Chapter 9: Water Transport

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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.

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 2019.
There was a total of 8.7 million passengers and 3.1 million vehicles carried on ferry routes within Scotland in 2019.
There were 1.8 million passengers and 0.4 million vehicles carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2. Main Points

Freight Tonnage

2.1 Exports through major (see section 9.16.3 page 294) Scottish ports rose from 61 million tonnes in 1997 to 68 million tonnes in 2002 before steadily falling to 33 million tonnes in 2019 (there has been a 13% fall in the last ten years) - eight ports were counted as major ports in 1997 and 1998, there were nine in 1999 and 11 from 2000 onwards. Imports totalled 11.9 million tonnes, considerably less than the volume of exports. (Table 9.2)

2.2 Waterborne freight (both incoming and outgoing) passing through the ports increased by 2.6% in 2019 to 67 million tonnes. This was 22% less than in 2009, continuing a steady fall. In 2019, the eleven major ports accounted for 95% of the total traffic through Scottish ports. Exports accounted for 50% of the total freight through Scottish ports and domestic traffic accounted for 27%. Imports, and incoming domestic freight were much lower, together accounting for 28% of the total freight through Scottish ports. (Table 9.2)

Ports and Destinations

2.3 Forth (25 million tonnes), Clyde (9 million tonnes) and Glensanda (7 million tonnes) accounted for the highest freight traffic in 2019. Forth traffic is 5.1% lower than 2018, and is 31% below 2009. Clyde's freight traffic has fluctuated between 2009 and 2019, falling overall from 13 million tonnes to 9 million tonnes in 2019. Again, as these figures are for the total volume of traffic, they are unaffected by the change in the method of compiling the statistics. (Table 9.3)

2.4 Bulk fuel accounted for 40 million tonnes (63%) of the total traffic through major Scottish ports in 2019. (Table 9.4)

2.5 Top exporting ports for foreign traffic were: Forth (19 million tonnes); Sullom Voe (6.2 million tonnes) and Glensanda (3.8 million tonnes). Clyde (5.9 million tonnes) and Forth (4.5 million tonnes) together accounted for almost all the imports from foreign traffic. Glensanda (2.9 million tonnes), Aberdeen (1.8 million tonnes), and Cairnryan (1.5 million tonnes) had most outward domestic traffic; Aberdeen (1.5 million tonnes) was the main port for inwards domestic traffic. (Table 9.6)

2.6 The main types of traffic through the major ports in 2019 were crude oil (29 million tonnes), other dry bulk (10 million tonnes) and oil products (8 million tonnes). (Table 9.7)

2.7 In 2019 most exports were destined for Netherlands (8.3 million tonnes), Asia (10.5 million tonnes), Germany (5.5 million tonnes), Belgium (2.2 million tonnes) and Spain (1.4 million tonnes) while most imports arrived from Norway (2.1 million tonnes and Nigeria (1.9 million tonnes). (Table 9.8)

Passenger Services

Routes to Northern Ireland and Europe

2.8 In 2019, 1.8 million passengers were carried on ferry services between Scotland and Northern Ireland. There were 415 thousand vehicles carried between Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2019, a 2 per cent increase on 2018. Until it's closure in 2018 the Rosyth to Zeebrugge freight route was the only ferry route between Scotland and Europe. (Tables 9.13 (a) & (b))

Routes within Scotland

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

2.10 There were 8.7 million passengers carried on routes within Scotland in 2019, a rise of 1.5 per cent compared to 2018 and 2.2 per cent above the recent peak in numbers in 2007. Caledonian MacBrayne carried 5.4 million of these passengers (62%) and Western Ferries carried a further 15 per cent on the Gourock-Dunoon route. (Table 9.12)

2.11 There were 3.1 million vehicles carried on routes within Scotland in 2019, a 2.5 per cent increase on 2018. Of these vehicles, 50 per cent were carried by Caledonian MacBrayne and a further 21 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 5.4 million passengers in 2019, 134,000 (3%) more than in 2018. There were 1.5 million cars carried, (5%) more than 2018, and 91,000 commercial vehicles and buses, the same as 2018. (Table 9.14)

2.13 Serco Northlink Ferries carried 348,000 passengers in 2019, an 8 per cent increase compared to 2018. There were 77,000 cars carried on these routes in 2019, 7 per cent more than 2018. (Table 9.14)

Local authority ferry services

2.14 Shetland Islands Council services carried 777,000 passengers in 2019, two per cent more than 2018. There were 382,000 vehicles carried, a rise of 2 per cent on 2018.

2.15 Orkney Ferries services carried 336,000 passengers in 2019, one per cent less than in 2018. There were 94,000 vehicles carried on these routes, one per cent more than the previous year. (Table 9.14)

2.16 Ferries operated by Argyll and Bute Council carried 141,000 passengers in 2019. 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 598,000 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 1,320,100 passengers in 2019. There were 632,700 cars carried on this route and 29,800 commercial vehicles and buses in 2019. (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 1.3 million passengers in 2019. (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 266 thousand vehicles in 2019. (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 2019 was Ardrossan - Brodick, with 849,500 passengers. Ardrossan - Brodick was also the busiest subsidised route for car traffic in 2019 with 207,700 car crossings, a decrease of 4 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 2.7 million passengers in 2019 and 762,000 cars. (Table 9.15)

Ferry Punctuality

2.22 The level of reliability (the number of timetabled sailings actually operated, see table footnote for more detail) for Caledonian MacBrayne lifeline ferry services was 99.6% in 2019-20 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 99.8% for Aberdeen routes and 99.9% for the Pentland Firth in 2019-20. (Table 9.17)

Coastguard callouts

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

Table 9.1: Waterborne freight lifted, discharged and moved, by type of traffic
(a) *Waterborne freight lifted* in Scotland, and moved, by type of traffic**
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 ⁸	2016	2017	2018	2019
Freight lifted ( weight )											million tonnes
Coastwise traffic¹
Liquid bulks	13.59	11.49	11.12	7.22	5.93	5.41	..	..	..	..	..
Coal	1.02	1.23	0.67	0.76	0.67	0.78	..	..	..	..	..
Other	5.23	5.23	4.54	4.56	4.79	5.62	..	..	..	..	..
Total	19.84	17.95	16.33	12.54	11.39	11.81	14.20	..	..	..	..
One Port traffic²
To rigs	3.59	1.88	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	..	..	..	..	..
Sea dumped	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..
Total	3.59	1.88	2.42	2.57	2.10	2.19	..	..	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	0.05	..	..	..	..	..
Coastwise	3.43	3.04	2.74	2.18	1.93	1.64	..	..	..	..	..
One Port	0.04	0.05	0.01	0	0.02	0.01	..	..	..	..	..
Foreign	6.63	7.80	7.95	8.61	8.74	7.71	..	..	..	..	..
Total	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.69	9.41	10.27	..	..	..	..
All above traffic³	30.06	27.63	26.70	23.72	22.23	21.76	24.47	..	..	..	..
Port exports⁴	38.32	39.89	33.36	32.06	31.58	30.84	30.26	32.97	30.89	33.3299	33.43
All freight lifted⁵	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	12,360	10,777	10,628	6,723	4,888	4,783	..	..	..	..	..
Coal	261	302	303	316	277	312	..	..	..	..	..
Other	2,700	2,478	2,080	2,012	2,287	2,936	..	..	..	..	..
Total	15,321	13,557	13,011	9,051	7,452	8,031	11,414	..	..	..	..
One Port traffic²
To rigs	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..	..	..	..	..
Sea dumped	-	-	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total	2,287	1,885	2,190	2,571	2,100	2,182	..	..	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic
Internal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coastwise	83	80	80	60	53	22	..	..	..	..	..
One Port	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..
Foreign	160	200	190	209	209	137	..	..	..	..	..
Total	244	280	270	269	262	234	236	..	..	..	..
All above traffic⁶	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.

