Statistics Norway

Road goods transport

1 National and international transports for hire or reward and own account. Transport performances. Quarter
  Vehicle-kilometres Tonnage carried Transport performance Rate of empty kilometres Average length of carriage per tonne
  Total Laden journeys
National transport for hire or reward and own account            
  Millions Million tonnes Million tonne-kms Per cent Kms
1993 1 063.4  729.1  176.3 7 595.7 31.4 43.1
1994 1 072.6  747.0  186.0 7 960.1 30.4 42.8
1995 1 159.9  819.2  188.3 8 846.8 29.4 47.0
1996 1 211.3  859.7  206.1 9 718.6 29.0 47.2
1997 1 385.2  987.4  217.7 10 903.3 28.7 50.1
1998 1 357.9  984.3  221.3 11 752.8 27.5 53.1
1999 1 364.7  994.3  225.0 11 856.4 27.1 52.7
2000 1 359.6  991.6  218.4 12 133.1 27.1 55.5
2001 1 328.1  981.9  215.9 12 394.0 26.1 57.4
2002 1 329.3  982.6  211.7 12 718.9 26.1 60.1
2003 1 471.7 1 084.1  226.8 13 618.2 26.3 60.0
2004 1 586.2 1 160.5  240.4 14 458.2 26.8 60.1
2005 1 607.4 1 192.1  240.7 15 348.3 25.8 63.8
2006 1 609.8 1 181.8  245.2 15 316.0 26.6 62.5
             
2007 1 647.6 1 203.2  263.9 15 674.9 27.0 59.4
1st quarter  395.6  290.9 63.3 4 056.8 26.5 64.1
2nd quarter  388.0  277.8 60.7 3 593.4 28.4 59.2
3rd quarter  415.2  306.3 69.9 3 808.9 26.2 54.5
4th quarter  448.8  328.3 70.1 4 215.9 26.9 60.2
             
National transport for hire or reward            
  Millions Million tonnes Million tonne-kms Per cent Kms
1993  665.9  456.3  115.5 5 766.3 31.5 49.9
1994  698.4  492.9  121.6 6 283.6 29.4 51.7
1995  774.0  545.7  126.1 6 973.6 29.5 55.3
1996  810.5  573.7  136.2 7 701.0 29.2 56.6
1997  921.9  662.8  142.2 8 615.3 28.1 60.6
1998  959.9  700.7  143.5 9 558.6 27.0 66.6
1999 1 070.8  788.7  174.9 10 445.1 26.3 59.7
2000 1 021.9  758.6  154.6 10 281.6 25.8 66.5
2001  999.3  747.3  153.3 10 416.1 25.2 67.9
2002 1 006.9  760.9  147.9 10 865.4 24.4 73.5
2003 1 017.8  761.2  138.2 10 764.6 25.2 77.9
2004 1 074.5  816.0  133.1 11 306.8 24.1 85.0
2005 1 132.2  851.7  165.0 12 434.9 24.8 75.4
2006 1 148.7  865.2  152.0 12 393.4 24.7 81.5
             
2007 1 125.6  831.6  162.0 12 134.3 26.1 74.9
1st quarter  273.2  205.5 39.9 3 275.0 24.8 82.2
2nd quarter  255.6  184.9 36.3 2 731.4 27.7 75.2
3rd quarter  279.7  205.7 40.1 2 847.0 26.4 71.0
4th quarter  317.0  235.4 45.7 3 280.9 25.7 71.7
             
International transport for hire or reward and own account            
  Millions 1 000 tonnes Million tonne-kms Per cent Kms
1996  170.3 .. 3 791.8 2 748.6 .. ..
1997  184.0 .. 4 001.7 3 161.2 .. ..
1998  184.9 .. 3 915.1 3 002.6 .. ..
1999  201.1  177.1 3 971.4 3 174.0 11.9  799.2
2000  187.7  165.4 3 824.0 3 019.2 11.9  789.5
2001  172.9  152.2 3 732.8 2 789.2 12.0  747.2
2002  170.9  147.5 3 801.1 2 705.8 13.7  711.8
2003  193.8  164.3 4 550.7 3 068.3 15.2  674.2
2004  189.6  165.4 4 062.8 3 006.4 12.8  740.0
2005  176.1  149.8 4 005.9 2 894.9 15.0  722.7
20061  227.6  195.3 6 095.6 4 076.5 14.2  668.8
             
2007  239.6  197.3 6 638.0 3 956.0 17.7  596.0
1st quarter 48.8 40.1 1 619.3  843.3 17.8  520.8
2nd quarter 55.6 45.7 1 610.2  933.8 17.7  579.9
3rd quarter 69.5 57.6 1 652.2 1 197.3 17.1  724.7
4th quarter 65.9 53.9 1 756.3  981.7 18.1  559.0
1  As from 2006 the statistics on international transport with Norwegian lorries are calibrated against the external trade statistics. These figures are therefore not comparable with figures referring to earlier years.

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