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Written question asked by Andy McDonald (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 March 2023 (named day). It was answered by Richard Holden (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 March 2023 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Shipping: Freight

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of trends in the level of demand for shipping services from Teesport to Zeebrugge in the logistics sector.

Answer

The port and shipping sectors are both private, commercial sectors. Therefore, the assessment of future demand requirements of specific markets such as logistics, will be a commercial factor for relevant operators.

The Department for Transport does not publish statistics at port-to-port level due to commercial sensitivity, however, statistics for UK major port freight traffic to specific countries are available in table PORT0499, accessible here: https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1122247%2Fport0499.ods&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
153784
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Freight Shipping Belgium Teesport
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk