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During the 1st quarter of 2016, 45.5 million tonnes of cargo were transported to or from the largest ports in Norway. Fifty-four per cent of this was liquid bulk.

Maritime transport, Q1 2016

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Most goods to or from abroad

During the 1st quarter of 2016, 45.5 million tonnes of cargo were transported to or from the largest ports in Norway. Fifty-four per cent of this was liquid bulk.

Sea freight transport. TonnesPublished 29 June 2016
1st quarter 2016Share
All ports45 246 313100.0
Oslo1 535 6673.4
Grenland Port Authority2 895 7216.4
Kristiansand467 1311.0
Stavanger471 2191.0
Karmsund3 217 6117.1
Bergen10 224 47122.6
Ålesund394 2540.9
Trondheim975 1272.2
Narvik4 876 02210.8
Tromsø168 8130.4

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Goods loaded and unloaded per quarter in international transport

Sixty-four per cent of the total cargo was transported to or from an international port. The port of Narvik and Grenland had the largest international transportation of dry bulk. Bergen and Omland authorities are the largest ports for international and domestic transportation, mainly with liquid bulk. 

Container traffic

In the 1st quarter of 2016, 1.4 million tonnes of cargo were transported in containers. The number of loaded containers was 93 700, while 68 000 containers were unloaded. 

Annual statistics 2015: more cargo transported in Norwegian ports

A total of about 205 million tonnes of cargo was transported to or from Norwegian ports in 2015. This represents an increase of 5 per cent, or 10 million tonnes, compared to 2014. The small ports, which include both public and private ports handling less than 1000 tonnes of cargo each year, represented about 9.8 per cent of all maritime transport in Norwegian ports in 2015. In 2014, the corresponding percentage was 10.7.

Increase in traffic with international ferries

A total of 1.2 million1 passengers travelled with international ferries during the 1st quarter of 2016. This is an increase of 172 000 passengers compared with the 1st quarter of 2015. The transportation of cars, motorcycles and accompanying trailers/caravans with the international ferries to or from abroad had a decrease of 10 000 units. 

More travellers with the Coastal Express Liner

During the 1st quarter of 2016, 1 700 or almost 3 per cent more people travelled with the Coastal Express Liner, compared with the 1st quarter of 2015. In total, 69 000 passengers travelled with this route in the 1st quarter of 2016. Traffic increased every month in this quarter. 

1 The figure is corrected.

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Starting from the 1st quarter of 2015, the cargo type Roll-on Roll-off (road goods vehicles and accompanying trailers) is not included in the statistics. This change has little effect on the comparability between previous quarters at an aggregated level, since only a few ports were affected.

On a more detailed level, the effects on comparability are somewhat greater.