Road goods transport by Norwegian lorries, Q3 2004

The transport of bulk products like gravel, sand and soil accounted for 55 per cent of the total amount of goods transported in the third quarter. The corresponding share for transport performance was 16.2 per cent. This share is considerably lower due to bulk products being transported a shorter distance.

More goods transported

Both the amount of goods transported and the transport performance was higher in the third quarter of 2004 than in the same quarter of 2003. The amount of goods transported increased by 15.2 per cent while the transport performance increased by 12.5 per cent. The Norwegian lorries' transport of goods abroad increased by 5.1 per cent, while the transport performance abroad decreased by 8.0 per cent.

and increase in distance travelled

Norwegian lorries travelled 386 million kilometres in Norway in the third quarter of 2004. This is eight per cent or 27.6 million kilometres more than in the same period the previous year. The rate of kilometres driven without cargo was 27.3 per cent.

Public haulage down

Public haulage constituted 33.3 million tonnes of goods in the third quarter. This accounted for 49.2 per cent of the freight moved by road, a decrease from 57.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2003.

Public haulage accounted for 74.9 per cent of the transport performance, which is 2.3 percentage points less than in the same period of 2003.

Norwegian lorries transport more

Finnish lorries transported 97.3 million tonnes of goods nationally in the third quarter of 2004. This is more than Norwegian, Swedish and Danish lorries transported in their own countries in the same period. Norway had the highest percentage growth in the amount of goods transported from the same quarter the previous year, with 15.2 per cent. The corresponding growth for Sweden was three per cent, while Denmark and Finland had a decrease in this period.

Tables:

• Table 1 National and international transports for hire or reward and own account. Transport performances. Quarter
• Table 2 National transports for hire or reward and own account. Tonnage carried and transport performance, by commodity. Quarter. Mill. tonnes
• Table 3 International transports for hire or reward. Tonnage carried and transport performance, by commodity. Quarter
• Table 4 International transports for hire or reward and own account, to and from Norway. Tonnage carried and transport performance. Quarter
• Table 5 Comparisons with other Nordic countries. Tonnage carried. Million tonnes
• Table 6 Comparisons with other Nordic countries. Transport performance. Million tonne-kilometres