UK short sea capacity now stands at 15.6 million trailer / forty foot equivalent container units serving five distinct market sectors; near continent, channel (including Eurotunnel), Irish Sea, Scandinavia and the Baltic.
The ro-ro mode provides the greatest share of UK short sea capacity (77 per cent) with the lo-lo mode contributing ten per cent of capacity. The Channel Tunnel shuttle and through train services provide the remaining 13 per cent of UK short sea capacity.
P&O Ferries is the market leader employing nearly 24 per cent of the total UK market capacity on a range of North Sea, Channel and Irish Sea routes. The Port of Dover handles more capacity than any other UK port (27.4 per cent).