	108	111	110	104	104	98
Vehicles (Cowal ferries)		84	85	76	75	65	27
Vehicles (Argyll ferries)
Passengers	5,358	4,775	4,732	4,533	4,762	4,737	4,575	4,511	4,595	4,654	4,627
Passengers (Cowal ferries)		615.2	607.2	550.8	533.5	499.2
Passengers (Argyll ferries)							409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5
	thousand tonnes
Loose freight 2	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
	£ thousand
Revenue from users 1	51,687	55,205	59,204	57,950	55,856	57,535	58,667	62,118	64,717	67,658	66,055
Subsidy 3	31,400	33,200	38,286	53,338	57,338	58,113	69,308	73,163	88,777	103,397	122,602
Cowal ferries (subsidy) 3			2,270	3,130	3,040	3,163	1,008
Argyll Ferries (subsidy) 3							1,309	1,616	3,037	3,542	3,440
P&O Scottish Ferries 14	thousand
Cars carried
Commercial vehicles
Passengers
	thousand
Revenue from users 5
Subsidy 5
Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries / Northlink Ferries Ltd / Serco Northlink Ferries 6	thousand
Cars carried	67	69	70	68	68	64	63	61	56	55	57
Commercial Vehicles 7,10	1
Passengers	301	304	307	296	309	305	304	298	283	289	298
	£ thousand
Revenue from users 8,9	20,064	21,260	20,914	22,171	21,694	25,011	25,718	28,426	29,385	30,875	31,976
Subsidy8	22,450	29,177	30,173	29,207	34,444	36,064	37,172	39,195	28,358	24,773	21,584
Total for these Shipping Services	thousand
Vehicles carried	1,191	1,289	1,333	1,295	1,358	1,316	1,264	1,217	1,224	1,255	1,324
Passengers	5,659	5,694	5,646	5,380	5,605	5,541	5,288	5,150	5,177	5,253	5,231
	thousand tonnes
Loose freight 15	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.7	5.3	4.8	4.9	4.7	4.8	4.8
	£ thousand
Revenue from users	73,610	78,404	82,171	82,384	79,830	84,975	86,935	93,366	96,710	101,146	100,713
Subsidy	59,404	68,634	76,936	92,593	102,357	103,620	114,335	119,060	124,059	135,210	151,527

 

 

Table 9.14b: Local Authority operators

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Orkney Ferries	thousand
Vehicles carried	83	83	81	81	87	89	87	87	84	84	85
Passengers	313	318	316	319	330	331	338	336	328	320	315
	thousand tonnes
Loose freight	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.7	2.3	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.8
	£ thousand
Revenue from users 3,4	1,859	1,939	2,053	2,263	2,280	2,429	2,550	2,822	2,608	2,613	2,682
Subsidy 3,4	5,554	6,257	6,207	6,918	7,535	6,280	6,847	6,702	6,924	7,040	7,341
Shetland Islands Council 12, 17	thousand
Vehicles carried	320	342	364	273	281	283	297	392	377	366	362
Passengers	709	761	796	634	637	625	615	811	777	762	733
Highland Council
Vehicles carried	257.9	244.2	262.2	262.1	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6
Passengers16	5.6	7.0	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	570.3	576.0	568.2
Argyll and Bute Council
Vehicles carried	45.0	39.9	36.6	36.5	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9
Passengers	140.2	138.4	138.6	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2
Total for Local Authority operators	thousand
Vehicles carried	706	709	744	653	671	641	672	765	737	742	742
Passengers	1,167	1,224	1,267	1,096	1,108	1,095	1,090	1,292	1,814	1,796	1,758

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.
8.  2007 figures relate to an operating year from July to June 2007 and figures for 2006 relate to a financial year beginning 1 April. Previous years covered the period 1 October to 30 September.
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.

