Shipping: North Sea
(asked on 16th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels normally trading on routes in the North Sea oil and gas industry are owned in (a) the UK, (b) the EEA and (c) outside the EEA.
Data held by the Department for the purpose of producing Official Statistics can only determine the number of vessels that operated on a specific route within a given calendar year. From this, it is not possible to say which vessels would normally complete such a route, as some vessels identified may only do so on a single occasion.
Figures for the number of vessels operating on each route in 2016 by nationality of beneficial owner are shown in the table.
| Nationality of beneficial owner | ||
| UK | EEA (non-UK) | Outside the EEA |
Vessels which carried cargo between a UK port and a UK offshore oil and gas terminal or platform in 2016 | 40 | 200 | 60 |
Vessels which carried cargo on domestic routes to or from UK ports in 2016 (excluding between UK ports and UK offshore oil and gas terminals covered in 1. above) | 90 | 670 | 130 |
Vessels operating on domestic or international short sea passenger services to or from UK ports in 2016 | 10 | 100 | 20 |
Source: Based on DfT port freight and sea passenger statistics, and IHS Global fleet data.
Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 vessels. A single vessel may operate on any combination of the routes shown.