Chapter 9: Water Transport

Chapter 9: Water Transport

1. Introduction

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

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

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

Key Points

• There were 67 million tonnes of freight handled by ports in Scotland in 2016.
• There was a total of 8.3 million passengers and 2.9 million vehicles carried on ferry routes within Scotland in 2016.
• There were 1.8 million passengers and 0.4 million vehicles carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland and 33,000 vehicles carried between Scotland and Europe in 2016.

2. Main Points

Freight

Tonnage

2.1 Exports through major (see section 9.16.3 page 278) Scottish ports rose from 61 million tonnes in 1997 to 68 million tonnes in 2002 before steadily falling to 33 million tonnes in 2016 (there has been a 25% 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 13.5 million tonnes, considerably less than the volume of exports. (Table 9.2)

2.2 Waterborne freight (both incoming and outgoing) passing through the ports fell by 5% in 2016 to 67 million tonnes. This was 34% less than in 2006, continuing a steady fall. In 2016, the eleven major ports accounted for 95% of the total traffic through Scottish ports. Exports accounted for 49% of the total freight through Scottish ports and domestic traffic accounted for 33%. Imports, and incoming domestic freight were much lower, together accounting for 24% of the total freight through Scottish ports. (Table 9.2)

Ports & Destinations

2.3 Forth (27 million tonnes), Clyde (9 million tonnes) and Sullom Voe (6 million tonnes) accounted for the highest freight traffic in 2016. Forth traffic is 1% higher than 2015, and is 13% below 2006. Clyde's freight traffic has fluctuated between 2006 and 2016, falling overall from 15 million tonnes to 8.7 million tonnes in 2016. Again, as these figures are for the total volume of traffic, they are unaffected by the change in the method of compiling the statistics. (Table 9.3)

2.4 Bulk fuel accounted for 42 million tonnes (66%) of the total traffic through major Scottish ports in 2016. (Table 9.4)

2.5 Top exporting ports for foreign traffic were: Forth (21 million tonnes); Sullom Voe (4 million tonnes) and Glensanda (3 million tonnes). Clyde (4.9 million tonnes) and Forth (3.5 million tonnes) together accounted for almost all the imports from foreign traffic. Forth (2.5 million tonnes), Sullom Voe (2.2 million tonnes), and Glensanda (2.1 million tonnes) had most outward domestic traffic; Aberdeen (1.4 million tonnes) was the main port for inwards domestic traffic. (Table 9.6)

2.6 The main types of traffic through the major ports in 2016 were crude oil (30 million tonnes), oil products (10 million tonnes) and other dry bulk (7 million tonnes). (Table 9.7)

2.7 In 2016 most exports were destined for Netherlands (10.8 million tonnes), Asia (8.4 million tonnes), Germany (4.4 million tonnes), Belgium (3.7 million tonnes) and Spain (1.9 million tonnes) while most imports arrived from Norway (1.8 million tonnes) and Netherlands (1.6 million tonnes). (Table 9.8)

Passenger Services

Routes to Northern Ireland and Europe

2.8 In 2016, 1.8 million passengers were carried on ferry services between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Just under half a million vehicles were carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2016, a 3 per cent increase on 2015. The Rosyth to Zeebrugge freight route is the only ferry route between Scotland and Europe. This carried 32,800 vehicles in 2016, a 24 per cent decrease on 2015. (Tables 9. (a) & (b))

Routes within Scotland

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

2.10 There were 8.3 million passengers carried on routes within Scotland in 2016, a rise of 6 per cent compared to 2015 and 2 per cent below the recent peak in numbers in 2007. Caledonian MacBrayne carried 5.1 million of these passengers (61%) and Western Ferries carried a further 15 per cent on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12)

2.11 There were 2.9 million vehicles carried on routes within Scotland in 2016, an 8 per cent rise on 2015. Of these vehicles, 49 per cent were carried by Caledonian MacBrayne and a further 22 per cent by Western Ferries on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12)

Operators on subsidised routes within Scotland

2.12 Caledonian MacBrayne ferries carried 5.1 million passengers in 2016, 429,000 (9%) more than in 2015. There were 1.4 million cars carried, or 14 per cent more than in 2015, and 89,000 commercial vehicles and buses, 9 per cent less than 2015. (Table 9.14)

2.13 Serco Northlink Ferries carried 302,000 passengers in 2016, a one per cent increase compared to 2015. There were 63,000 cars carried on these routes in 2016, seven per cent more than 2015. (Table 9.14)

Local Authority ferry services

2.14 Shetland Islands Council services carried 775,000 passengers in 2016, four per cent more than 2015. There were 387,000 vehicles carried, a rise of 6 per cent on 2015.

2.15 Orkney Ferries services carried 329,000 passengers in 2016, one per cent more than in 2015. There were 87,000 vehicles carried on these routes, three per cent more than the previous year. (Table 9.14)

2.16 Ferries operated by Argyll and Bute Council carried 150,000 passengers in 2016. 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 572,000 passengers have been carried on the Corran Ferry. (Table 9.14 and 9.16)

Ferry routes within and to/from Scotland

2.17 The busiest ferry route within Scotland in terms of passengers and vehicles carried is the service between Gourock and Dunoon, operated by Western Ferries, which carried 1,341,000 passengers in 2016. There were 608,000 cars carried on this route and 33,800 commercial vehicles and buses in 2016. (Table 9.16 and Figure 9.4 and 9.5)

2.18 The second busiest Scottish ferry route over recent years in terms of passenger numbers has been the Cairnryan / Belfast route. This route carried 1.2 million passengers in 2016. (Table 9.13 and Figure 9.4)

2.19 The second busiest route in terms of cars carried is the Corran Ferry from Ardgour to Nether Lochaber operated by Highland Council. This route carried 251 thousand vehicles in 2016. (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 2016 was Ardrossan - Brodick, with 828,300 passengers. Ardrossan - Brodick was also the busiest subsidised route for car traffic in 2016 with 202,800 car crossings, an increase of 7 per cent over the previous year. (Table 9.15)

2.21 The Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) scheme involves setting ferry fares on the basis of the cost of travelling an equivalent distance by road, more detail on RET can be found in the Notes and Definitions section, page 225. The West Coast routes where Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) has been rolled out carried 2.4 million passengers in 2016 and 664,200 cars. (Table 9.15)

Ferry Punctuality

2.22 The level of reliability (the number of timetabled sailings actually operated, see table footnote for more detail) for Caledonian MacBrayne lifeline ferry services was 99.9% in 2016-17 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 100% for the Pentland Firth in 2016-17. (Table 9.17)

Coastguard callouts

2.23 Due to 'Industrial action short of a strike' undertaken by Coastguard staff during 2016, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency is unable to provide a detailed breakdown of incident details for 2016. Overall there were 2,464 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
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 8	2016
Freight lifted   ( weight )	million tonnes
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	12.54	15.07	15.79	13.59	11.49	11.12	7.22	5.93	5.41	..	..
Coal	1.59	1.28	1.40	1.02	1.23	0.67	0.76	0.67	0.78	..	..
Other	6.45	6.43	6.09	5.23	5.23	4.54	4.56	4.79	5.62	..	..
Total	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	1.48	1.83	1.75	3.59	1.88	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	..	..
Sea dumped	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..
Total	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	4.19	4.10	3.99	3.43	3.04	2.74	2.18	1.93	1.64	..	..
One Port	0.11	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.05	0.01	0	0.02	0.01	..	..
Foreign	5.86	6.36	8.18	6.63	7.80	7.95	8.61	8.74	7.71	..	..
Total	10.16	10.50	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.69	9.41	10.27	..
All above traffic3	27.92	30.98	33.21	30.06	27.63	26.70	23.72	22.23	21.76	24.47	..
Port exports4	43.99	45.58	42.42	38.32	39.89	33.36	32.06	31.58	30.84	30.26	32.97
All freight lifted5	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	10,550	13,155	14,456	12,360	10,777	10,628	6,723	4,888	4,783	..	..
Coal	368	305	343	261	302	303	316	277	312	..	..
Other	3,573	3,449	3,090	2,700	2,478	2,080	2,012	2,287	2,936	..	..
Total	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	1,482	1,832	1,746	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..	..
Sea dumped	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	1,482	1,832	1,746	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..	..
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coastwise	101	101	101	83	80	80	60	53	22	..	..
One Port	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..
Foreign	146	166	210	160	200	190	209	209	137	..	..
Total	249	268	312	244	280	270	269	262	234	236	..
All above traffic6	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.