 

Table 9.15  Traffic on Subsidised ferry services

Route	Operator	Passengers
		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Clyde	thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick	CalMac	742.6	735.9	749.0	707.4	715.7	731.1	692.4	688.7	706.1	715.1	761.9
Ballycastle-Rathlin 4	Rathlin Ferries	48.2	49.8	50.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Colintraive-Rhubodach	CalMac	279.9	264.6	257.5	256.3	260.6	264.3	228.0	217.1	222.1	214.5	209.4
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	624.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	..	615.2	607.2	550.8	533.5	499.2	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5
Largs-Cumbrae	CalMac	698.6	722.6	750.4	710.8	720.4	727.3	697.7	695.4	708.9	706.1	687.1
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1	CalMac	54.0	52.4	54.5	50.2	54.4	52.1	46.9	43.7	43.0	46.7	58.8
Tarbert-Portavadie	CalMac	57.9	67.6	60.4	59.5	69.7	68.1	61.7	60.9	61.7	62.7	63.3
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay	CalMac	750.1	759.7	770.3	741.0	755.9	735.3	711.5	690.1	676.9	674.1	631.7
Total Clyde		3,256.0	3,267.8	3,299.3	3,076.1	3,110.3	3,077.4	2,847.5	2,737.3	2,718.0	2,729.3	2,717.7
West Coast - Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) routes
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	150.9	152.5	157.4	159.3	171.4	169.3	174.1	178.4	180.7	189.8	194.8
Kennacraig to Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	10.6	11.1	8.7	9.9	10.1	8.1	11.0	11.4	19.0	19.2	20.8
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	43.3	45.3	46.5	46.2	57.0	58.2	61.6	59.3	58.2	57.7	55.8
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	45.7	44.1	46.4	46.5	53.0	52.2	50.3	51.4	52.4	52.5	51.5
Oban to Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	7.7	9.5	9.4	10.1	11.7	8.6	10.6	9.5	9.9	10.7	9.6
Oban to Colonsay b	CalMac	15.5	16.0	16.3	15.6	16.2	16.4	14.7	14.2	15.7	13.4	11.8
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	59.0	64.0	62.4	57.8	64.7	66.5	57.9	56.1	58.4	64.1	59.8
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	159.4	161.7	160.3	161.7	185.8	181.8	182.3	183.1	185.1	194.4	188.2
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	183.2	181.2	185.5	182.8	219.9	227.7	230.9	224.2	223.0	226.0	231.9
Total West Coast RET		675.3	685.6	692.9	690.0	789.9	788.8	793.5	787.5	802.3	827.8	824.2
West Coast - Non RET routes
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay	CalMac	37.1	37.3	38.7	39.7	48.8	46.1	48.4	46.1	45.5	47.4	48.1
Berneray-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	52.2	51.4	53.8	53.9	58.2	58.0	58.1	52.8	54.4	57.7	54.4
Fishnish-Lochaline	CalMac	121.7	132.9	130.0	118.2	125.0	115.6	117.1	110.7	108.8	110.9	109.7
Fionnphort-Iona	CalMac	245.9	255.5	246.8	222.3	232.2	233.2	221.7	213.5	224.2	223.9	215.4
Mallaig-Armadale	CalMac	189.5	188.9	190.5	187.5	208.8	212.4	220.8	217.3	237.4	239.4	247.6
Mallaig to Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna	CalMac	20.0	21.4	23.4	23.9	26.1	26.7	25.6	26.6	25.9	29.8	27.8
Oban-Craignure	CalMac	649.8	640.4	596.7	554.6	578.3	564.5	543.7	549.4	553.4	572.0	555.2
Oban to Lismore	CalMac	13.1	12.4	13.7	15.2	18.2	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.3	19.7	19.9
Otternish-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser	CalMac	56.5	55.5	62.7	64.5	61.6	58.0	53.6	56.5	57.6	57.4	60.3
Tobermory to Kilchoan	CalMac	41.2	40.6	40.3	38.1	38.3	35.0	34.3	34.2	35.7	35.3	36.4
Total West Coast Non RET		1,427.0	1,436.5	1,396.6	1,318.0	1,395.6	1,369.5	1,343.4	1,327.2	1,363.2	1,393.5	1,374.8
North 8
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	38.2	37.3	36.5	34.2	37	36	36.6	35	34	32	34
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	101.4	102.6	102.4	101.6	105.9	112.4	113.1	108	117	119	122
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	16.6	16.4	14.0	13.9	14.6	15.4	16.0	16	16	17	16
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	144.7	148.0	154.8	145.0	151.0	141.5	138.0	139	116	121	126
Total North		300.9	304.3	307.7	294.7	308.5	305.3	303.7	298.0	283.0	289.0	298.0
Total subsidised routes		5,659.1	5,694.2	5,696.4	5,378.8	5,604.3	5,541.1	5,288.1	5,150.0	5,166.5	5,239.6	5,214.7
