Domestic transport, 2001

The maritime transport increased with 6 per cent from 2000 to 14.5 billion ton-kilometres in 2001. This was almost 50 per cent of the total production on the mainland. In the last three years the transport work by road has been smaller compared to transport by sea. In the period of 1994 to 1998 the situation was quite the reverse. In 2001 13.3 billion ton-kilometres were produced by goods vehicles, an increase of 2.1 per cent from 2000.

The average trip-length is increasing

The total transport on the mainland comprised 341 million tonnes in 2001, a slight decrease compared to 2000. 257 million tonnes, or 75 per cent of the total transport in 2001, were carried by lorries, and this was a decrease of 0.5 per cent from 2000. The decrease for the maritime transport was somewhat higher, slightly above 1.0 per cent. 78 million tonnes were transported on keel in 2001. Both modes of transport are characterized by an increase in the average length per tonnes transported. That is why the production measured in ton-kilometres increases although the decrease in tonnes transported. The transport by railway increased by almost 7 per cent from 2000 to 6.3 million tonnes in 2001. Despite this, the average length per tonnes transported increased. The statistics shows that the transport work for rail increased by 9 per cent from 1 775 million ton-kilometres in 2000 to 1 933 million in 2001.

The transport of gas from the continental shelf is increasing

The transport of oil and gas by tankers and pipeline from the Norwegian continental shelf to the Norwegian mainland measured by ton-kilometres has been quite stable the last years with a total annual production of about 20 billion ton-kilometres. For 2001 however, there is a considerable increase, from 20.7 billion ton-kilometres in 2000 to 24.1 billion in 2001, an increase by 16.5 per cent. This was due to the transport of gas by pipeline that almost doubled the production measured by ton-kilometres. 98 million tonnes of oil and gas were transported from the Norwegian continental shelf to the Norwegian mainland in 2001, an increase of 2.0 per cent from 2000. The total quantity transported by tankers and by pipeline has been quite stable during the last years.

Tables:

• Table 1 Domestic goods transport, by mode of transport. 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 1997-2001