Fig. 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
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 6	2016
Freight discharged   ( weight )	million tonnes
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	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	4.22	4.13	4.20	3.77	4.25	3.83	4.28	3.98	4.06	..	..
Total	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	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	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	..	..
Total	8.33	7.87	4.07	2.76	3.12	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	..	..
Inland waterway traffic3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Port imports4	17.91	14.61	16.11	13.53	13.17	14.22	16.25	16.50	16.55	13.48	9.49
Freight moved  ( weight x distance )	million tonne-kilometres
Coastwise traffic1
Liquid bulks	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	1,048	943	1,031	953	1,056	958	1,092	986	1,017	..	..
Total	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	8,325	7,870	4,067	2,762	3,146	2,885	3,898	2,241	2,091	..	..
Sea dredged	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..
Total	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 

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousand tonnes
Foreign
Imports	17,909	14,612	16,106	13,532	13,169	14,216	16,254	16,501	16,554	13,481	9,486
Exports	43,994	45,581	42,416	38,321	39,891	33,358	32,060	31,583	30,842	30,259	32,974
Total	61,903	60,193	58,521	51,853	53,060	47,573	48,313	48,084	47,396	43,740	42,458
Domestic
Inwards	14,680	14,138	9,611	7,670	8,722	7,999	9,447	7,160	7,053	6,281	6,643
Outwards	21,039	23,482	23,975	22,558	18,745	18,378	15,072	12,673	13,167	16,531	14,308
Total	35,718	37,619	33,586	30,228	27,468	26,379	24,519	19,833	20,219	22,813	20,950
Total - major ports only	97,621	97,812	92,108	82,081	80,525	73,952	72,832	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409
Total - all ports	101,587	101,952	96,346	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692

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

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

Port	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousand tonnes
Stranraer 3
Inwards	644	647	634	646	553	543	-	-	-	-	-
Outwards	578	584	556	531	465	442	-	-	-	-	-
Total traffic	1,222	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan 4,5
Inwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	943	898	1,022	1,076	1,166
Outwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	872	885	1,016	1,087	1,190
Total traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356
Cairnryan
Inwards	1,446	1,440	1,294	1,123	1,150	1,340	1,246	1,103	1,096	1,179	1,290
Outwards	1,699	1,723	1,633	1,448	1,484	1,592	1,364	1,261	1,272	1,370	1,450
Total traffic	3,145	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740
Ayr
Inwards	172	174	182	182	276	212	205	347	284	217	256
Outwards	247	379	375	153	282	190	99	123	71	63	50
Total traffic	419	553	557	335	558	402	304	470	355	280	306
Clyde
Inwards	11,702	9,323	10,885	9,474	8,982	9,981	12,026	12,148	13,221	9,678	6,273
Outwards	3,279	2,740	3,453	3,078	3,301	3,450	3,394	2,635	2,980	2,806	2,469
Total traffic	14,981	12,063	14,338	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742
Glensanda
Inwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Outwards	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487
Total traffic	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487
Other West Coast 1
Inwards	408	448	489	368	649	347	337	284	337	271	303
Outwards	536	518	538	530	651	362	342	369	466	386	243
Total traffic	944	967	1,028	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656	546
Orkneys
Inwards	4,158	3,655	776	169	184	186	200	180	182	195	204
Outwards	7,091	6,937	4,014	3,073	3,059	2,158	1,529	874	969	3,750	4,411
Total traffic	11,249	10,592	4,789	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615
Lerwick
Inwards	311	352	372	309	323	344	407	495	437	410	359
Outwards	230	263	287	250	245	241	263	328	401	336	269
Total traffic	541	615	658	560	568	585	670	824	838	746	629
Sullom Voe
Inwards	3,705	2,747	2,379	840	1,021	748	2,196	201	1	6	-
Outwards	15,743	13,826	12,160	10,377	10,250	9,405	9,202	6,192	7,183	6,114	6,183
Total traffic	19,447	16,573	14,539	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183
Cromarty Firth
Inwards	1,608	1,688	1,174	1,300	1,659	1,882	1,313	1,605	810	145	242
Outwards	1,598	1,814	1,078	1,565	2,004	2,138	1,314	1,773	781	117	153
Total traffic	3,206	3,502	2,252	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395
Inverness
Inwards	549	562	551	524	520	437	368	409	321	394	510
Outwards	122	123	146	127	151	162	154	155	154	172	154
Total traffic	671	684	697	651	671	599	521	563	475	566	664
Peterhead
Inwards	647	468	524	482	538	541	584	589	768	950	695
Outwards	300	321	347	315	568	513	440	382	608	518	453
Total traffic	947	790	871	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148
Aberdeen
Inwards	2,407	2,541	2,407	2,227	2,035	1,966	2,084	2,055	1,986	2,031	1,728
Outwards	2,256	2,591	2,426	1,343	2,129	2,198	2,409	2,209	2,245	2,345	2,042
Total traffic	4,663	5,131	4,833	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770
Montrose
Inwards	397	366	413	283	395	359	336	417	452	387	362
Outwards	244	216	196	140	116	129	182	171	150	106	142
Total traffic	640	582	609	423	512	488	518	588	601	493	504
Dundee
Inwards	918	809	788	632	754	721	666	704	463	468	449
Outwards	284	226	190	177	209	208	176	111	54	47	84
Total traffic	1,202	1,035	978	810	962	929	842	815	517	515	534
Perth
Inwards	147	144	141	120	99	61	42	37	49	58	28
Outwards	1	-	1	6	4	13	19	23	12	5	5
Total traffic	148	144	141	125	103	74	62	60	61	63	33
Forth 6
Inwards	5,353	5,431	4,856	4,309	5,015	4,307	4,442	4,177	4,056	4,035	4,080
Outwards	26,203	31,249	34,199	32,381	29,321	23,571	20,890	22,188	20,552	23,039	23,359
Total traffic	31,556	36,681	39,054	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439
Other East Coast 2
Inwards	263	272	281	284	291	302	289	326	348	345	377
Outwards	339	324	263	1,192	289	303	263	239	284	268	224
Total traffic	602	595	549	476	580	605	552	565	632	612	601
Scotland
Inwards	34,835	31,067	28,147	23,272	24,444	24,277	27,684	25,976	25,835	21,845	18,322
Outwards	66,752	70,885	68,198	62,277	60,374	53,135	48,454	45,663	45,546	48,126	48,368
Total traffic	101,587	101,952	96,345	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692

