Road goods transport by Norwegian lorries, Q1 2012

The average length of carriage per tonne by Norwegian lorries increased, however, and amounted to 72.4 kilometres in the first quarter this year. This helped transport performance increase by 15 per cent and amounted to 4 billion tonne kilometres in the first quarter of 2012.

Of the total 56 million tonnes of goods transported by Norwegian lorries in the first quarter of this year, 1.3 million tonnes were transported across the border. Transport performance amounted to 777 million tonne kilometres. Transported amount abroad fell by 10 per cent, while transport performance increased by almost 2 per cent.

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