Harbour Traffic Information

Douglas Harbour  

June 2017

Below is a summary of the Isle of Man passenger traffic statistics for the Island’s Harbours for June 2017. A very good start to TT created an increase of over 7,400 passengers in May, and June continued to record a rise in traffic, albeit at a much lower level of increase of 1.8%.  In summary: 

Overall passengers

• A total of 94,588 passengers used the Isle of Man Harbours in June 2017, a solid result with an increase of 1.79%, or 1,664 more than in June 2016.
• Scheduled routes actually showed a marginal decrease, but a 51% surge in non-scheduled passenger traffic boosted the total to the overall 1.8% increase.
• It was reassuring to see an overall increase in June, despite the earlier start to TT.

Scheduled passengers and vehicles

• Scheduled traffic decreased by just 0.16%, with 145 fewer passengers, to 89,215.
• Liverpool continued to set the pace with an increase of nearly 3,500 passengers, or 8.6%.
• Heysham decreased by over 3,700 or 8.9%.
• Belfast was slightly down on last year, whilst Dublin increased by 9% to almost 1,400.
• The number of scheduled passenger vehicles was slightly down, as 36,729 vehicles were carried, 2.9% fewer than in June 2016.

Non-Scheduled passengers

• Non-scheduled traffic saw a very substantial 51% increase with cruise passengers and marina traffic responsible for much of the increase.
• Cruise passengers totaled 1,822, 1,674 more than in June 2016, more than doubling the number of cruise passengers so far this year.
• Non Manx fishing crews recorded no movements during June 2017.
• Karina saw a small decrease in passengers over June 2016.
• A tall ship visited the Island in June, generating 110 passenger movements.