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	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Stranraer 8	thousand tonnes
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	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	2,356
Cairnryan
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	3,145	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,740
Ayr
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	419	553	557	335	558	402	304	470	355	280	306
Clyde
Bulk fuel	13,106	9,825	12,197	10,672	10,209	11,464	13,547	12,877	14,090	10,332	6,522
All other traffic	1,875	2,238	2,141	1,880	2,074	1,967	1,874	1,906	2,111	2,152	2,220
Glensanda
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487
Other West Coast 2
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	944	967	1,028	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656	546
Orkney
Bulk fuel	11,103	10,414	4,595	3,027	2,999	2,096	1,487	825	918	3,689	4,348
All other traffic	146	178	194	214	245	248	242	229	233	256	267
Lerwick
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	541	615	658	560	568	585	670	824	838	746	629
Sullom Voe
Bulk fuel	19,417	16,537	14,507	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,352	7,180	6,108	6,179
All other traffic	30	36	32	-	69	19	59	41	5	12	4
Cromarty Firth
Bulk fuel	3,031	3,336	2,101	2,730	3,454	3,821	2,410	3,181	1,339	87	207
All other traffic	175	166	151	134	209	199	218	197	252	175	188
Inverness
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	671	684	697	651	671	599	521	563	475	566	664
Peterhead
Bulk fuel	369	143	230	309	365	260	282	305	236	330	443
All other traffic	578	647	641	488	742	794	742	667	1,141	1,138	705
Aberdeen
Bulk fuel	1,517	1,487	1,468	1,044	1,022	1,018	1,073	1,073	1,019	1,388	1,130
All other traffic	3,146	3,644	3,365	3,526	3,142	3,147	3,420	3,190	3,212	2,988	2,640
Montrose
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	640	582	609	423	512	488	518	588	601	493	504
Dundee
Bulk fuel	595	528	493	448	486	560	457	378	169	149	137
All other traffic	607	507	485	362	476	369	385	437	349	366	397
Perth
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	148	144	141	125	103	74	62	60	61	63	33
Forth 7
Bulk fuel	27,455	32,738	34,863	32,438	30,405	23,208	21,028	22,039	19,982	23,081	22,999
All other traffic	4,101	3,943	4,191	4,252	3,930	4,670	4,304	4,326	4,626	3,993	4,440
Other East Coast 3
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other	602	595	549	476	580	605	552	565	632	612	601
Major ports 4
Bulk fuel 1	76,593	75,008	70,454	61,885	60,142	52,561	51,623	47,030	44,933	45,164	41,965
All other traffic	21,029	22,803	21,654	20,196	20,384	21,391	21,210	20,887	22,683	21,388	21,444
All traffic:
Major ports only	97,622	97,811	92,108	82,081	80,526	73,952	72,833	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409
All ports	101,587	101,951	96,347	85,547	84,818	77,414	76,140	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692

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)

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
West Coast:	thousand tonnes
Stranraer1 *
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	1,222	1,231	1,190	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	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	2,356
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356
Cairnryan*
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	3,145	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,632	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,737
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	3
All traffic	3,145	3,163	2,928	2,572	2,634	2,632	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740
Clyde
Liquid bulk	3,626	3,568	5,149	4,685	4,853	5,124	5,945	5,777	6,952	6,729	6,125
Dry bulk	10,397	7,249	8,095	6,904	6,793	7,564	8,778	8,377	8,451	4,899	1,668
Container & roll on traffic	398	469	439	447	509	599	588	499	576	634	651
Other general cargo	560	777	654	516	128	144	109	130	221	223	298
All traffic	14,981	12,063	14,338	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742
Glensanda
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	6,004	7,050	6,336	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487
East Coast:
Orkney
Liquid bulk	11,100	10,413	4,594	3,026	2,998	2,095	1,486	824	918	3,688	4,348
Dry bulk	12	10	6	12	20	25	15	11	12	16	9
Container & roll on traffic	115	153	161	181	213	211	215	208	209	234	243
Other general cargo	21	16	29	21	14	13	13	11	12	7	15
All traffic	11,249	10,592	4,789	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615
Sullom Voe
Liquid bulk	19,417	16,537	14,507	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,357	7,180	6,114	6,179
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	69	12	57	13	-	5	4
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	30	36	32	-	-	7	2	24	5	-	-
All traffic	19,447	16,573	14,539	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183
Cromarty Firth
Liquid bulk	3,026	3,336	2,100	2,727	3,460	3,821	2,408	3,178	1,337	89	213
Dry bulk	79	70	70	73	125	159	144	115	174	109	108
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	101	97	81	64	78	41	76	85	80	64	74
All traffic	3,206	3,502	2,252	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395
Peterhead*
Liquid bulk	532	377	440	377	453	390	386	364	536	735	535
Dry bulk	102	73	101	88	144	158	100	53	155	97	64
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	313	340	331	331	510	506	538	554	686	635	549
All traffic	947	790	871	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148
Aberdeen
Liquid bulk	2,209	2,214	2,184	2,065	1,957	1,922	2,059	1,987	1,986	2,298	2,188
Dry bulk	373	371	308	331	549	606	439	474	487	455	367
Container & roll on traffic	317	334	355	345	365	405	468	474	430	408	409
Other general cargo	1,765	2,213	1,986	1,829	1,293	1,231	1,527	1,329	1,328	1,215	806
All traffic	4,663	5,131	4,833	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770
Dundee*
Liquid bulk	594	530	501	451	493	571	467	379	183	157	147
Dry bulk	317	333	373	300	412	277	294	369	259	310	304
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	291	172	104	59	57	81	82	67	75	48	82
All traffic	1,202	1,035	978	810	962	929	842	815	517	515	534
Forth 4
Liquid bulk	26,220	31,578	33,941	31,913	29,432	23,353	20,739	22,109	20,363	23,183	23,323
Dry bulk	2,264	2,051	1,994	1,840	1,904	1,392	1,283	1,125	1,056	958	963
Container & roll on traffic	2,407	2,582	2,627	2,494	2,751	2,666	2,798	2,858	2,834	2,643	2,792
Other general cargo	663	470	492	442	249	466	512	273	355	290	361
All traffic	31,556	36,681	39,054	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439

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

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

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

Table 9.7    All traffic at the major ports by mode of appearance and commodity, 2016

	Foreign traffic		All foreign traffic	Domestic traffic		All domestic traffic	All foreign & domestic traffic
	Imports	Exports		Inwards	Outwards
	thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas	26	1,688	1,714	7	358	365	2,079
Crude oil	3,110	20,481	23,591	1,080	5,064	6,145	29,736
Oil products	2,537	4,288	6,825	1,356	1,547	2,903	9,728
Other liquid bulk products	262	123	385	156	975	1,130	1,515
All liquid bulk traffic	5,934	26,581	32,515	2,599	7,944	10,543	43,058
Dry bulk
Ores	18	438	455	-	47	47	502
Coal	343	-	343	-	79	79	422
Agricultural products (eg grain, soya, tapioca)	568	135	703	109	75	184	887
Other dry bulk	997	3,545	4,542	487	2,133	2,620	7,162
All dry bulk traffic	1,925	4,118	6,043	596	2,334	2,930	8,973
Containers
20' freight units	192	407	599	107	189	296	895
40' freight units	432	892	1,324	72	241	313	1,637
Freight units >20' & <40'	24	144	167	2	17	18	186
Freight units >40'	161	182	343	9	11	20	362
All container traffic	809	1,624	2,433	190	457	647	3,080
Roll-on/roll-off (self-propelled)
Road goods vehicles with or without  accompanying trailers	5	2	7	1,408	1,578	2,986	2,993
Import/Export motor vehicles	11	1	12	2	5	7	19
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic	16	3	19	1,410	1,583	2,993	3,012
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled)
Unaccompanied road goods trailers & semi-trailers	65	50	114	1,252	1,246	2,498	2,612
Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	0	47	47	0	1	1	48
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	267	140	407	16	15	32	438
Other mobile non self-propelled units	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic	332	236	568	1,268	1,262	2,530	3,099
Other general cargo
Forestry products	207	43	250	1	11	12	262
Iron and steel products	87	184	272	0	0	1	272
Other general cargo & containers <20'	175	184	359	578	716	1,294	1,653
All other general cargo traffic	469	412	881	579	727	1,306	2,187
All traffic	9,485	32,974	42,459	6,642	14,308	20,950	63,409

