Decline in turnover for water transport

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Following a continuous increase since 2010, the turnover of the water transport division as a whole fell for the first time by 8.2 per cent from 2015 to 2016, to NOK 151.6 billion.

Turnover in the industry group ‘sea and coastal freight water transport’ fell sharply from NOK 150.9 billion in 2015 to NOK 136.4 billion in 2016. The decrease in revenues was mainly due to lower activity following the lay-up of offshore vessels caused by the dramatic situation in the offshore market, with volatile oil prices and overcapacity of ships continued in 2016. More employees were also made redundant in 2016 as a result of companies' cost-cutting programmes. The number of persons employed in the industry group went down by 1 440 from the year before, to 13 950 in 2016.

Growth for land transport

In contrast to the previous year, the turnover for the industry class ‘freight transport by road’ rose by NOK 725.2 million, to NOK 49.1 billion in 2016. Gross investments constituted NOK 1.6 billion in 2016. This corresponds to a 10 per cent decrease from 2015. Local KAUs in the land transport division as a whole reported a turnover of NOK 82.4 billion, an increase of 1.7 per cent. The number of persons employed was almost unchanged from 2015, and totalled 74 430.

Change in population for warehousing and support activities

The industry division for ‘warehousing and support activities for transportation’ had a turnover of NOK 96.4 billion in 2016 compared to NOK 102.2 billion a year earlier. The decline in the turnover can be explained by exclusion of the largest local KAUs from the industry subclass ‘other services incidental to land transport’ due to a sector change to the public sector. The figures are not therefore comparable with previous years at an aggregate level.

Reduced employment for postal and courier activities

The number of persons employed in the industry division was 18 340 in 2016, equivalent to a decline of 7.8 per cent from 2015. Operating income fell by 3.1 per cent, to NOK 17.5 billion in 2016.

Decline for transport and storage

The industry section ‘transport and storage’ had a total turnover of NOK 382.8 billion in 2016, a decrease of 5.6 per cent from the previous year. The value added accounted for NOK 144.5 billion, compared to NOK 151.1 billion in 2015. Gross operating surplus fell by 6.3 per cent, to NOK 60.6 billion in the same period. The number of local KAUs remained almost unchanged from 2015, while the number of persons employed decreased by 3 950, to 153 570 employees in 2016.

Figure 1

Figure 1. Eployment by industry division. Region. 2016

Figure 2. Employment by industry division. Local kind-of-activity units

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
49 Land transport 67891 67268 69173 69442 69857 71204 73941 74427
50 Water transport 24665 24843 25026 25447 26240 26300 25189 23977
51 Air transport 6742 6740 6854 7033 7129 7171 6723 6482
52 Warehousing and transportation 29042 29115 29868 29663 29983 30152 31777 30347
53 Postal and courier activities 23513 22134 20932 20353 19633 19951 19889 18340

Figure 3. Turnover by industry division. Local kind-of-activity units

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
49 Land transport 64502.9 66659.9 70195.4 72673.2 76582.0 80013.5 80970.7 82364.5
50 Water transport 111652.2 118809.2 123766.7 135681.2 141698.8 155795.4 165158.4 151644.3
51 Air transport 21781.9 23702.9 26217.4 27544.3 33829.2 37553.7 39178.8 34989.0
52 Warehousing and transportation 73476.6 79599.4 85177.5 89508.7 92716.3 98509.6 102244.9 96364.9
53 Postal and courier activities 15554.3 15475.8 15639.8 15733.7 16343.9 16639.4 17786.9 17412.6

Figure 4. Value added by industry division. Local kind-of-activity units

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
49 Land transport 31460.6 31806.9 34082.7 35423.2 36928.0 37969.0 39657.0 40163.6
50 Water transport 32332.1 35450.5 35734.4 41815.5 54077.3 56906.0 57988.8 50133.2
51 Air transport 6801.1 7085.8 8503.2 7325.0 9036.3 6076.6 6866.0 9010.2
52 Warehousing and transportation 24980.8 26911.2 29344.1 30998.9 34209.1 34374.9 36573.9 35538.2
53 Postal and courier activities 9237.6 9867.9 9593.8 9512.4 10194.6 10041.9 10048.2 9635.2

New data source for employment

From 2015, the Structural Business Statistics are based on a new data basis for wage earners. The main source in the period to 2014 was the NAV Employee Register (State Register). In 2015, the reporting to this registry was coordinated with the reporting of payroll and personnel data to the Tax Administration Authority and Statistics Norway. The common reporting system is called “A-ordning”. “A-ordning” generally provides data with higher quality and accuracy at the individual level, and covers more wage earner conditions than the State Register. In the State Register, employees who work less than four hours per week on average were not included.

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