HC Deb 28 July 1988 vol 138 c592W
Mr. Bellingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will publish tables showing the number of vessels using English east coast ports over the past 18 months; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Portillo

The numbers of ship arrivals in 1987, compiled from Lloyd's of London shipping data, are in the table. No figures are available yet for 1988.

Number
North East
Blyth 454
Tyne 1,441
Sunderland 528
Tees and Hartlepool 4,889
Other North East ports 854
Humber
Hull 3,032
Goole 1,267
Ouse wharves 1,097
Trent wharves 2,349
Humber wharves 1,271
Immingham 3,975
Grimsby 721
Haven
Felixstowe 5,355
Ipswich 1,981
Harwich 2,452
Other ports 374
Thames and Kent
Colchester 1,084
London 111,500
Medway 3,546
Ramsgate 2,250
Dover 22,112
Folkestone 2,076
Other ports 489
Wash and North East Anglia
Boston 1,091
King's Lynn 1,045
Great Yarmouth 1,590
Other ports 1,141
All East Coast ports 79,964
1 Provisional.