Route	Operator	Cars
		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Clyde	thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick	CalMac	131.0	132.0	137.4	131.1	136.0	134.2	127.9	127.0	130.4	139.6	189.9
Colintraive-Rhubodach	CalMac	93.5	89.6	90.2	88.2	87.3	84.6	80.9	76.4	75.5	74.6	83.7
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	84.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	..	77.8	80.1	71.8	70.7	61.4	25.8	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Largs-Cumbrae	CalMac	135.9	139.4	151.3	143.1	139.8	138.7	136.0	134.1	134.9	135	138.2
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1	CalMac	17.7	17.3	17.9	16.7	17.6	16.6	14.7	14.0	13.9	14.9	20.8
Tarbert-Portavadie	CalMac	18.8	19.1	20.9	21.0	21.6	21.2	19.7	19.0	18.5	18.5	17.9
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay	CalMac	152.5	158.2	164.2	159.9	162.7	155.7	152.9	150.1	144.8	147.5	145.1
Other		2.6	2.6	2.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Clyde		636.7	636.0	664.6	631.7	635.9	612.4	557.9	520.7	518.0	530.1	595.6
West Coast - Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) routes
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	48.9	49.3	51.3	52.2	56.3	54.2	56.0	57.3	61.8	65.8	66.8
Kennacraig to Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	2.9	3.0	2.4	2.8	2.8	2.3	3.2	3.1	5.5	6.0	6.6
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	12.6	13.2	13.7	13.6	18.3	18.0	19.3	18.6	17.9	18.4	18.0
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	12.7	12.4	13.0	13.0	15.8	15.6	15.2	15.9	16.0	15.7	15.8
Oban to Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	1.9	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.8	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5
Oban to Colonsay b	CalMac	4.2	4.5	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.8	4.4	4.2
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	12.5	13.2	14.2	13.7	14.5	14.2	12.7	12.7	14.3	15.8	15.7
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	53.0	54.0	55.3	57.0	69.8	67.9	67.6	69.8	72.0	76.1	74.8
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	46.9	46.9	49.0	48.8	66.7	67.6	67.8	67.2	68.6	70.3	72.0
Total West Coast - RET routes	195.7	198.9	205.8	208.0	251.6	246.8	248.6	251.5	263.5	275.1	276.4
West Coast - Non RET routes
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay	CalMac	13.7	13.2	14.4	13.9	17.0	16.0	17.0	16.7	16.6	17.0	17.3
Berneray-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	19.2	20.8	21.5	21.5	24.7	23.7	23.4	21.7	22.2	23.9	22.5
Fishnish-Lochaline	CalMac	46.0	47.9	48.0	45.2	47.9	45.3	46.2	43.7	43.4	44.6	45.1
Fionnphort-Iona	CalMac	5.2	5.3	4.6	4.8	4.6	5.2	5.6	6.1	6.7	6.7	6.7
Mallaig-Armadale	CalMac	44.0	44.2	46.9	46.6	54.3	51.9	52.4	50.3	52.4	53.1	54.9
Mallaig to Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna	CalMac	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.1
Oban-Craignure	CalMac	117.8	117.4	114.7	110.1	114.3	108.5	108.9	105.8	109.9	112.6	115.4
Oban to Lismore	CalMac	1.9	2.0	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.8	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.8
Otternish-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser	CalMac	17.2	16.7	20.2	22.9	22.9	21.2	19.0	19.8	20.1	19.2	20.3
Tobermory to Kilchoan	CalMac	5.8	6.2	5.9	5.4	6.1	5.6	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.5	6.1
Total West Coast - Non RET	271.3	274.3	279.3	273.7	295.2	281.0	281.4	273.4	280.7	287.1	293.2
North 8
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	5.4	5.4	5.4	4.9	5.3	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.8	4.7	4.2
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	17.0	16.9	15.7	16.7	16.7	17.4	17.2	16.3	16.9	16.1	16.4
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	2.7	2.8	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.3
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	41.9	44.0	46.2	43.9	43.5	39.4	38.0	38	31.7	32.1	34.1
Total North		67.0	69.1	69.7	67.8	67.8	64.1	62.6	61.2	55.6	55.3	57.0
Total subsidised routes		1,170.8	1,178.3	1,219.4	1,181.2	1,250.4	1,204.2	1,150.5	1,106.7	1,117.8	1,147.6	1,222.2

