The MDS Transmodal Port Traffic Analyser web application provides a quick and efficient way to examine UK and EU port traffic statistics. It uses simple drop down menu choices to interrogate data from official sources and presents it in easy to understand formats. Users are able to examine trends in different port market sectors, compare the market shares of different or competing ports and look in detail at the volumes and types of cargo handled at all UK and European ports.

The application has 4 main tabs:

• Euro Ports presents Eurostats port statistics to show individual EU port market shares in their own country's import / export trades covering all cargo sectors.
• UK Trade is an aggregation from HMRC non-EU trade data which allows a closer look at the commodities moving through individual UK ports (note that this data does not allow interrogation of trade with EU countries by UK port). It is possible to export the results to MS Excel.
• GB Ports uses UK Department for Transport annual port statistics and calculates market shares with charts of throughput over time, with separation between unitised (container and roll-on roll-off) and non-unitised (bulks and general cargo) sectors.
• Irish Ports presents the same Eurostats port statistics as for Euro Ports but for Irish ports only (Republic of Ireland + Northern Ireland).

About MDS Transmodal

MDS Transmodal is an independent consultancy specialising in freight transport economics, covering ports and shipping, road and rail, logistics and distribution. We take an analytical approach to our work and, in addition to our use of official and public domain statistics, we develop and maintain a series of trade and transport databases and maintain transport and financial models that allow us to examine strategic issues in the freight transport market.

For more details of MDS Transmodal's consultancy services go to www.mdst.co.uk or contact us on 01244 348301