"Figure 7: A decline, mainly due to the coronavirus, in passengers travelling by sea was first seen in March 2020 with further reductions in April to June 2020","" "Annual percentage change in arrivals and departures by short international ferry routes, UK, January to June 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Monthly figures for 2020 are provisional until DfT's publication of the annual bulletin. 2. Figures are based on seaports within UK mainland. 3. Figures include passengers travelling on short-sea international routes to Ireland and other European countries (Belgium, Denmark, Faroe Isles, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden). 4. Figures include passengers travelling for tourism, leisure and business travel, as well as freight drivers accompanying cargo. Assessment by DfT of qualitative information suggest that storms were a large contributor to the passenger decline in February 2020. It is likely that increases across different types of sea passengers contributed to the difference between 2019 and 2020 figures getting smaller in May and June. 5. More information including data on other routes and guidance can be found on theĀ [Maritime and Shipping StatisticsĀ page by DfT.](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maritime-and-shipping-statistics)" "Unit","%" "","" "Month","Departures","Arrivals","Totals" "January","-4","-4","-4" "February","-10","-10","-10" "March","-50","-49","-50" "April","-84","-87","-85" "May","-80","-79","-79" "June","-73","-78","-75"