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics

Fig 9.2: Maps showing all routes

Table 9.8  Major ports traffic by cargo category and country of loading or unloading - 2016

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	406	1,694	2,100	59	70	129	15	-	15
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	159	159
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denmark	256	47	303	10	257	268	38	43	80
Estonia	-	14	14	-	-	-	4	-	4
Finland	88	15	103	46	-	46	14	-	14
France	6	1,333	1,339	134	207	342	3	1	4
Germany	57	2,089	2,145	276	1,843	2,119	99	-	99
Greece	-	-	-	4	-	4	3	-	3
Ireland	3	476	479	51	8	59	12	-	12
Italy	-	666	666	-	-	-	5	-	5
Latvia	-	32	32	38	9	47	12	-	12
Lithuania	-	31	31	2	-	2	3	-	3
Netherlands	771	9,130	9,901	324	1,015	1,339	10	2	12
Poland	52	107	159	46	207	253	-	-	-
Portugal	-	-	-	-	91	91	10	-	10
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain	10	1,308	1,318	145	397	542	33	-	33
Sweden	1,108	271	1,379	35	11	45	50	60	109
All EU countries (as at 1 May 2007)	2,757	17,214	19,971	1,170	4,115	5,285	310	264	574
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Algeria	42	-	42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt	18	14	32	3	-	3	-	2	2
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	-	-	-	9	3	12	-	-	-
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-
Morocco	-	37	37	3	-	3	2	-	2
Norway	1,536	172	1,708	109	-	109	108	105	213
Russia	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	-	7
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	10
Ukraine	-	-	53	-	-	-
Other Europe & Mediterranean	176	-	176	7	-	7	-	-	-
All other Europe & Med.	1,772	223	1,994	195	3	145	123	112	235
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Cote D'ivoire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	343	-	343	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritius	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nigeria	1,050	-	1,050	-	-	-	-	-	-
Senegal	-	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	-	20	20	-	-	-	3	29	32
Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other African countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Africa (excl. Med.)	1,396	37	1,434	-	-	-	5	33	38
America
Argentina	-	-	-	166	-	166	-	-	-
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Canada	-	213	213	10	-	10	3	-	3
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia	-	-	-	335	-	335	-	-	-
Dominica	-	49	49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Martinique	-	80	80	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
Netherlands Antilles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA	9	348	357	23	-	23	2	-	2
Other American countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
All America	9	689	698	534	-	534	12	-	12
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
China	-	6,361	6,361	-	-	-	16	-	16
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indonesia	-	4	4	26	-	26	-	-	-
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korea	-	2,042	2,042	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Singapore	-	11	11	-	-	-	1	-	1
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Other Asian and Australasian countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Asia and Australasia	-	8,418	8,418	26	-	26	20	3	22
Unspecified countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All foreign countries	5,934	26,581	32,515	1,925	4,118	5,990	469	412	881
All domestic traffic	2,599	7,944	10,543	596	2,334	2,930	579	727	1,306
All foreign and domestic traffic	8,533	34,525	43,058	2,521	6,452	8,920	1,048	1,140	2,187

"-" 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 - 2016

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	98	818	915	337	183	521	915	2,765	3,680
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	159	159
Cyprus	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	304	347	650
Estonia	1	-	1	-	-	-	4	14	19
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	148	15	163
France	-	43	43	-	-	-	144	1,584	1,729
Germany	1	-	1	-	-	-	432	3,932	4,364
Greece	2	-	2	-	-	-	9	-	9
Ireland	-	-	-	-	-	-	66	484	550
Italy	18	-	18	-	-	-	23	666	690
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	41	91
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	31	36
Netherlands	525	608	1,133	1	-	1	1,630	10,755	12,385
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	98	314	412
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	91	101
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain	90	149	238	-	-	-	278	1,853	2,131
Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,192	342	1,534
All EU countries (as at 1 May 2007)	735	1,618	2,353	338	183	521	5,309	23,395	28,704
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Algeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	42
Egypt	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	17	38
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	12
Israel	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Libya	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
Morocco	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	37	41
Norway	3	1	4	10	9	19	1,765	287	2,052
Russia	1	-	1	-	-	-	15	-	15
Turkey	8	-	8	-	-	-	15	4	18
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	-	53
Other Europe & Mediterranean	-	-	-	-	-	-	183	-	183
All other Europe & Med.	14	1	15	10	9	19	2,113	348	2,461
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	3	3
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Cote D'ivoire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Equatorial Guinea	-	-	-	-	-	-	343	-	343
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Nigeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,050	-	1,051
Senegal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18
South Africa	2	3	5	-	-	-	5	53	57
Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other African countries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Africa (excl. Med.)	2	4	6	-	-	-	1,403	75	1,478
America
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	166	-	166
Brazil	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
Canada	1	-	1	-	-	-	14	213	227
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	335	-	335
Dominica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	49
Martinique	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	80	80
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
Netherlands Antilles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA	6	-	6	-	-	-	41	348	388
Other American countries	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
All America	9	-	10	-	-	-	565	689	1,254
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3
China	29	-	29	-	-	-	45	6,361	6,406
Hong Kong	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
India	10	-	10	-	-	-	10	-	10
Indonesia	2	-	2	-	-	-	28	4	32
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2,042	2,042
Malaysia	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Singapore	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	11	14
Sri Lanka	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Other Asian and Australasian countries	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
All Asia and Australasia	49	-	49	-	-	-	94	8,420	8,514
Unspecified countries	-	-	-	-	47	-	-	47	47
All foreign countries	809	1,624	2,433	348	239	540	9,485	32,974	42,459
All domestic traffic	190	457	647	2,678	2,845	5,523	6,642	14,308	20,950
All foreign and domestic traffic	999	2,081	3,080	3,026	3,085	6,064	16,127	47,283	63,409

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

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

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Freight lifted in Scotland	million tonnes
River Clyde	1.53	2.08	2.53	1.46	2.34	2.56	2.25	1.88	1.8	1.91	1.93
River Forth	8.49	8.28	9.52	8.52	8.22	7.99	8.50	8.76	7.54	8.24	8.49
All waterways1,2	10.16	10.50	12.19	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.65	9.41	10.14	10.42
Freight moved  ( weight x distance )	million tonne-kilometres
River Clyde	60	90	110	60	90	100	89	76	74	77	78
River Forth	180	170	200	180	170	170	178	184	158	173	178
All waterways1,2	250	268	320	250	280	270	269	260	234	250	257

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

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Freight lifted in Scotland	million tonnes
Bulk-liquid	6.49	6.73	7.48	6.57	6.55	6.18	6.97	6.84	5.31	6.49	..
Bulk-dry	1.40	1.43	1.51	1.02	2.05	2.15	1.39	1.40	1.50	1.49	..
Unitised forest products	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	0.23	0.17	0.60	0.10	0.10	0.17	0.14	0.17	0.25	0.13	..
Unit loads	1.83	1.97	2.37	2.26	2.05	2.10	2.27	2.29	2.35	2.12	..
Total	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	140	160	170	150	150	140	161	152	115	126	..
Bulk-dry	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	60	50	40	40	48	48	50	..	..
Total	250	268	320	250	280	280	269	262	234	256	..