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
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 ⁶	2016	2017	2018	2019
Freight discharged ( weight )											million tonnes
Coastwise traffic¹
Liquid bulks	2.52	3.01	2.06	2.14	1.91	1.74	..	..	..	..	..
Coal	-	0.01	0.08	0.01	0.02	-	..	..	..	..	..
Other	3.77	4.25	3.83	4.28	3.98	4.06	..	..	..	..	..
Total	6.29	7.26	5.97	6.43	5.91	5.79	4.62	..	..	..	..
One Port traffic²
From rigs	2.75	3.12	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	..	..	..	..	..
Sea dredged	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..
Total	2.76	3.12	2.86	3.89	2.23	2.07	..	..	..	..	..
Inland waterway traffic³	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Port imports⁴	13.53	13.17	14.22	16.25	16.50	16.55	13.48	9.49	10.65	11.46	11.93
Freight moved ( weight x distance )											million tonne-kilometres
Coastwise traffic¹
Liquid bulks	1,445	2,070	1,459	1,529	1,253	1,126	..	..	..	..	..
Coal	-	12	61	9	12	-	..	..	..	..	..
Other	953	1,056	958	1,092	986	1,017	..	..	..	..	..
Total	2,398	3,138	2,478	2,626	2,250	2,143	1,846	..	..	..	..
One Port traffic²
From rigs	2,762	3,146	2,885	3,898	2,241	2,091	..	..	..	..	..
Sea dredged	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..
Total	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.

Fig 9.1: Foreign and domestic traffic by port

Fig 9.1: Foreign and domestic traffic by port

Map author: Natasha Sinegina

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Table 9.2: Foreign and domestic freight traffic at (major) Scottish ports ¹
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
											thousand tonnes
Foreign
Imports	13,532	13,169	14,216	16,254	16,501	16,554	13,481	9,486	10,649	11,462	11,932
Exports	38,321	39,891	33,358	32,060	31,583	30,842	30,259	32,974	30,886	33,330	33,435
Total	51,853	53,060	47,573	48,313	48,084	47,396	43,740	42,458	41,538	44,792	45,367
Domestic
Inwards	7,670	8,722	7,999	9,447	7,160	7,053	6,281	6,643	6,343	6,268	6,639
Outwards	22,558	18,745	18,378	15,072	12,673	13,167	16,531	14,308	15,467	10,909	11,155
Total	30,228	27,468	26,379	24,519	19,833	20,219	22,813	20,950	21,811	17,178	17,794
Total - major ports only	82,081	80,525	73,952	72,832	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409	63,952	61,969	63,160
Total - all ports	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985	65,083	66,761

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	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
											thousand tonnes
Stranraer ³
Inwards	646	553	543	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Outwards	531	465	442	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total traffic	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan ^{4, 5}
Inwards	-	-	-	943	898	1,022	1,076	1,166	1,155	1,263	1,367
Outwards	-	-	-	872	885	1,016	1,087	1,190	1,233	1,283	1,283
Total traffic	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546	2,650
Cairnryan
Inwards	1,123	1,150	1,340	1,246	1,103	1,096	1,179	1,290	1,399	1,323	1,224
Outwards	1,448	1,484	1,592	1,364	1,261	1,272	1,370	1,450	1,448	1,534	1,481
Total traffic	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,848	2,857	2,705
Ayr
Inwards	182	276	212	205	347	284	217	256	209	215	235
Outwards	153	282	190	99	123	71	63	50	31	55	104
Total traffic	335	558	402	304	470	355	280	306	240	270	339
Clyde
Inwards	9,474	8,982	9,981	12,026	12,148	13,221	9,678	6,273	6,500	6,825	6,700
Outwards	3,078	3,301	3,450	3,394	2,635	2,980	2,806	2,469	2,366	2,262	2,101
Total traffic	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742	8,865	9,087	8,801
Glensanda
Inwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Outwards	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646
Total traffic	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646
Other West Coast ¹
Inwards	368	649	347	337	284	337	271	303	320	307	488
Outwards	530	651	362	342	369	466	386	243	243	247	458
Total traffic	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656	546	563	554	946
Orkneys
Inwards	169	184	186	200	180	182	195	204	210	210	205
Outwards	3,073	3,059	2,158	1,529	874	969	3,750	4,411	4,643	3,260	2,845
Total traffic	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615	4,852	3,470	3,050
Lerwick
Inwards	309	323	344	407	495	437	410	359	325	276	279
Outwards	250	245	241	263	328	401	336	269	279	237	269
Total traffic	560	568	585	670	824	838	746	629	604	513	548
Sullom Voe
Inwards	840	1,021	748	2,196	201	1	6	-	-	-	-
Outwards	10,377	10,250	9,405	9,202	6,192	7,183	6,114	6,183	5,179	5,329	7,371
Total traffic	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183	5,179	5,329	7,371
Cromarty Firth
Inwards	1,300	1,659	1,882	1,313	1,605	810	145	242	158	189	819
Outwards	1,565	2,004	2,138	1,314	1,773	781	117	153	69	86	110
Total traffic	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395	227	275	929
Inverness
Inwards	524	520	437	368	409	321	394	510	421	522	460
Outwards	127	151	162	154	155	154	172	154	144	150	185
Total traffic	651	671	599	521	563	475	566	664	565	672	645
Peterhead
Inwards	482	538	541	584	589	768	950	695	842	732	713
Outwards	315	568	513	440	382	608	518	453	447	399	377
Total traffic	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148	1,288	1,131	1,090
Aberdeen
Inwards	2,227	2,035	1,966	2,084	2,055	1,986	2,031	1,728	1,948	2,022	2,060
Outwards	1,343	2,129	2,198	2,409	2,209	2,245	2,345	2,042	2,111	2,116	2,135
Total traffic	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770	4,058	4,138	4,195
Montrose
Inwards	283	395	359	336	417	452	387	362	348	402	362
Outwards	140	116	129	182	171	150	106	142	96	132	172
Total traffic	423	512	488	518	588	601	493	504	444	534	534
Dundee
Inwards	632	754	721	666	704	463	468	449	500	546	475
Outwards	177	209	208	176	111	54	47	84	67	62	28
Total traffic	810	962	929	842	815	517	515	534	566	608	503
Perth
Inwards	120	99	61	42	37	49	58	28	23	12	29
Outwards	6	4	13	19	23	12	5	5	9	-	-
Total traffic	125	103	74	62	60	61	63	33	31	12	29
Forth ⁶
Inwards	4,309	5,015	4,307	4,442	4,177	4,056	4,035	4,080	4,286	4,621	5,010
Outwards	32,381	29,321	23,571	20,890	22,188	20,552	23,039	23,359	23,258	21,966	20,211
Total traffic	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439	27,544	26,587	25,221
Other East Coast ²
Inwards	284	291	302	289	326	348	345	377	344	318	323
Outwards	1,192	289	303	263	239	284	268	224	240	241	235
Total traffic	476	580	605	552	565	632	612	601	584	559	558
Scotland
Inwards	23,272	24,444	24,277	27,684	25,976	25,835	21,845	18,322	18,986	19,781	20,748
Outwards	62,277	60,374	53,135	48,454	45,663	45,546	48,126	48,368	47,999	45,302	46,012
Total traffic	85,547	84,817	77,414	76,139	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985	65,083	66,761