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.  Figures for 2003 onwards are on an October-to-September year e.g. 2003 figures are for Oct 02 - Sept 03.     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. 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

Table 9.15 (Continued)  Traffic on subsidised ferry services

Route		Commercial Vehicles and Buses
		2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Clyde		thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick	CalMac	12.2	11.4	13.5	12.5	11.6	13.2	11.4	12.0	12.4	12.1	9.2
Colintraive-Rhubodach	CalMac	15.3	16.5	17.4	17.5	15.7	14.9	15.0	14.1	12.9	12.4	11.6
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	6.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	..	6.0	5.3	3.9	3.8	3.5	1.5	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Largs-Cumbrae	CalMac	5.3	6.5	7.4	6.6	5.3	5.0	5.4	5.6	6.8	6.2	6.5
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1	CalMac	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
Tarbert-Portavadie	CalMac	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.7
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay	CalMac	11.0	14.2	13.6	14.1	12.1	12.6	14.1	14.2	13.2	13.7	11.9
Other		0.3	0.4	0.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Clyde		51.2	56.2	58.8	55.6	49.7	50.3	48.5	47.1	46.2	45.2	40.3
West Coast - Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) routes
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	8.3	8.8	9.5	10.0	9.7	9.8	10.9	12.4	10.3	10.8	10.8
Kennacraig to Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7
Oban to Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
Oban to Colonsay b	CalMac	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	7.6	7.4	6.9	7.2	6.9	7.7	8.0	6.7	6.0	6.2	6.1
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	12.5	12.3	12.5	12.7	13.6	14.1	15.9	13.2	12.3	13.0	11.6
Total West Coast - RET routes		34.4	34.6	34.9	35.2	35.9	37.5	40.7	38.0	34.0	35.3	33.9
West Coast - Non RET routes
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay	CalMac	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.3
Berneray-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	1.6	1.7	2.3	2.1	2.2	1.9	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.3	1.8
Fishnish-Lochaline	CalMac	2.7	3.5	4.0	4.0	3.5	3.8	3.8	4.5	4.0	3.4	3.7
Fionnphort-Iona	CalMac	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.2
Mallaig-Armadale	CalMac	1.6	1.8	1.6	1.9	1.6	1.9	1.9	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.7
Mallaig to Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna	CalMac	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Oban-Craignure	CalMac	9.2	9.5	9.4	10.9	10.6	11.2	11.3	12.2	10.9	10.7	10.6
Oban to Lismore	CalMac	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	6.0
Otternish-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser	CalMac	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.5	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6
Tobermory to Kilchoan	CalMac	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.05
Total West Coast - Non RET		18.8	20.4	21.1	23.3	22.2	23.8	23.5	25.4	23.5	21.5	28.3
North 8,10
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total North		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total subsidised routes		104.4	111.2	114.7	114.1	107.8	111.6	112.8	110.5	103.8	102.0	102.5

