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Transport

Author: Giuliano AMERINI

S t a t i s t i c s i n F o c u s
11/2010

General economic crisis hits European port activity
Freight handling in EU ports fell by 0.5% in 2008, after almost a decade of continuous
growth. The downturn began as the global financial crisis materialised: after a slowdown
in the 3rdquarter of 2008, a substantial fall was registered in the 4thquarter.
In 2008, the total weight of goods handled in In 2008, more than 60% of EU-27 seaborne goods
EU-27 maritime ports is estimated at 3.9 billion transport concerned an extra-EU-27 partner port.
tonnes.Of these, nearly two thirds were goodsInternational intra-EU-27 transport represented
unloaded. Almost all Member States unloaded more25% and national transport 10%.However, the
than they loaded. situation varies widely among countries.
At 562 million tonnes, the United Kingdom had the The number of passengers who passed through
highest share (14%) of goods handled in EU-27 EU-27 ports in 2008 is estimated at 413 million
ports,followed by the Netherlands, Italy and Spain.(0.3% down compared with 2007).Unlike goods
In 2008, liquid bulk goods (which includeorsf erence bant diffehn muebteewnet rehe t),edadlo3 cifingis on saw ng (ndliha ,/1dadenuol/2 3
petroleum products) was the largest type of cargo
handled in tonnage terms,embarking and disembarking, due to the accounting for 40% of passengers
the total cargo handled in EU-27 ports, followed by fact that most of this transport activity corresponds to
dry bulk (25%) and containers (18%). the main national and intra-EU-27 ferry connections.
Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg all located onThe number of vessel calls at EU main ports showed
the North Sea coast - maintained their positionst noanegfog orssn terms wever, i7002oH .dera ot % .8mpcoe as 1ofceerad wtro g a ofh eht fo ,slessev
as the three largest EU portsin terms of both gross
weight of goods and volume of containers handled.o1.f5v%e swsaesl sr eocpoerrdaetidn.gT hiins EreUfl epcotrsts. th e increasing size

Figure 1: Gross weight of seaborne goods handled in all ports (in million tonnes)

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Quarterly results for 2008 in EU-27 main ports: growth
rate on the same uarter of the revious ear %
4%

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-2%

-4%
-6%
2005

Q1
2006

Q2

2007

Q3

2008

Q4

A decade of continuous growth in EU ports freight activity was brought to an end
by the impact of the current economic crisis.

Table 1: Gross weight of seaborne goods handled in all ports (in million tonnes)
1997 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Growth rate
2007-2008
Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Inwards OutwardstaTo)%(l
BE 140.2 103.6174.2 173.8 181.1 187.9 206.5 218.9 236.3161.6 243.8 +3.2%
BG 9.8 16.820.2 20.4 21.4 23.1 24.8 27.5 24.9: 26.6 +6.7%
DK 99.7 104.0 100.4124.0 94.0 94.3 107.7 109.7 60.7 45.3106.1 -3.2%
DE 196.7 123.9213.3 246.1 246.4 254.8 271.9 284.9 302.8 315.1320.6 +1.8%
EE: 8.140.4 44.7 47.0 44.8 46.5 50.0 45.0 28.036.2 -19.5%
IE36.3 45.8 44.9 46.2 47.7 52.1 53.3 54.1 36.0 15.051.1 -5.6%
EL101.3 122.2 147.7 162.5 157.9 151.3 159.4 164.3 89.1 63.4152.5 -7.2%
ES270.6 290.1 126.1315.1 326.0 343.7 373.1 400.0 414.4 426.6416.2 -2.5%
FR305.1 318.2 319.0 330.1 334.0 341.5 350.3 346.8 249.4 102.6352.0 +1.5%
IT444.8 458.0 477.0 485.0 508.9 520.2 537.3 358.8 167.5434.3 526.2 -2.1%
CY 7.2 7.3 6.8 7.3 7.6 7.5: : 6.7 1.27.9 +6.2%
LV: 56.8 52.0 54.7 54.8 59.7 56.9 61.1 6.1 55.361.4 +0.6%
LT21.0 24.4 30.2 25.8 26.1 27.2 29.3 15.4 21.0: 36.4 +24.4%
MT 4.3 1.2: : 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.35.5 +4.7%
NL 396.7 133.6405.9 413.3 410.3 440.7 460.9 477.2 507.5402.2 530.4 +4.5%
PL: 46.2 48.1 51.0 52.3 54.8 53.1 52.4 28.1 20.848.8 -6.9%
PT56.2 55.6 57.5 59.1 65.3 66.9 68.2 43.6 21.654.7 65.3 -4.3%
RO 29.6 20.927.6 32.7 35.9 40.6 47.7 46.7 48.9: 50.5 +3.1%
SI 10.8 12.1 12.6 15.5 15.9 11.8: 9.1 9.3 4.716.6 +4.4%
FI 104.4 106.5 99.675.3 96.2 99.1 64.3 50.5 110.5 114.8114.7 -0.1%
SE152.8 154.6 161.5 167.4 178.1 180.5 185.1149.9 87.0 100.8187.8 +1.5%
UK 346.5 215.7558.5 566.4 558.3 555.7 573.1 584.9 583.7 581.5562.2 -3.3%
EU-25 3 646.1 3 761.7 2 863.7 1 453.5 3 3 388.2: : -0.6% 3 841.6 281.7 3 395.1 3 506.5
2 887.2 3 037.6 3 091.0 3 188.8 3 304.6 3 433.8 3 545.9 3 647.3 2 373.0 1 255.8 3 628.8 -0.5%
: 19.1 18.6 20.3 25.2 26.2 26.3 30.1 18.6 10.629.2 -2.9%
IS5.0 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.9: : : :: :
NO 60.6 132.8: : 190.0 186.8 198.2 201.7 196.8 198.5193.4 -2.6%