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics

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

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

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

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

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

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

Table 9.4: Foreign and domestic freight traffic by port: bulk fuel and all other traffic ¹
Port	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Stranraer ⁸											thousand tonnes
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan ^{5, 6}
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546	2,650
Cairnryan
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	2,572	2,634	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,848	2,857	2,705
Ayr
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	335	558	402	304	470	355	280	306	240	270	339
Clyde
Bulk fuel	10,672	10,209	11,464	13,547	12,877	14,090	10,332	6,522	6,918	7,096	7,212
All other traffic	1,880	2,074	1,967	1,874	1,906	2,111	2,152	2,220	1,947	1,991	1,589
Glensanda
Bulk fuel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All other traffic	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646
Other West Coast ²
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	896	1,300	709	680	653	803	656	546	563	554	946
Orkney
Bulk fuel	3,027	2,999	2,096	1,487	825	918	3,689	4,348	4,585	3,194	2,778
All other traffic	214	245	248	242	229	233	256	267	267	276	273
Lerwick
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	560	568	585	670	824	838	746	629	604	513	548
Sullom Voe
Bulk fuel	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,352	7,180	6,108	6,179	5,175	5,326	7,368
All other traffic	-	69	19	59	41	5	12	4	4	3	3
Cromarty Firth
Bulk fuel	2,730	3,454	3,821	2,410	3,181	1,339	87	207	63	24	20
All other traffic	134	209	199	218	197	252	175	188	164	251	909
Inverness
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	651	671	599	521	563	475	566	664	565	672	645
Peterhead
Bulk fuel	309	365	260	282	305	236	330	443	456	471	411
All other traffic	488	742	794	742	667	1,141	1,138	705	832	660	678
Aberdeen
Bulk fuel	1,044	1,022	1,018	1,073	1,073	1,019	1,388	1,130	1,334	1,387	1,403
All other traffic	3,526	3,142	3,147	3,420	3,190	3,212	2,988	2,640	2,724	2,751	2,792
Montrose
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	423	512	488	518	588	601	493	504	444	534	534
Dundee
Bulk fuel	448	486	560	457	378	169	149	137	127	137	122
All other traffic	362	476	369	385	437	349	366	397	439	470	381
Perth
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other traffic	125	103	74	62	60	61	63	33	31	12	29
Forth⁷
Bulk fuel	32,438	30,405	23,208	21,028	22,039	19,982	23,081	22,999	23,336	22,653	20,205
All other traffic	4,252	3,930	4,670	4,304	4,326	4,626	3,993	4,440	4,208	3,934	5,016
Other East Coast ³
Bulk fuel	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other	476	580	605	552	565	632	612	601	584	559	558
Major ports ⁴
Bulk fuel ¹	61,885	60,142	52,561	51,623	47,030	44,933	45,164	41,965	41,994	40,288	39,519
All other traffic	20,196	20,384	21,391	21,210	20,887	22,683	21,388	21,444	21,959	21,681	23,642
All traffic:
Major ports only	82,081	80,526	73,952	72,833	67,917	67,615	66,552	63,409	63,953	61,970	63,160
All ports	85,547	84,818	77,414	76,140	71,639	71,381	69,968	66,692	66,985	65,083	66,761

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)
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
West Coast:											thousand tonnes
Stranraer¹ *
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	1,177	1,017	986	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loch Ryan ^{2, 3}
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546	2,650
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	-	-	-	1,815	1,783	2,038	2,163	2,356	2,388	2,546	2,650
Cairnryan*
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Container & roll on traffic	2,572	2,632	2,932	2,610	2,364	2,368	2,548	2,737	2,847	2,857	2,705
Other general cargo	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	-
All traffic	2,572	2,634	2,632	2,610	2,365	2,368	2,548	2,740	2,847	2,857	2,705
Clyde
Liquid bulk	4,685	4,853	5,124	5,945	5,777	6,952	6,729	6,125	6,918	7,093	7,212
Dry bulk	6,904	6,793	7,564	8,778	8,377	8,451	4,899	1,668	1,125	1,144	818
Container & roll on traffic	447	509	599	588	499	576	634	651	599	641	596
Other general cargo	516	128	144	109	130	221	223	298	223	209	174
All traffic	12,552	12,283	13,431	15,421	14,783	16,201	12,484	8,742	8,865	9,087	8,801
Glensanda
Liquid bulk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dry bulk	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All traffic	5,591	5,846	6,060	5,541	5,746	6,347	5,597	5,487	6,138	5,943	6,646
East Coast:
Orkney
Liquid bulk	3,026	2,998	2,095	1,486	824	918	3,688	4,348	4,585	3,194	2,778
Dry bulk	12	20	25	15	11	12	16	9	9	15	9
Container & roll on traffic	181	213	211	215	208	209	234	243	242	242	236
Other general cargo	21	14	13	13	11	12	7	15	16	19	27
All traffic	3,241	3,244	2,344	1,729	1,054	1,151	3,945	4,615	4,852	3,470	3,050
Sullom Voe
Liquid bulk	11,217	11,202	10,134	11,339	6,357	7,180	6,114	6,179	5,175	5,326	7,368
Dry bulk	-	69	12	57	13	-	5	4	3	3	3
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	-	-	7	2	24	5	-	-	-	-	0.1
All traffic	11,217	11,270	10,153	11,398	6,394	7,185	6,120	6,183	5,179	5,329	7,371
Cromarty Firth
Liquid bulk	2,727	3,460	3,821	2,408	3,178	1,337	89	213	71	35	20
Dry bulk	73	125	159	144	115	174	109	108	131	105	745
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	64	78	41	76	85	80	64	74	24	135	164
All traffic	2,864	3,663	4,020	2,628	3,378	1,591	262	395	227	275	929
Peterhead*
Liquid bulk	377	453	390	386	364	536	735	535	560	606	590
Dry bulk	88	144	158	100	53	155	97	64	32	43	59
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	331	510	506	538	554	686	635	549	696	483	441
All traffic	797	1,107	1,054	1,024	971	1,377	1,468	1,148	1,288	1,131	1,090
Aberdeen
Liquid bulk	2,065	1,957	1,922	2,059	1,987	1,986	2,298	2,188	2,131	2,095	2,204
Dry bulk	331	549	606	439	474	487	455	367	405	519	498
Container & roll on traffic	345	365	405	468	474	430	408	409	505	486	416
Other general cargo	1,829	1,293	1,231	1,527	1,329	1,328	1,215	806	1,018	1,038	1,076
All traffic	4,570	4,164	4,165	4,493	4,264	4,231	4,376	3,770	4,058	4,138	4,195
Dundee*
Liquid bulk	451	493	571	467	379	183	157	147	145	180	156
Dry bulk	300	412	277	294	369	259	310	304	330	354	285
Container & roll on traffic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other general cargo	59	57	81	82	67	75	48	82	92	74	62
All traffic	810	962	929	842	815	517	515	534	566	608	503
Forth ⁴
Liquid bulk	31,913	29,432	23,353	20,739	22,109	20,363	23,183	23,323	23,556	22,778	21,194
Dry bulk	1,840	1,904	1,392	1,283	1,125	1,056	958	963	979	1,138	1,362
Container & roll on traffic	2,494	2,751	2,666	2,798	2,858	2,834	2,643	2,792	2,737	2,538	2,432
Other general cargo	442	249	466	512	273	355	290	361	272	132	233
All traffic	36,690	34,335	27,878	25,332	26,365	24,608	27,074	27,439	27,544	26,587	25,221

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, 2018
	Foreign traffic			Domestic traffic			Total
	Imports	Exports	Total	Inwards	Outwards	Total	Total
							thousand tonnes
Loch Ryan	-	-	-	1,263	1,283	2,546	2,546
Cairnryan	-	-	-	1,323	1,534	2,857	2,857
Clyde	6,097	1,366	7,463	728	895	1,623	9,087
Glensanda	-	3,684	3,684	-	2,258	2,258	5,943
Orkney	7	3,117	3,124	203	143	346	3,470
Sullom Voe	-	4,568	4,568	-	761	761	5,329
Cromarty Firth	141	32	173	48	53	101	275
Peterhead	160	5	165	572	394	966	1,131
Aberdeen	525	355	881	1,496	1,761	3,257	4,138
Dundee	494	54	548	51	8	59	608
Forth ¹	4,037	20,148	24,185	585	1,818	2,403	26,587
All Major Ports	11,462	33,330	44,792	6,268	10,909	17,178	61,969

