Oil-handling Ports

HC Deb 05 March 1996 vol 273 c151W

Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for the latest available year the 10 main oil-handling ports in the British Isles, indicating the total tonnage(a) disembarked and (b) embarked in each case, and the appropriate proportion for each port. [17984]

Mr. Norris

The top 10 oil-handling ports in the United Kingdom for 1994 are as follows:

		Thousand tonnes
Port	Total	Inwards	Outwards	Proportion of UK total percentage
Forth	40,476	2,400	38,076	15.0
Sullom Voe	38,577	2	38,575	14.3
Milford Haven	33,881	20,231	13,650	12.6
London	24,408	18,739	5,669	9.0
Tees and Hartlepool	24,141	2,291	21,850	9.0
Southampton	23,584	15,061	8,523	8.7
Grimsby and Immingham	21,772	14,184	7,588	8.1
Liverpool	15,256	13,781	1,475	5.7
Orkneys	13,885	30	13,856	5.1
Rivers Hull and Humber	5,427	5,427	0	2.0
Total for above	241,407	92,146	149,262	89.5
Total for UK	269,721	113,892	155,829	—

Source:

Port Statistics 1994.