Public Figures

Britain’s official statistics

Port freight

Fishguard · January to March 2026

Fishguard moved 91,671 tonnes of freight in January to March 2026 — the 45th-busiest of the 53 UK major ports that quarter, on provisional figures.

Read from the Department for Transport’s PORT0502 table, in the vintage we archived on 11 August 2026.

91,671

tonnes

Freight through Fishguard, both directions, January to March 2026

Provisional — the publisher will revise this quarter

That is 0.1% of all freight through UK major ports in January to March 2026.

Its busiest quarter on our record was January to March 2019, at 139,052 tonnes — 34% above where it is now. The record starts in January to March 2009.

The busiest UK major ports in January to March 2026

  1. 1stLondon13.1m tonnes
  2. 2ndMilford Haven12.9m tonnes
  3. 3rdGrimsby and Immingham10.5m tonnes
  4. 4thSouthampton8.1m tonnes
  5. 5thLiverpool8.0m tonnes
  6. 6thTees and Hartlepool5.7m tonnes
  7. 7thFelixstowe5.3m tonnes
  8. 8thDover5.1m tonnes
  9. 9thBelfast4.7m tonnes
  10. 10thForth4.1m tonnes
  11. 34 ports between
    45thFishguard91,671 tonnes
  12. out of 53 UK major ports reporting that quarter

Tonnage in both directions, as published. “Major port” is the publisher’s own unit, and some of them are more than one place: Grimsby and Immingham are counted together, as are Tees and Hartlepool.

Every quarter on record

2009 Q128,459 tonnes139,052 tonnes across 69 readings on record2026 Q1

One cell per quarter from 2009 Q1 to 2026 Q1, shaded from this port’s own quietest quarter to its busiest. Quarters the publisher marked as not applicable are left blank rather than read as zero.

The last three years, quarter by quarter

QuarterTonnageRank among ports
2026 Q191,671 tonnes45th
2025 Q477,263 tonnes45th
2025 Q3108,637 tonnes46th
2025 Q2109,112 tonnes44th
2025 Q1138,154 tonnes46th
2024 Q4123,017 tonnes44th
2024 Q390,177 tonnes48th
2024 Q283,429 tonnes48th
2024 Q133,724 tonnes49th
2023 Q475,206 tonnes47th
2023 Q379,779 tonnes46th
2023 Q298,894 tonnes47th

How these figures are read

Figures are tonnage in both directions, in thousand tonnes as published and shown here in tonnes. The publisher’s own four-quarter totals and percentage-change columns are not used: every comparison on this page is calculated from the quarters themselves.

The publisher marks this quarter provisional. Provisional quarters are revised, and when they are, the change is logged in our corrections log.