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.  Figures for 2003 onwards are on an October-to-September year e.g. 2003 figures are for Oct 02 - Sept 03. 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.  The number of vehicles are no longer available due to a change in the method of collecting the data.
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

 

Table 9.16 Traffic on other major ferry routes

	Passengers
Route	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	thousands
Western Ferries 2
Gourock-Dunoon	1,280.3	1,306.9	1,329.4	1,308.5	1,336.2	1,313.8	1,332.7	1,389.3	1,342.7	1,347.2	1,331.1
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Renfrew - Yoker 7	145.1	149.9	149.5	141.4	147.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock - Kilcreggan 8	72.8	74.9	71.3	70.0	71.6	63.5	57.7 |	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6
Total	217.9	224.7	220.8	211.4	219.4	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6
Argyll & Bute Council
Appin-Lismore9	35.7	29.5	39.1	40.2	39.0	38.2	33.4	37.3	44.4	40.2	39.1
Islay - Jura	67.7	73.3	71.6	72.4	69.1	65.8	71.3	70.2	62.8	67.7	68.1
Cuan-Luing 3,9	23.4	21.3	15.2	14.6	13.9	16.3	16.0	17.7	16.1	14.4	17.1
Seil-Easdale9	13.4	14.3	12.7	14.4	16.0	15.0	13.1	14.4	15.1	15.9	16.9
Total	140.2	138.4	138.6	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
(Corran Ferry) 4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	560	566	557
Camusnagaul - Fort William 5	5.6	7.0	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2
Total 18	5.6	7.0	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2
West Highland Seaways 12
Gairloch (Wester Ross) - Portree (Skye)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bruce Watt Cruises 17
Mallaig-Loch Nevis	3.0	3.4	2.6	4.9	3.3	3.0	4.9	4.6	-	-	-
Orkney Ferries1
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	75.4	74.8	74.2	76.2	76.0	78.8	81.7	77.1	79.3	77.5	77.7
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	58.7	58.6	60.5	55.0	60.6	58.8	58.4	56.3	58.8	54.8	55.0
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	63.8	64.0	65.0	65.2	69.9	64.2	67.0	68.7	65	64.9	58.7
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	96.7	101.6	98.3	102.1	102.0	105.8	104.6	108.6	99.3	96.6	97.4
Stromness-Hoy/Graemsay	18.2	18.9	18.4	20.5	21.1	23.1	26.2	24.9	26	26.5	26.4
Total	312.6	317.9	316.4	319.0	329.5	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2
Invergordon - Orkney 17	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	146.3	169.2	177.5	170.9	166.2	164.0	169.0	173.1	166.1	165.8	163.4
Toft - Ulsta	238.8	245.0	256.0	248.8	264.4	272.0	254.0	269.3	280.9	270.0	261.1
Gutcher - Belmont 11	108.4	117.9	131.8	..	..	..	..	172.1	159.3	152.7	137.8
Lerwick - Bressay 6	196.8	207.9	206.8	214.4	205.9	189.0	192.0	196.8	170.9	173.0	170.7
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	18.4	20.5	23.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.5
West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3.0
Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.5
Total	708.7	760.5	795.6	634.1	636.5	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	733.0
Cromarty Ferry Company
Cromarty-Nigg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total all routes	2,668.3	2,758.8	2,820.1	2,620.6	2,666.8	2,475.6	2,484.9	2,738.1	2,653.9	2,631.6	2,585.3
Cars *
Route	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Western Ferries
Gourock-Dunoon	571.5	577.8	602.0	588.0	584.0	564.2	577.9	605.5	578.5	590.0	599.6
Argyll & Bute Council
Islay - Jura	23.8	23.9	24.0	23.9	26.5	23.9	22.8	22.5	22.2	23.7	23.5
Cuan-Luing 3,9	16.3	10.9	7.6	7.7	7.2	7.0	7.1	7.2	5.8	5.6	7.4
Total	40.1	34.8	31.6	31.6	33.7	30.9	29.9	29.7	28.0	29.3	30.9
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
(Corran Ferry)	247.6	234.2	252.4	245.0	249.4	221.4	242.0	238.5	234.7	247.4	247.2
Orkney Ferries 1,13
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	20.7	21.0	20.6	18.2	19.3	19.0	17.8	15.9	15.6	14.8	15.4
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	10.4	10.0	9.7	9.2	9.8	10.2	9.1	10.4	9.4	10.7	10.2
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	7.4	7.9	8.0	8.0	7.8	7.5	7.2	8	7.8	8.1	8.0
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	21.1	21.0	20.1	20.9	21.1	21.4	21.3	20.8	19.5	20.4	21.1
Total	59.6	59.9	58.4	56.3	58.0	58.1	55.5	55.1	52.3	54.0	54.7
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	63.2	73.2	76.4	73.3	74.3	72.2	78.0	77.9	77.8	75.6	78.7
Toft - Ulsta	112.9	115.4	119.6	116.7	123.8	129.2	134.0	130.6	138.1	126.9	139.6
Gutcher - Belmont 11	50.7	56.4	65.8	..	..	..	..	88.8	78.3	73.9	78.2
Lerwick - Bressay	62.5	65.5	69.6	67.9	67.5	66.4	70.0	66.5	65.2	64.6	65.9
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	8.1	9.9	11.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.7
West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1.3
Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.2
Total	297.4	320.4	342.9	257.9	265.6	267.8	282.0	363.8	359.4	341.0	362.4
Cromarty Ferry Company
Cromarty-Nigg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total all routes	1,216.2	1,227.1	1,287.3	1,178.8	1,190.7	1,142.4	1,187.2	1,292.6	1,252.9	1,261.7	1,294.8

Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics
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 zone card ticket holders (and therefore passengers who had a zone card 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. 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.  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 continue to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 19/03/2016 for year 2015/16) and is still operated by Clydelink. 
9.  2004 is the first full calender year of the electronic ticketing sytem and the statistics quoted for the Cuan, Easdale and Appin Services reflect the more accurate counting method.
10. Since 2008,there have been no fares charged on this route.  This route is now Gutcher Hamarsness
11. From 2008 to 2011 there were no fares charged on this route. They were reintroduced in 2012.
12.  The Gairloch to Portree service operated by West Highland Seaways was withdrawn from 22 August 2004.
13.  Separate figures for cars/buses and commercial vehicles are only available for some Orkney Ferries services for recent years.  Prior to that, only the total number of vehicles carried is available.
14. The operator indicated that the figure provided for buses and commercial vehicles in 2002 may not be directly comparable with previous years.  Figures for 2003 onwards are not comparable with earlier years.
15.   Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading for 2003.
16. Data for Pentland Ferries is not available
17.  Bruce Watt cruises no longer operates due to retirement.
18. Figures for passenger numbers on the Corran ferry service have not been included in the total for Highland council as the figures are new estimates and considered as ‘data under development'.

Table 9.16 (continued) Traffic on other major ferry routes

	Commercial Vehicles and Buses *
Route	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	thousands
Western Ferries
Gourock-Dunoon 14	35.3	33.7	33.0	32.2	33.8	33.0	37.9	40.0	37.9	37.9	34.9
Argyll & Bute Council 9
Islay - Jura	3.8	4.9	4.7	4.6	2.5	2.6	3.2	2.8	1.6	3.3	4.4
Cuan-Luing 9	1.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6
Total	4.9	5.1	5.0	4.9	2.8	2.9	3.5	3.1	1.9	3.6	5.0
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
(Corran Ferry)	10.3	10.0	9.8	17.1	16.9	14.4	12.5	14.3	11.3	11.8	11.4
Orkney Ferries 1,13
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	2.9	2.8	2.7	4.9	5.3	5.4	6.0	7.4	8.5	9.0	9.0
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	5.4	5.4	6.1	4.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.8
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	3.3	3.1	3.0	3.6	4.7	4.7	4.9	4.4	4.3	3.3	3.1
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	11.7	11.8	11.0	11.7	12.7	13.8	13.5	15.7	13.8	13.1	13.1
Total	23.3	23.1	22.8	24.9	29.4	30.6	31.2	32.3	31.5	29.9	30.0
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	3.0	3.5	3.9	3.6	3.3	4.0	4.3	4.0	2.2	2.9	..
Toft - Ulsta	10.2	10.0	9.8	9.8	10.3	7.3	7.6	12.6	9.0	12	..
Gutcher - Belmont 11	4.4	4.0	4.8	..	..	..	..	7.2	3.9	6.4	..
Lerwick - Bressay	4.5	3.8	2.0	2.2	2.0	3.7	3.5	4.7	2.5	4	..
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	0.3	0.5	0.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	22.4	21.8	20.7	15.6	15.6	15.0	15.4	28.5	17.6	25.3	0.0
Total all routes	96.2	93.7	91.3	94.7	98.4	95.9	100.4	118.2	100.1	108.5	81.3

