Public Figures

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Port freight

Fowey · January to March 2026

Fowey moved 52,563 tonnes of freight in January to March 2026 — the 47th-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.

52,563

tonnes

Freight through Fowey, 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 July to September 2010, at 208,661 tonnes — 75% 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. 36 ports between
    47thFowey52,563 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 Q141,685 tonnes208,661 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 Q152,563 tonnes47th
2025 Q464,633 tonnes46th
2025 Q354,798 tonnes49th
2025 Q267,912 tonnes48th
2025 Q141,685 tonnes47th
2024 Q441,704 tonnes48th
2024 Q355,093 tonnes49th
2024 Q263,595 tonnes49th
2024 Q148,217 tonnes48th
2023 Q452,451 tonnes49th
2023 Q362,443 tonnes49th
2023 Q256,075 tonnes49th

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.