Felixstowe still the UK's Premier Port
September 23, 2011
UK ports handled 512 million tonnes in 2010, a 2% increase over 2009, but still 12% below the 2005 level, according to statistics from the Department for Transport (DfT).
Felixstowe, in the south-east, maintained its position as the UK’s largest container port in 2010 with just over two million containers, up 12% on 2009.
Although throughput figures for Felixstowe are not published by the port’s owner, Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, the DfT’s container number is thought to represent around 3.4 million teu.
In the next few weeks, Felixstowe will officially open its new berths 8 and 9, which are able to handle the very largest container vessels, including the recently ordered Maersk Line Triple Es of 18,000teu capacity.
Southampton, on the south coast, was again the second placed box hub in the UK with 945,000 containers, up 12.5% on 2009.
A report in IFW’s sister publication, Lloyds List, shows that Dover, the top UK port for ro-ro traffic, handled 2.1 million ro-ro main freight units: trucks, unaccompanied trailers and shipborne port-to-port trailers, down 10% on 2009.
Compared with 2009, total UK inbound traffic at all ports increased by 3% to 312 million tonnes, while outbound freight rose 1% to 199 million tonnes.
Twin north-east hubs Grimsby and Immingham, owned and operated by Associated British Ports, remained the UK’s leading port in 2010, handling 54 million tonnes, down 700,000 tonnes on 2009.
London, the aggregate of terminal operations along the River Thames, handled 48 million tonnes, a rise of 2.6 million. Welsh energy port Milford Haven was the third largest hub by throughput, at 43 million tonnes, up 3.7m tonnes. Southampton was in fourth place, at 39 million tonnes, a rise of 1.8 million tonnes.
In 2010, the UK major ports — handling over one million tonnes a year — processed 15.4 million freight units, which represents an increase of 6% on 2009.
Felixstowe, in the south-east, maintained its position as the UK’s largest container port in 2010 with just over two million containers, up 12% on 2009.
Although throughput figures for Felixstowe are not published by the port’s owner, Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, the DfT’s container number is thought to represent around 3.4 million teu.
In the next few weeks, Felixstowe will officially open its new berths 8 and 9, which are able to handle the very largest container vessels, including the recently ordered Maersk Line Triple Es of 18,000teu capacity.
Southampton, on the south coast, was again the second placed box hub in the UK with 945,000 containers, up 12.5% on 2009.
A report in IFW’s sister publication, Lloyds List, shows that Dover, the top UK port for ro-ro traffic, handled 2.1 million ro-ro main freight units: trucks, unaccompanied trailers and shipborne port-to-port trailers, down 10% on 2009.
Compared with 2009, total UK inbound traffic at all ports increased by 3% to 312 million tonnes, while outbound freight rose 1% to 199 million tonnes.
Twin north-east hubs Grimsby and Immingham, owned and operated by Associated British Ports, remained the UK’s leading port in 2010, handling 54 million tonnes, down 700,000 tonnes on 2009.
London, the aggregate of terminal operations along the River Thames, handled 48 million tonnes, a rise of 2.6 million. Welsh energy port Milford Haven was the third largest hub by throughput, at 43 million tonnes, up 3.7m tonnes. Southampton was in fourth place, at 39 million tonnes, a rise of 1.8 million tonnes.
In 2010, the UK major ports — handling over one million tonnes a year — processed 15.4 million freight units, which represents an increase of 6% on 2009.
