§ Mr. Gerald BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what figures he has for the tonnage of freight carried by road and ferry to continental Europe from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Liverpool and Newcastle.
1989 (provisional) Net weight (tonnes) Port Powered road goods vehicles Unaccompanied trailers Total Forth (including Kirkcaldy, Leith and Grangemouth) 1,362 94 1,456 Clyde (including Glasgow, Ardrossan and Greenock) 1,136 19 1,155 Aberdeen 516 7 523 Liverpool (including Garston) 1,549 3,289 4,838 Tyne 4,601 31,668 36,269