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SHORT SEA CONTINUED GROWING IN 2007, BUT AT SLOWER RATE – DATA |
The EUROSTAT Statistics in Focus edition 58/2009 (attached) reports:
In 2007 freight SSS totalled around 1.9 billion tonnes, some 61% of total EU-27 maritime goods transport. The United Kingdom and Italy, with 366 and325 million tonnes respectively, contributed most heavily to the total. The share of SSS in total maritime transport varied widely from one country to another.
The majority of SSS reported by the EU-27 ports concerned partner ports situated in the Mediterranean (28%) and the North Sea (27%). Liquid bulk (including liquefied gas, crude oil and oil products), with almost half the total tonnage, was the largest cargo type. It accounted for about 60% of total SSS cargo in French and Dutch ports.
