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Shipping: Ferry Operators

Answer

Selected international UK ferry routes in 2006 by type of cargo carried: excludes passenger only services and services with very small amounts of units/tonnage

Route	Lorry	Unaccomp-anied trailer	Port-to-port trailer/container	General cargo	Average monthly ferry sailings¹
Dartford-Vlissingen	v	v	v		60
Dartford-Zeebrugge	v	v	v		92
Dover-Calais	v	v			2,948
Dover-Dunkirk	v	v			613
Felixstowe-Scheveningen	v	v			171
Felixstowe-Zeebrugge			v		N/A
Harwich-Bremerhaven		v	v	v	N/A
Harwich-Cuxhaven	v	v	v		N/A
Harwich-Esbjerg	v	v	v		27
Harwich-Hook of Holland	v	v			224
Harwich-Rotterdam	v	v	v		141
Harwich-Turku	v	v	v	v	2
Hull-Helsinki		v	v	v	N/A
Hull-Rotterdam	v	v	v		82
Hull-Zeebrugge	v	v	v		82
Immingham-Cuxhaven	v	v	v		47
Immingham-Esbjerg	v	v	v		51
Immingham-Gothenburg	v	v	v		57
Immingham-Ostend	v	v	v		63
Immingham-Rotterdam	v	v	v		52
Ipswich-Ostend	v	v	v		132
Killingholme-Hook. Holland	v	v			60
Killingholme-Ostend		v	v		17
Killingholme-Rotterdam	v	v	v		52
Killingholme-Zeebrugge	v	v	v		53
Newhaven-Dieppe	v	v			165
Purfleet-Esbjerg			v		N/A
Purfleet-Rotterdam	v	v	v		55
Purfleet-Zeebrugge	v	v	v		130
Ramsgate-Ostend	v	v			421
Tilbury-Gothenburg	v	v	v		N/A
Tilbury-Ostend	v	v	v		31
¹ Sailings include inward and outward movements.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

4406; 693 c74-6WA

Session

2006-07

Related items

Shipping: Ferry Operators
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Written questions
House of Lords

Notes

Question reprinted on 27 June 2007 at 693 c152-4WA with amended answer.

Subjects

Ferries Freight Large goods vehicles North Sea Containers Channel crossing

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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