"Figure 12: Percentage change in arrivals and departures by short international ferry routes, UK","" "January to March, 2019 and 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. Assessment by DfT of qualitative information from operators and complimentary data sources such as ship arrivals suggest that storms in February 2020 were a large contributor to the passenger decline seen here. 5. More information including data on other routes and guidance can be found on the [Maritime and Shipping Statistics](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maritime-and-shipping-statistics) page by DfT. " "Unit","%" "","" "Month","Departures","Arrivals","Totals" "January","-4","-4","-4" "February","-10","-10","-10" "March","-50","-49","-50"