EEA-IS+HR 1 562.2 4 141.2 166.1 4 579.0 2 946.6 3 059.1 4 659.4 3 793.7 3: : 543.4 3
Source: Eurostatmar_mg_aa_cwhd)

-0.6%

EU port activity declined in the second half of transport of refined oil products), Bulgaria and
2008, especially in the 4thquarter (Figure 1)1 Cyprus.: this
downturn reflects the impact of the economic crisis A rise in port traffic in the Netherlands of about 23
on maritime transport. million tonnes (mainly due to Amsterdam
EU-27 ports faced a 0.5% decrease in the handling performance: see also Table 3 on page 4),
of goods on an annual basis (Table 1), the most combined with a fall in Italian port activity, means
substantial decreases at individual Member State that the Netherlands has replaced Italy as the
level being recorded in Estonia (-20%), Greece and second largest EU country (13.5% of EU total) for
Poland. maritime transport, with the United Kingdom in
Nevertheless, about half of the countries registered first place (14.3%).
an increase between 2007 and 2008, the most In 2008, around 64% of the tonnage handled in
(si+g2n4if%ic, amnta ionnley s dbueei ntog irnecwoarrdde tdr abnys pLoitrth uoaf nRiau ssian EU-27 ports was goods unloaded (inwards).
crude oil from the Gulf of Finland and outward Of the total weight of goods handled in ports in
2008, the percentage unloaded was 84% in Cyprus,

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1 This “Statistics in Focus is based on data collected in the framework of the EU maritime transport statistics Directive (Directive
2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and
passengers by sea). Not all Member States have reported for all aspects during the period 1997-2008. Methodological and other

explanatory notes, including country-specific remarks are available at the end of the publication (pages 14-15).

2

11/2010 Statistics in Focus

followed by Malta and the Netherlands (with 77% Latvia and 77% in Estonia: these countries' share in
and 75% respectively). total EU-27 maritime freight is however small.
In general more seaborne goods are unloaded than In Norway the outward weight was also dominant,
loaded in the EU-27 countries as well as in Croatia with a share of 69%.
and Iceland (2006 data). For the three Baltic countries the outward weight is
However, in the three Baltic countries (Estonia, largely due to oil products, whereas for Norway it
Latvia and Lithuania) the outward movement of mainly reflects exports of crude oil, oil products
goods was dominant, its share reaching 90% in and ores1.

In 2008, liquid bulk goods accounted for 40% of the total cargo handled in EU-27
ports, followed by dry bulk (25%) and containers (18%).

Table 2: Gross weight of seaborne goods handled (inwards and outwards) in main ports(1)in 2008
by type of cargo(2)(in % of total cargo handled)
Share in % of total cargo handled in main ports
handled in handled in
Liquid bulk Dry bulk Large Ro Ro Other smain o
goodsgoodscontainersMUonbitilsecargo, nesUnknownTotal(meisl)lion tonneimllst( otnnoip tnrllaor p)s
20% 20% 38% 13% 9% 0% 100% 241.3 243.8
BG 100% 7% 1%44% 38% 0% 10% 26.6 26.6
DK 27% 5% 0%30% 33% 6% 100% 96.2 106.1
DE 100% 6% 0%22% 20% 39% 13% 315.7 320.6
EE 0% 21% 100% 4% 0%65% 10% 32.9 36.2
IE 100%28% 32% 17% 20% 3% 0% 46.9 51.1
EL 100% 5% 0% 19% 5%42% 29% 121.6 152.5
ES 100%37% 24% 28% 4% 6% 0% 416.2 416.2
FR 100% 9% 4% 0%52% 24% 11% 346.2 352.0
IT45% 19% 16% 12% 8% 0% 100% 513.5 526.2
CY 4% 9% 0%33% 22% 32% 100% 7.9 7.9
LV 100%39% 47% 3% 3% 7% 0% 60.1 61.4
LT55% 27% 7% 5% 6% 0% 100% 36.4 36.4
MT 100%46% 20% 22% 10% 2% 0% 3.4 5.5
NL 3% 4% 0%46% 31% 16% 100% 529.4 530.4
PL28% 41% 12% 12% 8% 0% 100% 48.7 48.8
PT 100% 1% 7% 0%46% 27% 19% 64.4 65.3
RO 100% 11% 0%28% 39% 22% 0% 49.8 50.5
SI 100% 0% 8% 0%17% 58% 17% 16.5 16.6
FI 100%32% 29% 11% 15% 13% 0% 111.2 114.7
SE 100% 6%40% 17% 0% 27% 10% 171.2 187.8
UK 100% 4% 0%44% 23% 11% 19% 548.1 562.2
40% 25% 18% 11% 6% 0% 100 3 804.0 3 918.6
37% 49% 6% 3% 6% 0% 100% 25.3 29.2
IS :: : : : : :::
50% 33% 3% 5% 9% 0% 100%170.2 193.4
40% 25% 17% 11% 7% 0% 100 3 999.4 4 141.2

(1) According to Directive 2009/42, “main ports, in termsof transport of goods, are ports handling more than 1 million tonnes of
goods annually (see also methodological notes).
(2) Liquid bulk: Liquefied g