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics

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

Table 9.6(b): Foreign and domestic freight traffic at the major ports by type of traffic, 2019
	Foreign traffic			Domestic traffic			Total
	Imports	Exports	Total	Inwards	Outwards	Total	Total
							thousand tonnes
Loch Ryan	-	-	-	1,367	1,283	2,650	2,650
Cairnryan	-	-	-	1,224	1,481	2,705	2,705
Clyde	5,931	1,449	7,381	768	651	1,420	8,801
Glensanda	-	3,762	3,762	-	2,884	2,884	6,646
Orkney	7	2,658	2,666	197	187	384	3,050
Sullom Voe	0	6,159	6,159	-	1,212	1,212	7,371
Cromarty Firth	331	55	387	488	55	543	929
Peterhead	99	1	100	614	376	990	1,090
Aberdeen	580	335	914	1,480	1,800	3,280	4,195
Dundee	447	20	467	28	9	37	503
Forth ¹	4,536	18,995	23,532	473	1,216	1,689	25,221
All Major Ports	11,932	33,435	45,367	6,639	11,155	17,794	63,160

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, 2019
	Foreign traffic		All foreign traffic	Domestic traffic		All domestic traffic	All foreign & domestic traffic
	Imports	Exports	All foreign traffic	Inwards	Outwards	All domestic traffic	All foreign & domestic traffic
							thousand tonnes
Liquid bulk
Liquefied gas	649	1,797	2,446	104	352	455	2,902
Crude oil	4,974	21,840	26,813	468	1,802	2,270	29,083
Oil products	1,938	3,209	5,147	1,254	1,127	2,381	7,528
Other liquid bulk products	786	341	1,127	224	658	882	2,009
All liquid bulk traffic	8,347	27,187	35,534	2,049	3,938	5,988	41,522
Dry bulk
Ores	32	364	396	5	95	100	497
Coal	5	-	5	-	-	-	5
Agricultural products (eg grain, soya, tapioca)	717	31	748	177	54	232	979
Other dry bulk	1,322	3,860	5,182	783	2,979	3,762	8,945
All dry bulk traffic	2,076	4,255	6,332	966	3,128	4,094	10,426
Containers
20' freight units	305	377	682	40	18	58	740
40' freight units	419	957	1,375	49	162	211	1,586
Freight units >20' & <40'	77	137	214	2	0	2	215
Freight units >40'	229	262	491	5	8	13	504
All container traffic	1,030	1,732	2,762	95	189	284	3,046
Roll-on/roll-off (self-propelled)
Road goods vehicles with or without accompanying trailers	-	-	-	1,498	1,693	3,191	3,191
Import/Export motor vehicles	0	0	0	4	5	9	9
All ro-ro self-propelled traffic	0	0	0	1,502	1,698	3,200	3,200
Roll-on/roll-off (non self-propelled)
Unaccompanied road goods trailers & semi-trailers	12	10	22	1,381	1,336	2,717	2,739
Unaccompanied caravans and other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers, and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	4	13	17	17	14	31	48
Other mobile non self-propelled units	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All ro-ro non self-propelled traffic	16	23	39	1,398	1,351	2,750	2,788
Other general cargo
Forestry products	207	43	249	2	-	2	251
Iron and steel products	151	43	193	7	37	45	238
Other general cargo & containers <20'	106	151	257	618	813	1,431	1,688
All other general cargo traffic	463	236	699	628	850	1,478	2,178
All traffic	11,932	33,435	45,367	6,639	11,155	17,794	63,160

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics

Fig 9.2: Maps showing all routes

Fig 9.2: Maps showing all routes

Table 9.8: Major ports traffic by cargo category and country of loading or unloading - 2019
Country of loading or unloading	Liquid Bulks			Dry Bulks			Other General Cargo
Country of loading or unloading	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic
									thousand tonnes
European Union (as at 1 July 2013)
Belgium	548	1,249	1,797	11	384	395	5	-	6
Bulgaria	-	-	-	38	-	38	-	-	-
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denmark	206	112	317	17	88	105	14	7	22
Estonia	18	17	35	4	-	4	-	-	-
Finland	23	2	25	43	-	43	46	-	46
France	46	570	615	30	34	64	6	5	11
Germany	117	3,976	4,093	137	1,569	1,706	39	-	39
Greece	60	79	138	24	-	24	7	-	7
Irish Republic	-	553	553	206	12	218	47	-	47
Italy	13	585	598	6	-	6	10	-	10
Latvia	-	-	-	29	5	35	17	-	17
Lithuania	10	145	155	3	-	3	1	-	1
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Netherlands	863	5,989	6,851	99	1,418	1,517	21	2	23
Poland	82	170	253	61	327	388	8	-	8
Portugal	16	82	98	10	23	33	-	-	-
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Spain	3	992	995	471	304	775	7	12	19
Sweden	313	333	646	12	-	12	47	32	79
All EU countries (as at 1 July 2013)	2,318	14,854	17,169	1,201	4,164	5,366	275	59	336
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Egypt	140	-	140	-	-	-	-	1	1
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gibraltar	-	91	91	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	4	-	4	18	-	18	-	-	-
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3
Morocco	5	42	47	22	-	22	-	-	-
Norway	1,540	459	1,999	474	6	480	100	135	235
Russia	1,094	-	1,094	23	38	60	5	-	6
Tunisia	-	-	-	31	-	31	-	-	-
Turkey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ukraine	-	-	-	185	-	185	-	-	-
All other Europe & Med.	2,783	592	3,375	753	44	796	106	138	245
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Kenya	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nigeria	1,935	-	1,935	-	-	-	-	-	-
Senegal	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	6	-	6	-	-	-	4	15	19
Tanzania	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-
Togo	120	-	120	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Africa (excl. Med.)	2,064	14	2,078	11	-	11	4	16	20
America
Argentina	-	-	-	112	-	112	7	-	7
Bolivia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
Canada	-	101	101	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guyana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	-	4	4	-	-	-	2	-	2
Trinidad & Tobago	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA	1,184	1,158	2,342	-	-	-	15	13	28
Uruguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All America	1,184	1,276	2,460	112	-	112	33	14	47
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
China	-	9,101	9,101	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	-	25	25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	24
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	12
New Zealand	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Singapore	-	1,053	1,053	-	-	-	4	-	4
South Korea	-	266	266	-	-	-	-	1	1
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Asia and Australasia	-	10,451	10,451	-	-	-	46	3	49
Unspecified countries	-	-	-	-	48	48	-	4	4
All foreign countries	8,349	27,187	35,533	2,077	4,208	6,285	464	230	697
All domestic traffic	2,049	3,938	5,988	966	3,128	4,094	628	850	1,478
All foreign and domestic traffic	10,398	31,125	41,521	3,043	7,384	10,427	1,092	1,084	2,179

"-" 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 - 2019
Country of loading or unloading	Container Traffic			Ro-Ro Traffic			All Traffic
Country of loading or unloading	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic	Inwards to UK	Outwards from UK	All traffic
									thousand tonnes
European Union (as at 1 July 2013)
Belgium	150	551	701	-	-	-	714	2,184	2,898
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	-	38
Cyprus	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	237	207	444
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	17	39
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	112	2	114
France	18	139	157	-	-	-	100	748	848
Germany	1	-	1	-	-	-	294	5,545	5,839
Greece	1	-	1	-	-	-	92	79	171
Irish Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	253	565	818
Italy	63	-	63	-	-	-	92	585	677
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	5	51
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	145	159
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Netherlands	615	925	1,540	-	-	-	1,598	8,334	9,932
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	151	497	648
Portugal	1	-	1	-	-	-	27	105	132
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Spain	111	104	215	-	-	-	592	1,412	2,004
Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	372	365	737
All EU countries (as at 1 July 2013)	962	1,719	2,681	-	-	-	4,756	20,796	25,552
All other Europe & Mediterranean
Egypt	1	-	1	-	-	-	141	1	142
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gibraltar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	91	91
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	-	22
Israel	2	-	2	-	-	-	3	2	5
Morocco	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	42	69
Norway	4	7	11	16	24	39	2,134	631	2,765
Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,122	38	1,160
Tunisia	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	31
Turkey	8	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	8
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	185	-	185
All other Europe & Med.	15	7	22	16	24	39	3,673	805	4,478
Africa (excluding Mediterranean countries)
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Kenya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
Mauritania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nigeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,935	-	1,935
Senegal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
South Africa	2	6	8	-	-	-	12	21	33
Tanzania	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11
Togo	-	-	-	-	-	-	120	-	120
All Africa (excl. Med.)	2	6	8	-	-	-	2,081	36	2,117
America
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	119	-	119
Bolivia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Brazil	2	-	2	-	-	-	11	-	11
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	101	101
Dominican Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13
Guyana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	6
Trinidad & Tobago	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USA	4	-	4	-	-	-	1,203	1,171	2,374
Uruguay	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
All America	8	-	8	-	-	-	1,337	1,290	2,627
Asia and Australasia
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
China	29	-	29	-	-	-	29	9,101	9,130
Hong Kong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	8	-	8	-	-	-	8	25	33
Indonesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	24
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	12
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Oman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	2
Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Singapore	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1,053	1,057
South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	267	267
Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taiwan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All Asia and Australasia	39	-	39	-	-	-	85	10,454	10,539
Unspecified countries	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	52	53
All foreign countries	1,026	1,732	2,758	16	24	39	11,932	33,381	45,313
All domestic traffic	95	189	284	2,900	3,049	5,950	6,639	11,155	17,794
All foreign and domestic traffic	1,122	1,921	3,043	2,916	3,073	5,989	18,572	44,588	63,160

