Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

2   Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990, 1995, 2000 and 2003-2006
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006
  Million tonnes carried
Total1  181        226        270        282       295        339       356        439       430       455       462        462
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  343  325  342  345  345
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 78 80 82 84 85
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 48 48 49 50 50
Other regular service3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 . . . . .
For hire or reward and on own account 3 22 31 33 30 27 26 19 30 32 33 34 35
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. .. .. .. ..
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 5 6 7 7
CargoNet AS4 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 5 6 7 7
Other railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Road transport  138  170  204  210  216  231  223  258  240  254  254  253
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 96  105 5 113  118  117
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 31 23 22 17 16
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 37 36 41 37 34
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 28 46 550 64 66
  Million tonnes-kilometres
Total 11 107 14 984 16 014 17 109 20 328 26 589 33 039 49 061 60 082 62 988 65 064 66 405
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 28 350 30 222 32 005 33 389 34 576
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 13 539 14 532 15 005 15 296 16 058
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  353  353  361  368  365
Other regular service 3  902  970  912  932  794  107  135 . . . . .
For hire or reward and on own account 3 6 591 9 178 8 758 8 639 8 262 8 724 7 516 13 186 14 179 14 644 14 928 15 693
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 1 775 1 557 2 017 2 208 2 374
CargoNet AS4 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 775 1 557 2 013 2 203 2 356
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 4 5 18
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 13 017 14 115 14 966 15 867 16 125
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 18 17 18 18
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 20 710 29 860 30 983 31 676 31 829
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 13 042 11 188 10 992 8 595 8 284
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 3 485 3 494 4 721 4 564 4 604
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 182 15 178 15 270 18 518 18 941
  Relative figures1965=100
Tonnes carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  243  238  251  255  255
Ton-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297  442  541  567  586  598
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. Earlier Norwegian State Railways.
5  Corrected.
Source: Estimates made by institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway.

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