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Total vehicle-kilometres increasing
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2000-11-17T10:00:00.000Z
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Road goods transport by Norwegian lorries, Q3 2000

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Total vehicle-kilometres increasing

The number of vehicle-kilometres performed on trips carrying cargo has increased during the third quarter this year compared with the same period in previous years. The quantity of goods transported has increased evenly from the first to the third quarter 2000. The total quantity of dangerous goods transported has shown a considerable rise compared with last year.

Vehicles with a carrying capacity of 3.5 tonnes and over performed 266 million vehicle-kilometres with cargo in the third quarter this year. The vehicle-kilometres performed with cargo have increased evenly every year since 1993, with the exception of 1997. The length of trips without cargo has remained nearly the same during the years. Nearly 44 per cent of all trips during the third quarter this year were without cargo. The rate of empty kilometres was 28.1 per cent.

Increased total tonnage

There has been a continuing growth in the total tonnage carried over the years. The tonnage carried has traditionally increased from the first to the third quarter each year, but this year the increase was slightly weaker than last year. The total tonnage carried during the third quarter this year was 60.3 million tonnes.

The transport performance constituted 3100 million ton-kilometres in the third quarter this year, a decrease of 0.4 per cent compared with the corresponding quarter in 1999. During the first nine months of 2000, the transport performance has increased with 4 per cent compared with 1999.

More dangerous goods

The total quantity of dangerous goods transported so far this year already represents 90 per cent of the total quantity of dangerous goods transported last year. This increase is mainly due to a growth in the transport of flammable liquids. The quantity of flammable liquids transported during the third quarter 2000 was 3.6 million tonnes, which is an increase of 50 per cent compared with the same period in 1999.

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