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

Fig 9.3

Table 9.12   Total passengers and vehicles carried by operator¹

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousands
Passengers
Caledonian MacBrayne	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	5,056.0
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	303.4
P&O Scottish Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Serco Northlink 2	304.0	307.0	296.0	309.0	305.0	304.0	298.0	282.9	288.6	297.6	301.5
Orkney Ferries	317.9	316.4	319.0	329.5	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2	329.2
Shetland Islands Council 6	760.5	795.6	634.1	636.5	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	742.0	774.9
Argyll & Bute Council	138.4	138.6	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5
Highland Council4	7.0	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	224.7	220.8	211.4	219.4	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5
Western Ferries	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	1,341.0
Bruce Watt Cruises 7	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	8,452.7	8,466.5	8,000.6	8,271.6	8,016.4	7,773.1	7,888.1	7,830.5	7,884.3	7,824.4	8,320.0
Scotland and Northern Ireland	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	1,752.7
Scotland and Europe	121.0	111.0	75.0	31.0	54.0	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.7
Total	10,588.7	10,671.5	10,013.6	10,218.6	9,990.4	9,631.4	9,698.3	9,662.2	9,679.1	9,554.2	10,073.4
Vehicles (cars, commercial vehicles and buses)
Caledonian MacBrayne	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	1,445.0
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	69.0	70.0	68.0	68.0	64.0	63.0	61.2	56.1	55.8	58.9	63.2
Orkney Ferries	83.0	81.2	81.2	87.4	88.7	86.6	87.4	83.8	83.9	84.7	87.3
Shetland Islands Council 6	342.2	363.6	273.5	281.2	282.8	297.4	392.3	377.0	366.3	366.6	387.1
Argyll & Bute Council	39.9	36.6	36.5	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9	43.2
Highland Council	244.2	262.2	262.1	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6	262.5
Western Ferries	611.5	635.0	620.2	617.8	597.2	615.8	645.5	616.4	627.9	634.5	641.8
Cromarty Ferry Company	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo)3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total within Scotland	2,610.2	2,711.6	2,568.9	2,647.5	2,554.0	2,551.4	2,628.1	2,577.2	2,626.0	2,706.3	2,930.2
Scotland and Northern Ireland	440.0	479.0	452.0	460.0	457.0	479.0	411.8	354.3	407.9	398.1	408.2
Scotland and Europe	63.0	55.0	35.0	27.4	60.6	41.1	36.3	41.2	40.6	43.4	32.8
Total	3,113.2	3,245.6	3,055.9	3,134.9	3,071.5	3,071.5	3,076.2	2,972.7	3,074.5	3,147.8	3,371.2

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.

Fig 9.4

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousands
Cairnryan - Larne
Numbers of cars	134	156	154	154	151	153	126	117	121	119	135
Numbers of passengers	595	646	628	602	611	631	524	501	492	472	536
Cairnryan - Belfast 1
Numbers of cars	..	..	..	..	..	49	239	187	237	243	273
Numbers of passengers	..	..	..	..	..	96	1,116	1,150	1,124	1,126	1,217
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 3
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	408
Numbers of passengers	2,015	2,094	1,938	1,916	1,920	1,858	1,809	1,831	1,794	1,729	1,753

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

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

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousands
Rosyth - Zeebrugge 1
Numbers of passengers	112	110	74	31	54	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48	0.72
Numbers of cars	28	31	21	9	16	0.003	0.013	0.001	0.002	0.006	0.004
Roads goods vehicles	6	6	4	1	12	0.50	0.48	0.55	0.45	0.41	0.49
Unaccompanied trailers	22	8	5	3	7	6	6	6	6	5	6
Import/export vehicles	7	10	5	7	17	14	11	13	14	16	6
Unaccompanied caravans, other road, agricultural & indust vehs	-	-	-	-	-	0.016	0.028	0.039	0.064	0.095	0.068
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers & shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	-	-	-	7	9	21	19	21	21	22	20
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	0.72
Total vehicles	63	55	35	27	61	41	36	41	41	43	33

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

Fig 9.5

Table 9.14a  Shipping services (Operators on subsidised routes)

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Caledonian MacBrayne1,5,11,18	thousand
Cars carried	1,031	1,068	1,042	1,112	1,079	1,062	1,046	1,064	1,096	1,169	1,356
Commercial vehicles and buses	105	110	110	104	108	111	110	104	104	98	89
Vehicles (Cowal ferries)	84	85	76	75	65	27
Vehicles (Argyll ferries)
Passengers	4,775	4,732	4,533	4,762	4,737	4,575	4,511	4,595	4,654	4,627	5,056
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	303.4
	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	55,205	59,204	57,950	55,856	57,535	58,667	62,118	64,717	67,658	66,055	63,533
Subsidy 3	33,200	38,286	53,338	57,338	58,113	69,308	73,163	88,777	103,397	122,602	132,016
Cowal ferries (subsidy) 3		2,270	3,130	3,040	3,163	1,008
Argyll Ferries (subsidy) 3						1,309	1,616	3,037	3,542	3,440	3,633
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 5	69	70	68	68	64	63	61	56	55	59	63
Commercial Vehicles 5,7,10								0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4
Passengers 5	304	307	296	309	305	304	298	283	289	298	302
	£ thousand
Revenue from users 8,9	21,260	20,914	22,171	21,694	25,011	25,718	28,426	29,385	30,875	31,976	32,316
Subsidy8	29,177	30,173	29,207	34,444	36,064	37,172	39,195	28,358	24,773	21,584	22,374
Total for these Shipping Services	thousand
Vehicles carried	1,289	1,333	1,295	1,358	1,316	1,264	1,217	1,224	1,255	1,326	1,508
Passengers	5,694	5,646	5,380	5,605	5,541	5,288	5,150	5,177	5,253	5,230	5,661
	thousand tonnes
Loose freight 15	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.7	5.3	4.8	4.9	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9
	£ thousand
Revenue from users	78,404	82,171	82,384	79,830	84,975	86,935	93,366	96,710	101,146	100,713	98,604
Subsidy	68,634	76,936	92,593	102,357	103,620	114,335	119,060	124,059	135,210	151,527	162,015

Table 9.14b: Local Authority operators

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Orkney Ferries	thousand
Vehicles carried	83	81	81	87	89	87	87	84	84	85	87
Passengers	318	316	319	330	331	338	336	328	320	315	329
	thousand tonnes
Loose freight	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.7	2.3	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9
	£ thousand
Revenue from users 3,4	1,939	2,053	2,263	2,280	2,429	2,550	2,822	2,608	2,613	2,682	2,755
Subsidy 3,4	6,257	6,207	6,918	7,535	6,280	6,847	6,702	6,924	7,040	7,341	7,625
Shetland Islands Council 12, 17	thousand
Vehicles carried	342	364	273	281	283	297	392	377	366	367	387
Passengers	761	796	634	637	625	615	811	777	762	742	775
Highland Council
Vehicles carried	244.2	262.2	262.1	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6	262.5
Passengers16	7.0	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	570.3	576.0	568.2	580.9
Argyll and Bute Council
Vehicles carried	39.9	36.6	36.5	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9	43.2
Passengers	138.4	138.6	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5
Total for Local Authority operators	thousand
Vehicles carried	709	744	653	671	641	672	765	737	742	746	780
Passengers	1,224	1,267	1,096	1,108	1,095	1,090	1,292	1,814	1,796	1,767	1,835

