Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

2   Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990, 1995 and 1999-2003
Mode of transport 1965 1970  1975  1980  1985  1990  1995  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003 
  Million tons carried
Total  181  226  270  282  295  339  356  447  439  439 442 5413
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  346  343  341 340 5308
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 76 79 78 80 79
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 46 48 45 48 48
Other regular service3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 . . . .
For hire or reward and on own account 3 22 31 33 30 27 26 19 29 30 32 32 30
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. .. .. .. ..
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 6 6 5
Norwegian State Railways4 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 6 6 5
Other railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road transport  138  170  204  210  216  231  223  265  258  257 254 5225
Scheduled road transport 4 5 3 4 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Vans and lorries  134  165  201  206  212 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Air transport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0 1 8 38 78  101 96 98 102 105
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 32 31 30 31 23
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 38 37 37 37 36
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 30 28 31 35 46
  Million ton-kilometres
                       
Total 11 107 14 984 16 014 17 109 20 328 26 589 33 039 49 245 49 196 53 913 56399 58239
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 28 136 28 486 29 778 29663 28379
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 13 504 13 675 14 541 14347 13582
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  338  353  332 352 353
Other regular service 3  902  970  912  932  794  107  135  143 . . . .
For hire or reward and on own account 3 6 591 9 178 8 758 8 639 8 262 8 724 7 516 13 023 13 321 14 210 13996 13229
Timber floating  212 84 92 44 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Railway transport 1 160 1 448 1 508 1 657 1 771 1 632 1 647 1 817 1 775 1 933 1686 1557
Norwegian State Railways4 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 817 1 775 1 933 1686 1557
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 12 796 13 017 13 287 13614 13222
Scheduled road transport  151  232  344  645  669 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Vans and lorries 2 032 2 962 4 225 4 607 5 816 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Air transport 2 5 9 14 19 19 21 19 19 18 16 18
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 21 108 20 710 24 135 26736 29860
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 13 112 13 042 12 660 13854 11188
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 3 981 3 485 3 681 3601 3494
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 015 4 182 7 794 9282 15178
  Relative figures 1965=100
                       
Tons carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  247  243  243 243 228
Ton-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297  443  443  485 508 524
1  Including only goods which are loaded as well as unloaded in Norway.
2  The weight of the cars is included.
3  Other regular service and for hire or reward and on own account are added together as from 2000.
4  CargoNet AS as from 2002.
5  Tallene for 2003 er ikke direkte sammenliknbare med tidligere år grunnet nedjustering av godstransporten for de mindre godsbilene.The figures for 2003 are not quite comparable with previous years due to reductions in the transport estimates for the small goods vehicles.
Source: Estimates made by institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway.

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