The United Kingdom’s Department for Transport has today published National Statistics on freight traffic handled at UK ports in 2005.

These provisional port statistics for 2005 show that:

• Total freight traffic rose by 8.5 million tonnes (Mt) to 581.6 Mt in 2005, 1.5 per cent up on 2004;
• Inwards traffic rose by 9.7 Mt to 352.1 Mt, whilst outwards traffic fell by 1.2 Mt to 229.4 Mt;
• Freight traffic through the 52 major UK ports totalled 565.8 Mt, up 7.6 Mt on 2004. This represented 97 per cent of total UK port freight traffic in 2005;
• Grimsby and Immingham maintained its position as the UK’s leading port in 2005 with 58.1 Mt (0.4 Mt up on 2004), followed by Tees and Hartlepool with 55.8 Mt (up 2.0 Mt) and London with 53.8 Mt (up 0.6 Mt);

The top ten ports in 2005, in terms of tonnage, were as follows:

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Program Highlights

As a leading country in ITS deployment, the United Kingdom is looking forward to hosting the much awaited 13th ITS World Congress and Exhibition in London, from October 8 to 12, 2006.

As you probably know, this major annual event rotates between Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific region and comes to the UK for the first time in 2006.

The international ITS community will participate in this prestigious event in significant numbers and there will be many opportunities to take part as a delegate, speaker, exhibitor and visitor.

The ITS World Congress is organised by ERTICO in co-operation with ITS United Kingdom, Department for Transport, Department of Trade and Industry and Transport for London.

It is part of the highly successful ongoing series of ITS World and European Congresses.

These events have received the highest support throughout the ITS world in government, industry and other organisations and continue to do so in this rapidly growing field.

The 13th World Congress offers you the following:

• Begin each day with a high-profile plenary session offering a unique perspective of both the present and future of transportation progress.
• Attend your choice of hundreds of executive, special and technical sessions that provide targeted education on a comprehensive range of topics for every experience level.
• Visit the sites via our exclusive tours, designed to highlight local ITS innovations and achievements, with the most popular tours repeated for your convenience.
• Experience the excitement on the Trade Show Floor.
• Meet, greet, have fun and get it done at all the networking & social events.

The event is especially a must if you’re part of the ITS community around the world.

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