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

Table 9.15  Traffic on Subsidised ferry services

Route	Operator	Passengers
		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Clyde 12	thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick C	CalMac	735.9	749.0	707.4	715.7	731.1	692.4	688.7	706.1	715.1	761.9	828.3
Ardrossan-Campbeltown 11, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9.8	11.3	10.7	10.3
Ballycastle-Rathlin 4	Rathlin Ferries	49.8	50.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Colintraive-Rhubodach C	CalMac	264.6	257.5	256.3	260.6	264.3	228.0	217.1	222.1	214.5	209.4	232
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
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	303.4
Largs-Cumbrae C	CalMac	722.6	750.4	710.8	720.4	727.3	697.7	695.4	708.9	706.1	687.1	738.5
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1, C	CalMac	52.4	54.5	50.2	54.4	52.1	46.9	43.7	43.0	46.7	58.8	66.4
Tarbert-Portavadie C	CalMac	67.6	60.4	59.5	69.7	68.1	61.7	60.9	61.7	62.7	63.3	85.8
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay C	CalMac	759.7	770.3	741.0	755.9	735.3	711.5	690.1	676.9	674.1	631.7	675.7
Total Clyde		3,267.8	3,299.3	3,076.1	3,110.3	3,077.4	2,847.5	2,737.3	2,727.8	2,740.6	2,728.4	2,940.4
West Coast 12
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay C	CalMac	37.3	38.7	39.7	48.8	46.1	48.4	46.1	45.5	47.4	48.1	57.1
Berneray-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	51.4	53.8	53.9	58.2	58.0	58.1	52.8	54.4	57.7	54.4	63.1
Fionnphort-Iona C	CalMac	255.5	246.8	222.3	232.2	233.2	221.7	213.5	224.2	223.9	215.4	243.2
Fishnish-Lochaline C	CalMac	132.9	130.0	118.2	125.0	115.6	117.1	110.7	108.8	110.9	109.7	105.1
Kennacraig to Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	11.1	8.7	9.9	10.1	8.1	11.0	11.4	19.0	19.2	20.8	22.7
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	152.5	157.4	159.3	171.4	169.3	174.1	178.4	180.7	189.8	194.8	203.2
Mallaig to Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	21.4	23.4	23.9	26.1	26.7	25.6	26.6	25.9	29.8	27.8	30.4
Mallaig-Armadale C	CalMac	188.9	190.5	187.5	208.8	212.4	220.8	217.3	237.4	239.4	247.6	250.8
Mallaig-Lochboisdale 13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4	1.2	1.0	22.8
Oban to Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	9.5	9.4	10.1	11.7	8.6	10.6	9.5	9.9	10.7	9.6	5.7
Oban to Colonsay b	CalMac	16.0	16.3	15.6	16.2	16.4	14.7	14.2	15.7	13.4	11.8	12.0
Oban to Lismore C	CalMac	12.4	13.7	15.2	18.2	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.3	19.7	19.9	24.3
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	45.3	46.5	46.2	57.0	58.2	61.6	59.3	58.2	57.7	55.8	43.3
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	44.1	46.4	46.5	53.0	52.2	50.3	51.4	52.4	52.5	51.5	56.4
Oban-Craignure C	CalMac	640.4	596.7	554.6	578.3	564.5	543.7	549.4	553.4	572.0	555.2	644.8
Otternish-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser C	CalMac	55.5	62.7	64.5	61.6	58.0	53.6	56.5	57.6	57.4	60.3	70.7
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	64.0	62.4	57.8	64.7	66.5	57.9	56.1	58.4	64.1	59.8	63.8
Tobermory to Kilchoan C	CalMac	40.6	40.3	38.1	38.3	35.0	34.3	34.2	35.7	35.3	36.4	47.1
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	161.7	160.3	161.7	185.8	181.8	182.3	183.1	185.1	194.4	188.2	188.1
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	181.2	185.5	182.8	219.9	227.7	230.9	224.2	223.0	226.0	231.9	264.1
Total West Coast		2,122.0	2,089.5	2,008.0	2,185.5	2,158.4	2,136.9	2,114.8	2,165.9	2,222.5	2,200.0	2,418.7
North 8
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	37.3	36.5	34.2	37	36	36.6	35	34.2	32.3	34.1	32.9
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	102.6	102.4	101.6	105.9	112.4	113.1	108	116.8	119.2	122.0	116.4
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	16.4	14.0	13.9	14.6	15.4	16.0	16	16.3	16.3	15.8	17.1
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	148.0	154.8	145.0	151.0	141.5	138.0	139	115.6	120.8	125.7	135.2
Total North		304.3	307.7	294.7	308.5	305.3	303.7	298.0	282.9	288.6	297.6	301.5
Total		5,694.2	5,696.4	5,378.8	5,604.3	5,541.1	5,288.1	5,150.0	5,176.6	5,251.7	5,226.0	5,660.6
Route	Operator	Cars
		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Clyde 12	thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick C	CalMac	132.0	137.4	131.1	136.0	134.2	127.9	127.0	130.4	139.6	189.9	202.8
Ardrossan-Campbeltown 11, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5
Colintraive-Rhubodach C	CalMac	89.6	90.2	88.2	87.3	84.6	80.9	76.4	75.5	74.6	83.7	95.2
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	77.8	80.1	71.8	70.7	61.4	25.8	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Largs-Cumbrae C	CalMac	139.4	151.3	143.1	139.8	138.7	136.0	134.1	134.9	135	138.2	161.3
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1, C	CalMac	17.3	17.9	16.7	17.6	16.6	14.7	14.0	13.9	14.9	20.8	23.9
Tarbert-Portavadie C	CalMac	19.1	20.9	21.0	21.6	21.2	19.7	19.0	18.5	18.5	17.9	25.5
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay C	CalMac	158.2	164.2	159.9	162.7	155.7	152.9	150.1	144.8	147.5	145.1	172.9
Other		2.6	2.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Clyde		636.0	664.6	631.7	635.9	612.4	557.9	520.7	520.0	532.3	597.9	684.1
West Coast 12
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay C	CalMac	13.2	14.4	13.9	17.0	16.0	17.0	16.7	16.6	17.0	17.3	22
Berneray-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	20.8	21.5	21.5	24.7	23.7	23.4	21.7	22.2	23.9	22.5	28.2
Fionnphort-Iona C	CalMac	5.3	4.6	4.8	4.6	5.2	5.6	6.1	6.7	6.7	6.7	8.3
Fishnish-Lochaline C	CalMac	47.9	48.0	45.2	47.9	45.3	46.2	43.7	43.4	44.6	45.1	42.7
Kennacraig to Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	3.0	2.4	2.8	2.8	2.3	3.2	3.1	5.5	6.0	6.6	7.7
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	49.3	51.3	52.2	56.3	54.2	56.0	57.3	61.8	65.8	66.8	69.7
Mallaig to Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7
Mallaig-Armadale C	CalMac	44.2	46.9	46.6	54.3	51.9	52.4	50.3	52.4	53.1	54.9	61.8
Mallaig-Lochboisdale 13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.4	0.4	8.3
Oban to Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.8	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	1.8
Oban to Colonsay b	CalMac	4.5	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.8	4.4	4.2	4.5
Oban to Lismore C	CalMac	2.0	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.8	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.8	5.8
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	13.2	13.7	13.6	18.3	18.0	19.3	18.6	17.9	18.4	18.0	15.7
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	12.4	13.0	13.0	15.8	15.6	15.2	15.9	16.0	15.7	15.8	17.8
Oban-Craignure C	CalMac	117.4	114.7	110.1	114.3	108.5	108.9	105.8	109.9	112.6	115.4	162.3
Otternish-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser C	CalMac	16.7	20.2	22.9	22.9	21.2	19.0	19.8	20.1	19.2	20.3	25.2
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	13.2	14.2	13.7	14.5	14.2	12.7	12.7	14.3	15.8	15.7	17.5
Tobermory to Kilchoan C	CalMac	6.2	5.9	5.4	6.1	5.6	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.5	6.1	10.6
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	54.0	55.3	57.0	69.8	67.9	67.6	69.8	72.0	76.1	74.8	74.7
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	46.9	49.0	48.8	66.7	67.6	67.8	67.2	68.6	70.3	72.0	86.2
Total West Coast		473.2	485.1	481.7	546.7	527.7	530.0	524.8	544.3	562.6	570.0	672.5
North 8
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	5.4	5.4	4.9	5.3	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.8	4.2	4.5	4.5
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	16.9	15.7	16.7	16.7	17.4	17.2	16.3	16.9	16.6	17.4	17.9
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	2.8	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.7
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	44.0	46.2	43.9	43.5	39.4	38.0	38	31.7	32.1	34.1	37.7
Total North		69.1	69.7	67.8	67.8	64.1	62.6	61.2	55.6	55.3	58.5	62.8
Total		1,178.3	1,219.4	1,181.2	1,250.4	1,204.2	1,150.5	1,106.7	1,119.9	1,150.2	1,226.4	1,419.4

