Hauliers carry more freight loads in 2006
Date: 10 October 2007
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Hauliers managed to carry more lorryloads of freight through ports in the UK last year than in 2005, figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) show.
And this is despite the fact that the actual total amount of freight carried fell, RoadTransport.com reports.
The number of trucks and unaccompanied trailers that passed through ports such as Southampton and London rose by a significant six per cent, with the total number coming to 380,000.
Meanwhile the fall in tonnage handled at UK ports fell from 585 million tonnes in 2005 to 584 million tonnes in 2006.
In terms of individual ports, Grimsby and Immingham handled 64 million tonnes of freight, Tees and Hartlepool handled 53.3 million tonnes, London handled 51.9 million tonnes, Southampton handled 40.6 million tonnes and Milford Haven handled 34.3 million tonnes.
Meanwhile, international freight haulage traffic was significantly up at the UK's main international port, Dover. It was the leading Ro-Ro port, handling an astonishing 2.3 million road goods vehicles last year.
This was up by 14 per cent compared to 2005.
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