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 zone card ticket holders (and therefore  passengers who had a zone card 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.  The SPT changed it's name to Strathclyde Partnership for Transport in April 2006. It was a Caledonian MacBrayne route in previous years, so figures for 2000 and earlier years appear in table 9.14. Figures relate to financial years which start in the specified calendar year (e.g. the "1998" figure is for 1998-99).  The figure for 2012/13 is based on 13 x 4 weekly periods and spans 25/03/2012 - 23/03/2013.  From 2012/13 Clydelink operate this service.  Also, the link to Helensburgh on this route has been removed from 2012/13 and as reported in the SPT Monitoring Report, this previously accounted for approximately 4,200 passenger trips per annum. The figure for 2013/14 continues to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 22/03/2014) and while Clydelink continued  to operate this service for 2013/14, Clyde Marine operated the summer Sunday only service between 31 March 2013 and 19 October 2013. The figure for 2014/15 continues to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 21/03/2015) and is still operated by Clydelink.  The Sunday summer service expired in October 2013. The figures for 2014/15 & 2015/16 continue to be based on 13 x 4 weekly reporting periods (year ending 19/03/2016 for year 2015/16) and is still operated by Clydelink. 
9.  2004 is the first full calender year of the electronic ticketing sytem and the statistics quoted for the Cuan, Easdale and Appin Services reflect the more  accurate counting method.
10. Since 2008,there have been no fares charged on this route.
11. From 2008 to 2011 there were no fares charged on this route. They were reintroduced in 2012.
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, 2015

Figure 9.7 Top car ferry routes within and to/from Scotland, 2015

 

Table 9.17 Reliability and punctuality of lifeline ferry services

	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16
Caledonian MacBrayne	numbers
Scheduled sailings 1	143,910	142,933	132,558	131,639	131,103	131,317	131,209	131,334	133,477	134,665	133,391
	percentages
Reliability 2	99.7	99.7	99.8	100.0	99.9	99.8	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.6
Punctuality 3	99.2	99.2	99.4	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7
NorthLink 4	numbers
Scheduled sailings 1	3,254	2,688	3,191	3,247	3,232	3,270	3,308	3,151	2,886	2,868	2,915
	percentages
Reliability / Punctuality
Aberdeen routes	100.0	100.0	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.9
Pentland Firth	100.0	99.0	98.6	98.9	98.9	99.3	99.1	99.5	92.1	100	99.5

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	2005	2006	2007 1	2008 1	2009 1	2010 1	2011 1	2012 1	2013 1	2014 1	2015 1, 2
Assistance rendered	1,416	1,178	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Assistance not rendered	1,434	2,074	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hoax	53	99	92	56	89	62	41	57	60	45  |	16
Total incidents	2,903	3,351	3,383	3,583	3,765	3,669	3,910	3,283	3,422	3,364  |	2,538
Coastguard rescue team callouts	1,897	2,591	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Number of persons assisted	12,810	13,317	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Number of persons rescued	1,273	970	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lives lost	86	69	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

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.