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Statistics show activity of Norwegian goods lorries in Norway and abroad. Norwegian lorries transported 71.3 million tonnes domestically, while the foreign transport was a modest 1.2 million tonnes in the 4th quarter of 2015.

Road goods transport by Norwegian lorries, Q1 2016

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Decrease in lorry transport

Domestic transport by lorry went down in the 1st quarter of 2016 compared to the same quarter last year. Lorries transported 59.1 million tonnes of freight during trips in Norway. This is 6.8 per cent less than in the 1st quarter of 2015.

Transport performance by Norwegian lorriesPublished 31 October 2016
1st quarter 2016Change in per cent
Transport performance (million tonne-km)Share1st quarter 2015 - 1st quarter 20161st quarter 2011 - 1st quarter 2016
National and international transport, total5 025.6100.0-10.718.7
National transport for hire or reward and own account4 593.291.4-8.932.5
National transport for hire or reward3 838.276.4-1.543.1
National transport for own account755.015.0-34.3-4.0
International transport for hire or reward and own account432.48.6-25.7-43.4

Source: Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performance amounted to 4.6 billion tonne-kilometres; 9 per cent less than in the 1st quarter of 2015. The timing of Easter may have contributed to this decline since the entire Easter holiday this year was in March, while Easter last year was in April.

Norwegian lorries transported 1.2 million tonnes of goods abroad and performed a total of 0.4 billion tonne-kilometres. This is almost 0.2 billion tonne-kilometres less compared to the same quarter in 2015.

Mass transport driving mostly local

Mass transport accounted for 61.6 per cent of the total domestic transport in the 1st quarter of 2016, and 26.3 per cent of the total transport performance. The market share of transport performance is significantly lower than when measured in tonnes, because mass transport is usually performed over short distances. The transport performance of manufactured goods dominates since these goods are transported farther, but represented only 14.2 per cent of the total transported amount.

Almost one out of three lorries driven without a load

The total vehicle-kilometres driven in Norway were 449.6 million kilometres in the 1st quarter of 2016. Correspondingly, Norwegian lorries drove 31.1 million kilometres in connection with trips abroad. About one-third of the distance driven in Norway was driven without a load. The rate of empty kilometres was 3.0 percentage points less in the 1st quarter of 2015. For transport for hire or reward, the rate of empty kilometres was less than for transport driven for own transport, 26.6 per cent compared to 31.8 per cent.

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As of the 3rd quarter of 2015, the road goods transport survey has seen a few changes in the statistical methods used. As a consequence, the results for international transport are not directly comparable to earlier figures, but the main outlines of the transport performances can still be followed back to the survey's origin in 1963.

Conversion to a new electronic form from the 1st quarter of 2016Open and readClose

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