Statistics Norway

Road goods transport

1 National and international transports for hire or reward and own account. Transport performances. Quarter
National transport for hire or reward and own account Vehicle-kilometres Tonnage carried Transport performance Rate of empty kilometres Average length of carriage per tonne
Total Laden journeys
  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
2008 1 780.4 1 310.2  282.8 16 728.1 26.4 59.2
2009 1 668.2 1 213.0  252.0 15 272.8 27.3 60.6
             
2010 1 756.0 1 304.0  260.9 16 339.9 25.7 62.6
1st quarter  389.6  290.2 53.5 3 540.6 25.5 66.2
2nd quarter  454.7  331.1 68.9 4 246.9 27.2 61.6
3rd quarter  458.9  338.0 71.5 4 202.7 26.3 58.8
4th quarter  452.8  344.7 67.0 4 349.8 23.9 64.9
             
2011            
1st quarter  395.4  294.8 53.7 3 467.6 25.4 64.5
2nd quarter  429.0  317.0 62.1 3 817.7 26.1 61.4
3rd quarter  440.1  334.5 63.4 4 264.3 24.0 67.3
             
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
2008 1 148.4  851.8  165.0 12 320.0 25.8 74.7
2009 1 131.4  844.9  142.5 11 975.6 25.3 84.0
             
2010 1 155.8  876.3  141.1 12 330.3 24.2 87.4
1st quarter  269.8  204.6 32.6 2 822.1 24.1 86.6
2nd quarter  293.3  216.9 38.1 3 228.6 26.1 84.7
3rd quarter  296.6  222.5 36.6 3 113.6 25.0 85.1
4th quarter  296.1  232.3 33.8 3 165.9 21.6 93.7
             
2011            
1st quarter  269.4  203.0 28.7 2 681.3 24.7 93.3
2nd quarter  276.5  209.5 34.3 2 869.2 24.2 83.7
3rd quarter  275.2  214.6 33.0 3 036.2 22.0 92.1
             
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
2008  235.7  193.3 6 605.8 3 971.9 18.0  601.3
2009  195.9  159.8 5 548.6 3 169.8 18.4  571.3
             
2010  201.6  167.3 5 877.6 3 406.5 17.0  579.6
1st quarter 54.6 47.1 1 445.0  944.0 13.8  653.3
2nd quarter 48.2 39.2 1 548.0  799.6 18.6  516.5
3rd quarter 41.9 32.3 1 408.7  666.1 22.8  472.8
4th quarter 56.9 48.7 1 475.8  996.9 14.4  675.5
             
2011            
1st quarter 52.6 40.9 1 481.3  764.5 22.2  516.1
2nd quarter 53.2 44.4 1 206.9  803.5 16.5  665.8
3rd quarter 46.6 37.0 1 263.3  703.4 20.6  556.8
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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