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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Published
20 December 2010
ISBN
9780755998449

Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, accidents, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport, finance, personal travel and international comparisons.

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Table 9.13 Shipping services

Caledonian MacBrayne 1, 13

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

thousand

Cars carried

895

917

965

999

1,024

1,091

1,103

1,109

1,150

1,113

1,182

Commercial vehicles and buses

96

100

99

100

97

99

105

111

115

113

108

Passengers

4,803

4,777

4,811

4,874

5,170

5,311

5,358

5,398

5,389

5,084

5,296

thousand tonnes

Loose freight 2

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

£ thousand

Revenue from users 1

37,429

38,571

39,768

43,844

45,829

49,861

51,687

55,205

59,204

57,950

55,856

Subsidy 3

14,975

19,376

20,400

18,900

25,919

25,900

31,400

33,200

38,285

53,338

57,338

Cowal ferries (subsidy) 3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,270

3,130

3,040

P&O Scottish Ferries 7

thousand

Cars carried

61

62

51

40

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Commercial vehicles

17

20

22

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Passengers

242

239

208

166

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

thousand tonnes

Loose freight

..

47.3

49.9

- 6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

£ thousand

Revenue from users 5

15,688

15,284

16,662

12,195

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Subsidy 5

11,400

11,500

11,600

11,206

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Northlink Orkney & Shetland Ferries 8

thousand

Cars carried

-

-

-

-

59

64

67

69

70

68

68

Commercial Vehicles 9,12

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

..

..

..

..

Passengers

-

-

-

-

241

289

301

304

307

296

309

£ thousand

Revenue from users 10,11

-

-

-

-

..

..

20,064

21,260

20,914

22,171

21,694

Subsidy 10

-

-

-

-

18,524

28,121

22,450

29,177

30,173

29,207

36,867

Orkney Ferries

thousand

Vehicles carried

73

72

74

75

80

83

83

83

81

83

87

Passengers

282

278

285

291

310

322

312

318

316

319

330

thousand tonnes

Loose freight

2.0

1.7

1.9

1.5

1.4

1.5

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.7

£ thousand

Revenue from users 3,4

1,412

1,470

1,585

1,659

1,671

1,835

1,859

1,939

2,053

2,263

2,280

Subsidy 3,4

3,439

3,697

3,858

3,903

4,560

4,940

5,554

6,257

6,207

6,918

7,535

Total for these Shipping Services

thousand

Vehicles carried

1,142

1,171

1,211

1,230

1,260

1,338

1,358

1,372

1,416

1,377

1,445

Passengers

5,327

5,294

5,304

5,330

5,721

5,921

5,971

6,020

6,012

5,699

5,935

thousand tonnes

Loose freight 6

..

52.0

54.8

4.5

4.4

4.5

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.0

5.7

£ thousand

Revenue from users

54,529

55,325

58,015

57,698

..

..

73,610

78,404

82,171

82,384

79,830

Subsidy

29,814

34,573

35,858

34,009

49,003

58,961

59,404

68,634

76,935

92,593

104,780

Shetland Islands Council 14

thousand

Cars carried

252

264

275

302

296

315

300

324

347 |

258

266

Commercial vehicles

25

26

24

25

26

25

23

21

21 |

16

16

Passengers

667

674

676

732

696

755

716

770

805 |

634

637

Source: Ferry companies - Not National Statistics
1. Figures include charter and contract carryings (see table 10.14).
2. This figure only covers the routes of Mallaig to the smaller isles since the freight is lifted by crane onto the vessels rather than transported by lorry onto the ferry.
3. Financial year beginning 1 April of year.
4. Revenue from users and subsidy may be subject to amendment following annual audit.
5. Calendar year.
6. In 2001 P & O's loose fright operations were taken over by a separate company called, Northwards, which did not provide the relevant information.
7. P & O Scottish Ferries stopped operating its services on 30 September 2002.
8. Northlink Ferries Ltd started operating its service on 6 July 2006, from NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries Ltd.
9. Only coaches and mini-buses are included under this heading for 2003.
10. 2007 figures relate to an operating year from July to June 2007 and figures for 2006 relate to a financial year beginning 1 April. Previous years covered the period 1 October to 30 September.
11. The figures published previously for 2003 to 2005 were wrong. Corrected figures for 2003 and 2004 are not readily available.
12. The number of vehicles are no longer available due to a change in the method of collecting the data.
13. Includes Gourock-Dunoon which has been operated by Cowal ferries since October 2006, and Ballycastle-Rathlin which has been operated by Rathlin Ferries since April 2007
14. Since 2008, no fares have been charged on 2 routes, the previous figures are therefore not comparable.

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