To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish details of the number of ships which entered (a) Larne and (b) Carrickfergus ports during 1987.
During 1987 there were 5,107 ship visits to Larne and some 250 to Carrickfergus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many passengers travelled through Larne port in 1987;(2) how many
(a) commercial vehicles and (b) cars and caravans passed through Larne harbour in 1987;
(3) what is the estimated number of vehicles entering and leaving Larne harbour annually;
(4) how many persons are estimated to have been at Larne harbour meeting or leaving passengers during 1987.
The information requested is as follows:
| Shipping traffic through Larne harbour in 1987 | |||
| Numbers | |||
| Inwards | Outwards | Total | |
| Passengers | 737,665 | 722,072 | 1,459,737 |
| Vehicles | 326,944 | 287,562 | 614,506 |
| (a) Commercial vehicles | 160,942 | 147,804 | 308,746 |
| (b) Cars and caravans | 166,002 | 139,758 | 305,760 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what tonnage of cargo passed through (a) Larne harbour and (b) Carrickfergus harbour in 1987; and what tonnage of cargo was handled at Ballylumford, Magheramorne and Kilroot in 1987.
The information requested is as follows:
| Total tonnage of goods in 1987 | |
| Tonnes | |
| Larne | 3,743,268 |
| Carrickfergus | 309,970 |
| Ballylumford | 785,840 |
| Magheramorne | 298,123 |