The report shows that in 2006:
* Traffic on UK domestic waters accounted for 5% (126m tonnes) of all goods lifted in the UK, and 21% (52 billion tonne-kilometres) of all goods moved.
* Goods lifted on domestic waters fell 5% compared with 2005 and goods moved by 15%. This was largely due to a decrease in oil landed from North Sea oil fields, and reduced coastwise transport of oil.
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