Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the change in the volume of freight shipped through Holyhead between 2015 and 2023.
The Department for Transport publishes maritime freight statistics for all of UK’s major and minor ports, including the Port of Holyhead, as part of the annual Port Freight Statistics Publication.
Table 1 shows the maritime freight volume through the Port of Holyhead across the period 2015 to 2023. The freight volume has increased by 7% across this period.
Table 1: Maritime freight volume through the Port of Holyhead from 2015 until 2023
Year | Tonnage (million tonnes) |
2015 | 4.45 |
2016 | 4.94 |
2017 | 5.24 |
2018 | 5.22 |
2019 | 5.33 |
2020 | 5.86 |
2021 | 3.76 |
2022 | 4.10 |
2023 | 4.78 |