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

Table 9.9: Foreign and coastwise container and roll-on traffic by type¹
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 ³	2016	2017	2018	2019
Main Freight Units											thousand
Containers	251	242	269	286	268	264	..	..	..	..	..
Wheeled ²	420	427	464	473	506	476	..	..	..	..	..
Total	672	670	733	759	774	740	..	..	..	..	..
Weight											thousand tonnes
Containers	2,894	2,794	2,928	3,190	3,118	3,162	..	..	..	..	..
Wheeled ²	5,027	5,382	5,696	5,695	5,505	5,747	..	..	..	..	..
Total	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
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Freight lifted in Scotland											million tonnes
River Clyde	1.46	2.34	2.56	2.25	1.88	1.8	1.91	1.93	1.68	1.48	1.08
River Forth	8.52	8.22	7.99	8.50	8.76	7.54	8.24	8.49	8.78	8.95	8.02
All waterways ^1,2	10.10	10.89	10.70	10.79	10.65	9.41	10.14	10.42	10.46	10.43	9.09
Freight moved ( weight x distance )											million tonne-kilometres
River Clyde	60	90	100	89	76	74	77	78	67	59	42
River Forth	180	170	170	178	184	158	173	178	184	188	168
All waterways ^1,2	250	280	270	269	260	234	250	257	252	247	210

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
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Freight lifted in Scotland											million tonnes
Bulk-liquid	6.57	6.55	6.18	6.97	6.84	5.31	6.49	..	..	..	..
Bulk-dry	1.02	2.05	2.15	1.39	1.40	1.50	1.49	..	..	..	..
Unitised forest products	0.16	0.14	0.11	0.03	0.01	0.04	..	..	..	..	..
Other semi-bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Break bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other general cargo	0.10	0.10	0.17	0.14	0.17	0.25	0.13	..	..	..	..
Unit loads	2.26	2.05	2.10	2.27	2.29	2.35	2.12	..	..	..	..
Total	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	150	140	161	152	115	126	..	..	..	..
Bulk-dry	40	80	90	56	57	60	54	..	..	..	..
Unitised forest products	-	..	-	-	-	2	..	..	..	..	..
Other semi-bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Break bulk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other general cargo	-	..	10	4	5	8	..	..	..	..	..
Unit loads	50	40	40	48	48	50	..	..	..	..	..
Total	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

Fig 9.3: Map of Scottish Ferry Routes - South Western Scotland

Table 9.12: Total passengers and vehicles carried by operator¹
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
											thousands
PASSENGERS
Caledonian MacBrayne	4,762.3	4,736.6	4,575.0	4,510.7	4,594.5	4,654.0	4,627.0	5,056.0	5,237.0	5,253.0	5,387.0
Cowal Ferries⁵	533.5	499.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll Ferries Ltd ⁵	..	..	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8	288.0	299.0
P&O Scottish Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Serco Northlink ²	309.0	305.0	304.0	298.0	282.9	288.6	297.6	301.5	307.5	322.5	347.6
Orkney Ferries	329.5	330.7	337.8	335.6	328.4	320.3	315.2	329.2	331.4	338.9	335.6
Shetland Islands Council ⁶	636.5	625.0	615.0	811.3	777.1	761.5	742.0	774.9	776.1	763.9	776.8
Argyll & Bute Council	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2	138.9	141.1
Highland Council⁴	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	10.3	10.0	11.2	8.9	8.4	8.3	8.1
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport	219.4	63.5	57.7	52.6	57.0	54.4	53.6	55.5	41.2	42.9	41.0
Western Ferries	1,336.2	1,313.8	1,332.7	1,389.3	1,342.7	1,347.2	1,331.1	1,341.0	1,353.7	1,372.7	1,320.1
Bruce Watt Cruises ⁷	3.3	3.0	4.9	4.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cromarty Ferry Company	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Highland Seaways	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.0	0.0
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo)³	..	..	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total within Scotland	8,271.6	8,016.4	7,773.1	7,888.1	7,830.5	7,884.3	7,824.4	8,320.0	8,501.4	8,529.1	8,656.3
Scotland and Northern Ireland	1,916.0	1,920.0	1,857.7	1,809.4	1,831.0	1,794.2	1,729.3	1,752.7	1,753.1	1,750.0	1,771.0
Scotland and Europe	31.0	54.0	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.0
Total	10,218.6	9,990.4	9,631.4	9,698.3	9,662.2	9,679.1	9,554.2	10,073.4	10,254.8	10,279.2	10,427.3
Caledonian MacBrayne	1,215.8	1,186.8	1,173.3	1,156.0	1,168.1	1,200.0	1,267.0	1,445.0	1,519.0	1,520.0	1,585.0
Cowal Ferries⁵	74.5	64.9	27.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll Ferries Ltd ⁵	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
P&O Scottish Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Serco Northlink ²	68.0	64.0	63.0	61.2	56.1	55.8	58.9	63.2	67.6	72.0	77.1
Orkney Ferries	87.4	88.7	86.6	87.4	83.8	83.9	84.7	87.3	89.3	93.5	94.4
Shetland Islands Council ⁶	281.2	282.8	297.4	392.3	377.0	366.3	366.6	387.1	412.9	374.6	382.4
Argyll & Bute Council	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9	43.2	41.8	40.5	41.7
Highland Council	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6	262.5	270.1	272.2	276.9
Western Ferries	617.8	597.2	615.8	645.5	616.4	627.9	634.5	641.8	659.4	670.6	662.5
Cromarty Ferry Company	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Orkney Line (Previously Orcargo)³	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total within Scotland	2,647.5	2,554.0	2,551.4	2,628.1	2,577.2	2,626.0	2,706.3	2,930.2	3,060.0	3,043.4	3,119.9
Scotland and Northern Ireland	460.0	457.0	479.0	411.8	354.3	407.9	398.1	408.2	412.6	405.1	414.6
Scotland and Europe	27.4	60.6	41.1	36.3	41.2	40.6	43.4	32.8	33.1	8.0	-
Total	3,134.9	3,071.5	3,071.5	3,076.2	2,972.7	3,074.5	3,147.8	3,371.2	3,505.8	3,456.5	3,534.5

Source: Ferry operators - Not National Statistics

1. No data is available for Pentland ferries

2. P & O Scottish Ferries stopped operating these services on 30 September 2002. NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Ltd operated from 1 October 2002 until 6 July 2006; NorthLink Ferries Ltd operated from 6 July 2006 until 5 July 2012; Serco NorthLink Ferries operated from 5 July 2012 to date.

3. This service ceased to operate from May 2001.

4. Figures for passenger numbers on the Corran ferry service have not been included in the total for Scotland. Figures for 2013 and 2014 are new estimates and considered as 'data under development'.

