Public Figures

Britain’s official statistics

Port freight

Peterhead · April to June 2026

Peterhead moved 202,717 tonnes of freight in April to June 2026 — the 41st-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 30 September 2026.

202,717

tonnes

Freight through Peterhead, both directions, April to June 2026

Provisional — the publisher will revise this quarter

That is 0.2% of all freight through UK major ports in April to June 2026.

Its busiest quarter on our record was April to June 2015, at 423,985 tonnes — 52% above where it is now. The record starts in January to March 2009.

The busiest UK major ports in April to June 2026

  1. 1stLondon14.2m tonnes
  2. 2ndGrimsby and Immingham10.6m tonnes
  3. 3rdLiverpool8.6m tonnes
  4. 4thSouthampton8.1m tonnes
  5. 5thMilford Haven7.3m tonnes
  6. 6thFelixstowe5.7m tonnes
  7. 7thTees and Hartlepool5.5m tonnes
  8. 8thBelfast4.8m tonnes
  9. 9thDover4.6m tonnes
  10. 10thForth4.1m tonnes
  11. … 30 ports between
    41stPeterhead202,717 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 Q1123,572 tonnes–423,985 tonnes across 70 readings on record2026 Q2

One cell per quarter from 2009 Q1 to 2026 Q2, 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 Q2202,717 tonnes41st
2026 Q1123,572 tonnes43rd
2025 Q4169,972 tonnes41st
2025 Q3188,476 tonnes41st
2025 Q2170,995 tonnes43rd
2025 Q1144,231 tonnes44th
2024 Q4169,107 tonnes41st
2024 Q3165,814 tonnes43rd
2024 Q2168,620 tonnes43rd
2024 Q1168,082 tonnes43rd
2023 Q4152,205 tonnes42nd
2023 Q3185,346 tonnes40th

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.