Table 9.15 (Continued)  Traffic on subsidised ferry services

Route		Commercial Vehicles and Buses
		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Clyde 12	thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick C	CalMac	11.4	13.5	12.5	11.6	13.2	11.4	12.0	12.4	12.1	9.2	10.7
Ardrossan-Campbeltown 11, C	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2
Colintraive-Rhubodach C	CalMac	16.5	17.4	17.5	15.7	14.9	15.0	14.1	12.9	12.4	11.6	9.2
Gourock-Dunoon 5, 6	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Cowal Ferries	6.0	5.3	3.9	3.8	3.5	1.5	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon6	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Largs-Cumbrae C	CalMac	6.5	7.4	6.6	5.3	5.0	5.4	5.6	6.8	6.2	6.5	4.2
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig 1, C	CalMac	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Tarbert-Portavadie C	CalMac	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.5
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay C	CalMac	14.2	13.6	14.1	12.1	12.6	14.1	14.2	13.2	13.7	11.9	8.9
Other		0.4	0.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Clyde		56.2	58.8	55.6	49.7	50.3	48.5	47.1	46.3	45.6	40.5	34.1
West Coast 12
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay C	CalMac	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3
Berneray-Leverburgh 3, C	CalMac	1.7	2.3	2.1	2.2	1.9	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.3	1.8	1.1
Fionnphort-Iona C	CalMac	1.0	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.2	0.9
Fishnish-Lochaline C	CalMac	3.5	4.0	4.0	3.5	3.8	3.8	4.5	4.0	3.4	3.7	2.8
Kennacraig to Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9
Kennacraig-Islay b	CalMac	8.8	9.5	10.0	9.7	9.8	10.9	12.4	10.3	10.8	10.8	11.4
Mallaig to Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Mallaig-Armadale C	CalMac	1.8	1.6	1.9	1.6	1.9	1.9	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.2
Mallaig-Lochboisdale 13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.6
Oban to Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2
Oban to Colonsay b	CalMac	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2
Oban to Lismore C	CalMac	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale a	CalMac	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.1
Oban-Coll/Tiree a	CalMac	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7
Oban-Craignure C	CalMac	9.5	9.4	10.9	10.6	11.2	11.3	12.2	10.9	10.7	10.6	9.3
Otternish-Leverburgh 3	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser C	CalMac	0.8	1.0	1.5	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.7
Tayinloan-Gigha b	CalMac	2.0	2.0	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1
Tobermory to Kilchoan C	CalMac	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.02
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy 2,a	CalMac	7.4	6.9	7.2	6.9	7.7	8.0	6.7	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.2
Ullapool-Stornoway a	CalMac	12.3	12.5	12.7	13.6	14.1	15.9	13.2	12.3	13.0	11.6	12.9
Total West Coast		54.9	56.0	58.5	58.1	61.2	64.2	63.4	57.6	56.8	56.8	55.4
North 8,10
Aberdeen - Kirkwall 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02
Aberdeen - Lerwick 8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Aberdeen - Stomness 7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall 8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Scrabster - Stromness 8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Total North		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4
Total subsidised routes		111.2	114.7	114.1	107.8	111.6	112.8	110.5	104.3	102.9	97.7	89.9

Source: Ferry operators - Not National Statistics
1. Seasonal carryings.
2. These figures are an aggregate of the Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy, Uig-Lochmaddy, Uig-Tarbert & Tarbert-Lochmaddy routes.
3. Berneray-Leverburgh replaced the Otternish-Leverburgh service and started in 2002.
4. Ballycastle-Rathlin was operated by CalMac prior to April 2007
5. This route was out of service between March 2003 and June 2003.
6. Cowal Ferries operated the Gourock-Dunoon route from October 2006 until June 2011 when Argyll Ferries took over operation and carry passengers only. It is not possible to split passenger
figures for 2011 between the two operators. 7. The Aberdeen to Stromness route changed to Aberdeen to Kirkwall in October 2002 but the figures provided by the company for 2002 did not distinguish between the two.
8. P & O Scottish Ferries stopped operating these services on 30 September 2002. NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Ltd operated from 1 October 2002 until 6 July 2006;
NorthLink Ferries Ltd operated from 6 July 2006 until 5 July 2012; Serco NorthLink Ferries operated from 5 July 2012 to date. 9. Years prior to 2006 covered the period 1 October to 30 September. Figures for 2006 relate to a financial year beginning 1 April. Figures for 2007 onwards
relate to an operating year from July to June. Day charters and livestock specials are included in the figures for some routes. 10. Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading for 2003. The number of vehicles are no longer available due to a change in the method of collecting the data.
11. Route commenced May 2013.
12. Figures are for calendar years.
13. Route commenced Summer 2016.
a. Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) was introduced on these routes in October 2008
b. Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) was introduced on these routes in October 2012
c. Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) was introduced on these routes in October 2015
14. Between 2013 and 2015 route oprated as pilot scheme on Tuesday and Saturday during winter timetable. Full service started 2016