5. Cowal Ferries operated the Gourock-Dunoon route from October 2006 until June 2011 when Argyll Ferries took over operation and carry passengers only. It is not possible to split passenger figures for 2011 between the two operators.

6. Only includes main routes listed in Table 9.16

7. Bruce Watt Cruises no longer operates due to retirement.

Fig 9.4

Fig 9.4: Scottish Ferry Routes - Western Isles

Table 9.13(a): Vehicle and Passenger Traffic between Scotland and Northern Ireland
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
											thousands
Cairnryan - Larne
Numbers of cars	154	151	153	126	117	121	119	135	136	132	123
Numbers of passengers	602	611	631	524	501	492	472	536	551	521	467
Cairnryan - Belfast ¹
Numbers of cars	..	..	49	239	187	237	243	273	276	273	291
Numbers of passengers	..	..	96	1,116	1,150	1,124	1,126	1,217	1,202	1,229	1,304
Stranraer - Belfast ¹
Numbers of cars	244	244	217	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Numbers of passengers	1,101	1,084	922	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Troon - Belfast²
Numbers of cars	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Numbers of passengers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Troon - Larne³
Numbers of cars	62	62	60	47	50	50	36	-	-	-	-
Numbers of passengers	213	225	208	169	180	178	131	-	-	-	-
Total
Numbers of cars	460	457	479	412	354	408	398	408	413	405	415
Numbers of passengers	1,916	1,920	1,858	1,809	1,831	1,794	1,729	1,753	1,753	1,750	1,771

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
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
										thousands
Rosyth - Zeebrugge ¹
Numbers of passengers	31	54	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48	0.72	0.41	0.05
Numbers of cars	9	16	0.003	0.013	0.001	0.002	0.006	0.004	0.041	0.001
Roads goods vehicles	1	12	0.50	0.48	0.55	0.45	0.41	0.49	0.30	0.041
Unaccompanied trailers	3	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	1.513
Import/export vehicles	7	17	14	11	13	14	16	6	5	1.521
Unaccompanied caravans, other road, agricultural and industrial vehicles	-	-	0.016	0.028	0.039	0.064	0.095	0.068	0.011	0.003
Rail wagons, shipborne port to port trailers and shipborne barges engaged in goods transport	7	9	21	19	21	21	22	20	21	4.916
Lerwick - Bergen²	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Hanstholm²	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Torshaven²	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total passengers	31	54	0.56	0.71	0.69	0.67	0.48	0.72	0.41	0.05
Total vehicles	27	61	41	36	41	41	43	33	33	8

Source: DfT Maritime Statistics

1. Does not include containers caried on shipborne port to port trailers.

There was no service in the fourth quarter of 2008. This service closed in April 2018.

The service started in May 2002. The drop in passenger numbers in 2006 follows a reduction in the frequency of the service with effect from November 2005.

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

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

Fig 9.5: Scottish Ferry Routes - Orkney and Shetland Isles

Table 9.14a: Shipping services (Operators on subsidised routes)
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Caledonian MacBrayne^1,5,11,18											thousand
Cars carried	1,112	1,079	1,062	1,046	1,064	1,096	1,169	1,356	1,428	1,429	1,494
Commercial vehicles and buses	104	108	111	110	104	104	98	89	91	91	91
Vehicles (Cowal ferries)	75	65	27
Vehicles (Argyll ferries)
Passengers	4,762	4,737	4,575	4,511	4,595	4,654	4,627	5,056	5,237	5,253	5,387
Passengers (Cowal ferries)	533.5	499.2
Passengers (Argyll ferries)			409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8	288	299
											thousand tonnes
Loose freight ²	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.4	0.4
											£ thousand
Revenue from users ¹	55,856	57,535	58,667	62,118	64,717	67,658	66,055	63,533	69,375	73,367	75,783
Subsidy ³	57,338	58,113	69,308	73,163	88,777	103,397	122,602	132,016	136,820	134,123	148,852
Cowal ferries (subsidy) ³	3,040	3,163	1,008
Argyll Ferries (subsidy) ^{3, 19}			1,309	1,616	3,037	3,542	3,440	3,633	4,052	4,905	-
P&O Scottish Ferries ¹⁴											thousand
Cars carried
Commercial vehicles
Passengers
											£ thousand
Revenue from users ⁵
Subsidy ⁵
Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries / Northlink Ferries Ltd / Serco Northlink Ferries ⁶											thousand
Cars carried ⁵	68	64	63	61	56	55	59	63	67	71	77
Commercial Vehicles ^5,7,10					0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5
Passengers ⁵	309	305	304	298	283	289	298	302	308	322	348
											£ thousand
Revenue from users ^8,9	21,694	25,011	25,718	28,426	29,385	30,875	31,976	32,316	34,116	36,610	30,579
Subsidy⁸	34,444	36,064	37,172	39,195	28,358	24,773	21,584	22,374	29,625	35,681	24,075
Total for these Shipping Services											thousand
Vehicles carried	1,358	1,316	1,264	1,217	1,224	1,255	1,326	1,508	1,586	1,591	1,662
Passengers	5,605	5,541	5,288	5,150	5,177	5,253	5,230	5,661	5,846	5,863	6,034
											thousand tonnes
Loose freight ¹⁵	5.7	5.3	4.8	4.9	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.6	1.8	0.4
											£ thousand
Revenue from users	79,830	84,975	86,935	93,366	96,710	101,146	100,713	98,604	106,194	113,019	109,286
Subsidy	102,357	103,620	114,335	119,060	124,059	135,210	151,527	162,015	173,641	178,492	182,386

Table 9.14b: Local Authority operators
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Orkney Ferries											thousand
Vehicles carried	87	89	87	87	84	84	85	87	89	94	94
Passengers	330	331	338	336	328	320	315	329	331	339	336
											thousand tonnes
Loose freight	2.7	2.3	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.4
											£ thousand
Revenue from users ^3,4	2,280	2,429	2,550	2,822	2,608	2,613	2,682	2,755	2,703	3,042	2,924
Subsidy ^3,4	7,535	6,280	6,847	6,702	6,924	7,040	7,341	7,625	7,196	8,688	9,459
Shetland Islands Council ^{12, 17}											thousand
Vehicles carried	281	283	297	392	377	366	367	387	413	375	382
Passengers	637	625	615	811	777	762	742	775	776	764	777
Highland Council
Vehicles carried	266.3	235.8	254.4	252.8	246.0	259.2	258.6	262.5	270.1	272.2	276.9
Passengers¹⁶	3.9	4.4	3.0	5.1	570.3	576.0	568.2	580.9	588.4	598.3	606.1
Argyll and Bute Council
Vehicles carried	36.5	33.8	33.4	32.8	29.9	32.9	35.9	43.2	41.8	40.5	41.7
Passengers	138.0	135.3	133.8	139.6	138.4	138.2	141.2	149.5	144.2	138.9	141.1
Total for Local Authority operators											thousand
Vehicles carried	671	641	672	765	737	742	746	780	814	781	795
Passengers	1,108	1,095	1,090	1,292	1,814	1,796	1,767	1,835	1,840	1,840	1,860

Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics

1. Figures include charter and contract carryings (see table 9.15).

2. This figure only covers the routes of Mallaig to the smaller isles since the freight is lifted by crane onto the vessels rather than transported by lorry onto the ferry.

3. Financial year beginning 1 April of year.

4. Revenue from users and subsidy may be subject to amendment following annual audit.

5. Calendar year.

6. NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Ltd operated from 1 October 2002 until 6 July 2006; NorthLink Ferries Ltd operated from 6 July 2006 until 5 July 2012; Serco NorthLink Ferries operated from 5 July 2012 to date.

7. Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading for 2003 and 2013 onwards.

8. Years prior to 2006 covered the period 1 October to 30 September. Figures for 2006 relate to a financial year beginning 1 April. Figures for 2007 onwards relate to an operating year from July to June. The subsidy in 2018 has increased due to the change in Freight vessel charter arrangements.

