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Shipping: Ferry Operators

Answer

Information about individual ferry operators is provided to the department in confidence and cannot be disclosed. The available information for the ferry routes covering the regions requested is provided in the following table.

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	Unaccompanied 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 of 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 c152-4WA

Session

2006-07

Related items

Shipping: Ferry Operators
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Written questions
House of Lords

Notes

Question originally printed on 21 June 2007 at 693 c74-6WA

Subjects

Ferries Freight Large goods vehicles North Sea Containers Channel crossing

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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