Table 9.16    Traffic on other major ferry routes    

Route	Passengers
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousands
Western Ferries 2
Gourock-Dunoon	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	1,341.0
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
Renfrew - Yoker 7	149.9	149.5	141.4	147.8	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock - Kilcreggan 8	74.9	71.3	70.0	71.6	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5
Total	224.7	220.8	211.4	219.4	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5
Argyll & Bute Council
Appin-Lismore9	29.5	39.1	40.2	39.0	38.2	33.4	37.3	44.4	40.2	39.1	45.7
Islay - Jura	73.3	71.6	72.4	69.1	65.8	71.3	70.2	62.8	67.7	68.1	68.0
Cuan-Luing 3,9	21.3	15.2	14.6	13.9	16.3	16.0	17.7	16.1	14.4	17.1	21.3
Seil-Easdale9	14.3	12.7	14.4	16.0	15.0	13.1	14.4	15.1	15.9	16.9	14.5
Total	138.4	138.6	141.6	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber
(Corran Ferry) 4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	560	566	557	572
Camusnagaul - Fort William 5	7.0	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9
Total 18	7.0	16.7	1.0	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9
West Highland Seaways 12
Gairloch (Wester Ross) - Portree (Skye)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bruce Watt Cruises 17
Mallaig-Loch Nevis	3.4	2.6	4.9	3.3	3.0	4.9	4.6	-	-	-	-
Orkney Ferries1
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	74.8	74.2	76.2	76.0	78.8	81.7	77.1	79.3	77.5	77.7	81.6
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	58.6	60.5	55.0	60.6	58.8	58.4	56.3	58.8	54.8	55.0	53.6
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	64.0	65.0	65.2	69.9	64.2	67.0	68.7	65	64.9	58.7	62.7
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	101.6	98.3	102.1	102.0	105.8	104.6	108.6	99.3	96.6	97.4	103.5
Stromness-Hoy/Graemsay	18.9	18.4	20.5	21.1	23.1	26.2	24.9	26	26.5	26.4	27.8
Total	317.9	316.4	319.0	329.5	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2	329.2
Invergordon - Orkney 17	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	169.2	177.5	170.9	166.2	164.0	169.0	173.1	166.1	165.8	163.4	169.8
Toft - Ulsta	245.0	256.0	248.8	264.4	272.0	254.0	269.3	280.9	270.0	261.1	273.2
Bluemull 11	117.9	131.8	..	..	..	..	172.1	159.3	152.7	137.8	146.94
Lerwick - Bressay 6	207.9	206.8	214.4	205.9	189.0	192.0	196.8	170.9	173.0	170.7	176.3
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	20.5	23.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5.5	5.15
West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3.0	2.81
Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.5	0.71
Total	760.5	795.6	634.1	636.5	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	742.0	774.9
Cromarty Ferry Company
Cromarty-Nigg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total all routes	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	2,594.3	2,659.0
Route	Cars *
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousands
Western Ferries
Gourock-Dunoon	577.8	602.0	588.0	584.0	564.2	577.9	605.5	578.5	590.0	599.6	608.0
Argyll & Bute Council
Islay - Jura	23.9	24.0	23.9	26.5	23.9	22.8	22.5	22.2	23.7	23.5	25.9
Cuan-Luing 3,9	10.9	7.6	7.7	7.2	7.0	7.1	7.2	5.8	5.6	7.4	11.3
Total	34.8	31.6	31.6	33.7	30.9	29.9	29.7	28.0	29.3	30.9	37.2
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber (Corran Ferry)	234.2	252.4	245.0	249.4	221.4	242.0	238.5	234.7	247.4	247.2	251.0
Orkney Ferries 1,13
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	21.0	20.6	18.2	19.3	19.0	17.8	15.9	15.6	14.8	15.4	16.2
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	10.0	9.7	9.2	9.8	10.2	9.1	10.4	9.4	10.7	10.2	8.8
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	7.9	8.0	8.0	7.8	7.5	7.2	8	7.8	8.1	8.0	7.9
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	21.0	20.1	20.9	21.1	21.4	21.3	20.8	19.5	20.4	21.1	22.7
Total	59.9	58.4	56.3	58.0	58.1	55.5	55.1	52.3	54.0	54.7	55.6
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	73.2	76.4	73.3	74.3	72.2	78.0	77.9	77.8	75.6	78.7	81.88
Toft - Ulsta	115.4	119.6	116.7	123.8	129.2	134.0	130.6	138.1	126.9	139.6	147.28
Bluemull 11	56.4	65.8	..	..	..	..	88.8	78.3	73.9	78.2	84.47
Lerwick - Bressay	65.5	69.6	67.9	67.5	66.4	70.0	66.5	65.2	64.6	65.9	69.52
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	9.9	11.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vidlin/Lerwick - Skerries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.7	2.54
West Burrafirth - Papa Stour	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1.3	1.26
Fair Isle - Grutness/Lerwick	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.19
Total	320.4	342.9	257.9	265.6	267.8	282.0	363.8	359.4	341.0	366.6	387.1
Cromarty Ferry Company
Cromarty-Nigg	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total all routes	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	1,299.0	1,338.9

Table 9.16 (continued) Traffic on other major ferry routes  

Route	Commercial Vehicles and Buses *
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
	thousands
Western Ferries
Gourock-Dunoon 14	33.7	33.0	32.2	33.8	33.0	37.9	40.0	37.9	37.9	34.9	33.8
Argyll & Bute Council 9
Islay - Jura	4.9	4.7	4.6	2.5	2.6	3.2	2.8	1.6	3.3	4.4	5.7
Cuan-Luing 9	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3
Total	5.1	5.0	4.9	2.8	2.9	3.5	3.1	1.9	3.6	5.0	6.0
Highland Council
Ardgour-Nether Lochaber  (Corran Ferry)	10.0	9.8	17.1	16.9	14.4	12.5	14.3	11.3	11.8	11.4	11.5
Orkney Ferries 1,13
Houton - Lyness/Flotta	2.8	2.7	4.9	5.3	5.4	6.0	7.4	8.5	9.0	9.0	9.4
Tingwall - Rousay/Egilsay/Wyre	5.4	6.1	4.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.8	4.7
Kirkwall - Shapinsay	3.1	3.0	3.6	4.7	4.7	4.9	4.4	4.3	3.3	3.1	3.2
Kirkwall - Westray/Stronsay	11.8	11.0	11.7	12.7	13.8	13.5	15.7	13.8	13.1	13.1	14.4
Total	23.1	22.8	24.9	29.4	30.6	31.2	32.3	31.5	29.9	30.0	31.7
Shetland Islands Council 1
Laxo or Vidlin - Symbister	3.5	3.9	3.6	3.3	4.0	4.3	4.0	2.2	2.9	..	..
Toft - Ulsta	10.0	9.8	9.8	10.3	7.3	7.6	12.6	9.0	12	..	..
Gutcher - Belmont 11	4.0	4.8	..	..	..	..	7.2	3.9	6.4	..	..
Lerwick - Bressay	3.8	2.0	2.2	2.0	3.7	3.5	4.7	2.5	4	..	..
Gutcher - Oddsta 10	0.5	0.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	21.8	20.7	15.6	15.6	15.0	15.4	28.5	17.6	25.3	0.0	0.0
Total all routes	93.7	91.3	94.7	98.4	95.9	100.4	118.2	100.1	108.5	81.3	83.0

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

Figure 9.6 Top passenger ferry routes within and to/from Scotland, 2016

Figure 9.7 Top car ferry routes within and to/from Scotland, 2016

Table 9.17     Reliability and punctuality of lifeline ferry services 

	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
Caledonian MacBrayne	numbers
Scheduled sailings 1	142,933	132,558	131,639	131,103	131,317	131,209	131,334	133,477	134,665	133,391	135,680
	percentages
Reliability 2	99.7	99.8	100.0	99.9	99.8	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.6	99.9
Punctuality 3	99.2	99.4	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.7
NorthLink 4	numbers
Scheduled sailings 1	2,688	3,191	3,247	3,232	3,270	3,308	3,151	2,886	2,868	2,915	2,931
	percentages
Reliability / Punctuality
Aberdeen routes	100.0	99.9	99.9	99.9	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.7	99.9	99.9
Pentland Firth	99.0	98.6	98.9	98.9	99.3	99.1	99.5	92.1	100	99.5	100

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

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

Type of callout	2006	2007 1	2008 1	2009 1	2010 1	2011 1	2012 1	2013 1	2014 1	2015 1, 2	2016 1
Assistance rendered	1,178	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Assistance not rendered	2,074	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hoax	99	92	56	89	62	41	57	60	45	16	14
Total incidents	3,351	3,383	3,583	3,765	3,669	3,910	3,283	3,422	3,364	2,538	2,464
Coastguard rescue team callouts	2,591	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Number of persons assisted	13,317	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Number of persons rescued	970	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lives lost	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.