§ Mr. BellinghamTo 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. PortilloThe 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.