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

10. Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading . The number of vehicles are no longer available prior to 2013 due to a change in the method of collecting the data.

11. 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

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

Table 9.15: Traffic on Subsidised ferry services
Route	Operator	Passengers
Route	Operator	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Clyde ¹²												thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick ^C	CalMac	715.7	731.1	692.4	688.7	706.1	715.1	761.9	828.3	844.2	840.1	849.5
Ardrossan-Campbeltown ^{11, C}	CalMac	..	..	..	..	9.8	11.3	10.7	10.3	10.0	8.8	11.5
Ballycastle-Rathlin⁴	Rathlin Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Colintraive-Rhubodach ^C	CalMac	260.6	264.3	228.0	217.1	222.1	214.5	209.4	232.0	216.2	201.9	199.2
Gourock-Dunoon ^{5, 6}	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon⁶	Cowal Ferries	533.5	499.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon⁶	Argyll Ferries	..	..	409.2	341.3	299.2	310.1	305.5	303.4	301.8	287.9	299.1
Largs-Cumbrae ^C	CalMac	720.4	727.3	697.7	695.4	708.9	706.1	687.1	738.5	745.6	793.2	786.8
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig^{1, C}	CalMac	54.4	52.1	46.9	43.7	43.0	46.7	58.8	66.4	67.2	72	75.2
Tarbert-Portavadie ^C	CalMac	69.7	68.1	61.7	60.9	61.7	62.7	63.3	85.8	85.7	88.5	95.8
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay ^C	CalMac	755.9	735.3	711.5	690.1	676.9	674.1	631.7	675.7	713.9	724.5	727.1
Total Clyde		3,110.3	3,077.4	2,847.5	2,737.3	2,727.8	2,740.6	2,728.4	2,940.4	2,984.6	3,016.9	3,044.2
West Coast ¹²
Ardmhor (Barra)-Eriskay^C	CalMac	48.8	46.1	48.4	46.1	45.5	47.4	48.1	57.1	60.0	61.1	63.7
Berneray-Leverburgh^{3, C}	CalMac	58.2	58.0	58.1	52.8	54.4	57.7	54.4	63.1	68.4	69.6	75.5
Fionnphort-Iona^C	CalMac	232.2	233.2	221.7	213.5	224.2	223.9	215.4	243.2	250.3	229.5	243.3
Fishnish-Lochaline ^C	CalMac	125.0	115.6	117.1	110.7	108.8	110.9	109.7	105.1	103.4	112.3	116.9
Kennacraig-Islay/C'say/Oban ^b	CalMac	10.1	8.1	11.0	11.4	19.0	19.2	20.8	22.7	22.2	20.6	21.4
Kennacraig-Islay ^b	CalMac	171.4	169.3	174.1	178.4	180.7	189.8	194.8	203.2	214.3	223.8	231.4
Mallaig-Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna ^C	CalMac	26.1	26.7	25.6	26.6	25.9	29.8	27.8	30.4	30.5	30	30.5
Mallaig-Armadale ^C	CalMac	208.8	212.4	220.8	217.3	237.4	239.4	247.6	250.8	285.5	283.4	305.4
Mallaig-Lochboisdale ^13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	0.4	1.2	1.0	22.8	27.6	21.2	29.2
Oban-Coll/Tiree/Castlebay ^a	CalMac	11.7	8.6	10.6	9.5	9.9	10.7	9.6	5.7	5.4	4.9	5.6
Oban-Colonsay ^b	CalMac	16.2	16.4	14.7	14.2	15.7	13.4	11.8	12.0	13.4	13.8	12.4
Oban-Lismore ^C	CalMac	18.2	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.3	19.7	19.9	24.3	26.0	25.4	25.2
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale ^a	CalMac	57.0	58.2	61.6	59.3	58.2	57.7	55.8	43.3	47.2	53.4	49
Oban-Coll/Tiree ^a	CalMac	53.0	52.2	50.3	51.4	52.4	52.5	51.5	56.4	58.7	56.9	59.5
Oban-Craignure ^C	CalMac	578.3	564.5	543.7	549.4	553.4	572.0	555.2	644.8	670.3	634.6	652.3
Otternish-Leverburgh ³	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser ^C	CalMac	61.6	58.0	53.6	56.5	57.6	57.4	60.3	70.7	82.0	83.8	88.2
Tayinloan-Gigha ^b	CalMac	64.7	66.5	57.9	56.1	58.4	64.1	59.8	63.8	68.0	72.3	74.2
Tobermory-Kilchoan ^C	CalMac	38.3	35.0	34.3	34.2	35.7	35.3	36.4	47.1	49.6	50.3	55.6
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy^2,a	CalMac	185.8	181.8	182.3	183.1	185.1	194.4	188.2	188.1	195.8	192.8	202
Ullapool-Stornoway ^a	CalMac	219.9	227.7	230.9	224.2	223.0	226.0	231.9	264.1	275.7	284.5	299.9
Total West Coast		2,185.5	2,158.4	2,136.9	2,114.8	2,165.9	2,222.5	2,200.0	2,418.7	2,554.3	2,524.2	2,641.2
North ^8,12
Aberdeen - Kirkwall ^7,8,9	Serco Northlink	37	36	36.6	35	34.2	32.3	34.1	32.9	33.5	35.0	36.8
Aberdeen - Lerwick ^8,9	Serco Northlink	105.9	112.4	113.1	108	116.8	119.2	122.0	116.4	110.1	115.4	129.8
Aberdeen - Stomness ^7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall ^8,9	Serco Northlink	14.6	15.4	16.0	16	16.3	16.3	15.8	17.1	17.5	18.8	19.2
Scrabster - Stromness ^8,9	Serco Northlink	151.0	141.5	138.0	139	115.6	120.8	125.7	135.2	146.4	153.3	161.9
Total North		308.5	305.3	303.7	298.0	282.9	288.6	297.6	301.5	307.5	322.5	347.6
Total		5,604.3	5,541.1	5,288.1	5,150.0	5,176.6	5,251.7	5,226.0	5,660.6	5,846.4	5,863.6	6,033.0
Route	Operator	Cars
Route	Operator	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Clyde ¹²												thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick ^C	CalMac	136.0	134.2	127.9	127.0	130.4	139.6	189.9	202.8	205.5	199.0	207.7
Ardrossan-Campbeltown ^{11, C}	CalMac	..	..	..	..	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.9
Colintraive-Rhubodach ^C	CalMac	87.3	84.6	80.9	76.4	75.5	74.6	83.7	95.2	91.6	84.7	86.6
Gourock-Dunoon ^{5, 6}	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon⁶	Cowal Ferries	70.7	61.4	25.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon⁶	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Largs-Cumbrae ^C	CalMac	139.8	138.7	136.0	134.1	134.9	135	138.2	161.3	169.9	174.1	178.9
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig^{1, C}	CalMac	17.6	16.6	14.7	14.0	13.9	14.9	20.8	23.9	24.2	25.5	27.5
Tarbert-Portavadie ^C	CalMac	21.6	21.2	19.7	19.0	18.5	18.5	17.9	25.5	26.6	28.8	30.2
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay ^C	CalMac	162.7	155.7	152.9	150.1	144.8	147.5	145.1	172.9	188.7	193.7	198.1
Other		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Clyde		635.9	612.4	557.9	520.7	520.0	532.3	597.9	684.1	709.0	708.0	731.9
West Coast ¹²
Ardmhor (Barra)-Eriskay C	CalMac	17.0	16.0	17.0	16.7	16.6	17.0	17.3	22.0	23.0	23.9	25.3
Berneray-Leverburgh^{3, C}	CalMac	24.7	23.7	23.4	21.7	22.2	23.9	22.5	28.2	29.7	30.4	32.3
Fionnphort-Iona^C	CalMac	4.6	5.2	5.6	6.1	6.7	6.7	6.7	8.3	8.8	9.1	9.2
Fishnish-Lochaline ^C	CalMac	47.9	45.3	46.2	43.7	43.4	44.6	45.1	42.7	42.9	45.5	46.7
Kennacraig-Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	2.8	2.3	3.2	3.1	5.5	6.0	6.6	7.7	7.3	6.8	7.1
Kennacraig-Islay ^b	CalMac	56.3	54.2	56.0	57.3	61.8	65.8	66.8	69.7	76.4	79.5	81.6
Mallaig-Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8
Mallaig-Armadale ^C	CalMac	54.3	51.9	52.4	50.3	52.4	53.1	54.9	61.8	70.0	67.8	75.8
Mallaig-Lochboisdale ^13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	0.1	0.4	0.4	8.3	11	8.3	11.5
Oban-Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	2.8	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	1.8	1.9	1.6	1.8
Oban-Colonsay b	CalMac	4.4	4.6	4.3	4.3	4.8	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.9	5.1	5
Oban-Lismore C	CalMac	2.5	2.8	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.8	5.8	6.7	6.7	6.7
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale ^a	CalMac	18.3	18.0	19.3	18.6	17.9	18.4	18.0	15.7	17.1	20	18.3
Oban-Coll/Tiree ^a	CalMac	15.8	15.6	15.2	15.9	16.0	15.7	15.8	17.8	18.8	18	19.2
Oban-Craignure ^C	CalMac	114.3	108.5	108.9	105.8	109.9	112.6	115.4	162.3	168.1	164	169.7
Otternish-Leverburgh ^{3, C}	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser ^C	CalMac	22.9	21.2	19.0	19.8	20.1	19.2	20.3	25.2	29.2	29.9	31.3
Tayinloan-Gigha ^b	CalMac	14.5	14.2	12.7	12.7	14.3	15.8	15.7	17.5	19.5	20.7	22.9
Tobermory-Kilchoan C	CalMac	6.1	5.6	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.5	6.1	10.6	11.7	11.6	14.4
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy^2,a	CalMac	69.8	67.9	67.6	69.8	72.0	76.1	74.8	74.7	78.2	76.7	80.5
Ullapool-Stornoway ^a	CalMac	66.7	67.6	67.8	67.2	68.6	70.3	72.0	86.2	92.1	94.7	100.9
Total West Coast		546.7	527.7	530.0	524.8	544.3	562.6	570.0	672.5	719.0	722.0	762.0
North ^{8, 12}
Aberdeen - Kirkwall ^7,8,9	Serco Northlink	5.3	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.8	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.6	5.1	5.6
Aberdeen - Lerwick ^8,9	Serco Northlink	16.7	17.4	17.2	16.3	16.9	16.6	17.4	17.9	18.3	20.0	22.3
Aberdeen - Stomness ^7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall ^8,9	Serco Northlink	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.7	3.2	3.1	3.3
Scrabster - Stromness ^8,9	Serco Northlink	43.5	39.4	38.0	38	31.7	32.1	34.1	37.7	40.9	43.2	45.4
Total North		67.8	64.1	62.6	61.2	55.6	55.3	58.5	62.8	67.0	71.5	76.6
Total		1,250.4	1,204.2	1,150.5	1,106.7	1,119.9	1,150.2	1,226.4	1,419.4	1,495.0	1,501.5	1,570.5

Source: Ferry operators - Not National Statistics

1. Seasonal carryings.

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

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

4. Ballycastle-Rathlin was operated by CalMac prior to April 2007

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

6. Cowal Ferries operated the Gourock-Dunoon route from October 2006 until June 2011 when Argyll Ferries took over operation and carry passengers only. It is not possible to split passenger figures for 2011 between the two operators.

7. The Aberdeen to Stromness route changed to Aberdeen to Kirkwall in October 2002 but the figures provided by the company for 2002 did not distinguish between the two.

8. P & O Scottish Ferries stopped operating these services on 30 September 2002. NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Ltd operated from 1 October 2002 until 6 July 2006;

NorthLink Ferries Ltd operated from 6 July 2006 until 5 July 2012; Serco NorthLink Ferries operated from 5 July 2012 to date.

9. Years prior to 2006 covered the period 1 October to 30 September. Figures for 2006 relate to a financial year beginning 1 April. Figures for 2007 onwards relate to an operating year from July to June. Day charters and livestock specials are included in the figures for some routes.

10. Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading for 2003.

11. Route commenced May 2013.

12. Figures are for calendar years.

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

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

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

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

Table 9.15: (Continued) Traffic on subsidised ferry services
Route	Operator	Commercial Vehicles and Buses
Route	Operator	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Clyde ¹²												thousand
Ardrossan-Brodick ^C	CalMac	11.6	13.2	11.4	12.0	12.4	12.1	9.2	10.7	10.4	10.0	9.4
Ardrossan-Campbeltown^{11, C}	CalMac	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
Colintraive-Rhubodach ^C	CalMac	15.7	14.9	15.0	14.1	12.9	12.4	11.6	9.2	8.2	8.5	8.6
Gourock-Dunoon ^{5, 6}	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon⁶	Cowal Ferries	3.8	3.5	1.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gourock-Dunoon⁶	Argyll Ferries	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Largs-Cumbrae ^C	CalMac	5.3	5.0	5.4	5.6	6.8	6.2	6.5	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.1
Lochranza-Tarbet/Claonaig^{1, C}	CalMac	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
Tarbert-Portavadie ^C	CalMac	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Wemyss Bay-Rothesay ^C	CalMac	12.1	12.6	14.1	14.2	13.2	13.7	11.9	8.9	9.5	9.2	9.2
Other		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total Clyde		49.7	50.3	48.5	47.1	46.3	45.6	40.5	34.1	33.3	33.2	32.5
West Coast ¹²
Ardmhor (Barra) to Eriskay ^C	CalMac	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.0	2.1	2.1
Berneray-Leverburgh^{3, C}	CalMac	2.2	1.9	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.3	1.8	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.5
Fionnphort-Iona^C	CalMac	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9
Fishnish-Lochaline ^C	CalMac	3.5	3.8	3.8	4.5	4.0	3.4	3.7	2.8	2.1	3.1	2.8
Kennacraig-Islay/C'say/Oban b	CalMac	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.6
Kennacraig-Islay ^b	CalMac	9.7	9.8	10.9	12.4	10.3	10.8	10.8	11.4	11.6	12.5	13
Mallaig-Eigg/Muck/Rum/Canna C	CalMac	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Mallaig-Armadale ^C	CalMac	1.6	1.9	1.9	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.5
Mallaig-Lochboisdale ^13,C	CalMac	-	-	-	-	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4
Oban-Coll/Tiree/Castlebay a	CalMac	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Oban-Colonsay b	CalMac	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Oban-Lismore C	CalMac	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.6
Oban-Castlebay- Lochboisdale ^a	CalMac	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.1
Oban-Coll/Tiree ^a	CalMac	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.8
Oban-Craignure ^C	CalMac	10.6	11.2	11.3	12.2	10.9	10.7	10.6	9.3	9.7	8.9	8.9
Otternish-Leverburgh ³	CalMac	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Raasay-Sconser ^C	CalMac	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.7
Tayinloan-Gigha ^b	CalMac	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3
Tobermory-Kilchoan C	CalMac	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.02	0.04	0.1	0.1
Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy^2,a	CalMac	6.9	7.7	8.0	6.7	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.2	6.0	6.2	6.0
Ullapool-Stornoway ^a	CalMac	13.6	14.1	15.9	13.2	12.3	13.0	11.6	12.9	13.0	12.9	13.9
Total West Coast		58.1	61.2	64.2	63.4	57.6	56.8	56.8	55.4	57.0	57.7	58.8
North ^{8,10, 12}
Aberdeen - Kirkwall ^7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01
Aberdeen - Lerwick ^8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Aberdeen - Stomness ^7,8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lerwick - Kirkwall ^8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Scrabster - Stromness ^8,9	Serco Northlink	..	..	..	..	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
Total North		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5
Total subsidised routes		107.8	111.6	112.8	110.5	104.3	102.9	97.7	89.9	90.9	91.4	91.8