Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

2 Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2009-2011
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009 2010 2011
  Million tons carried
Total1  181  226  270  282  295  339  356  439  462  483  485  468
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  343  345  364  369  361
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 78 84 86 83 84
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 48 50 51 51 53
Other regular service3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 . . . . .
For hire or reward and on own account 3 22 31 33 30 27 26 19 30 34 35 31 31
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. ..      
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 7 8 7 8
CargoNet AS4 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 7 7 5 5
Other railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Road transport  138  170  204  210  216  231  223  258  254  270  279  269
Scheduled road transport 4 5 3 4 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Vans and lorries  134  165  201  206  212 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Air transport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0 1 8 38 78 96  117  120  116  107
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 31 17 13 9 11
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 37 37 29 25 23
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 28 63 79 82 73
  Million tonne-kilometres
Total1 11 107 14 984 16 014 17 109 20 328 26 589 33 039 49 061 64 864 66 500 62 707 62 493
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 28 350 33 397 34 536 33 884 33 701
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 13 539 15 296 15 837 14 343 14 304
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  353  368  371  374  383
Other regular service 3  902  970  912  932  794  107  135 . . . . .
For hire or reward and on own account 3 6 591 9 178 8 758 8 639 8 262 8 724 7 516 13 186 14 928 15 466 13 969 13 921
Timber floating  212 84 92 44 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Railway transport 1 160 1 448 1 508 1 657 1 771 1 632 1 647 1 775 2 208 2 572 2 348 2 416
CargoNet AS 4 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 775 2 203 2 429 2 113 2 049
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 0 0 5  142  235  367
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 13 017 15 875 16 109 17 176 16 965
Scheduled road transport  151  232  344  645  669 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Vans and lorries 2 032 2 962 4 225 4 607 5 816 .. .. .. ..   .. ..
Air transport 2 5 9 14 19 19 21 19 18 18 16 16
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 20 710 31 468 31 964 28 823 28 792
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 13 042 8 595 6 675 4 734 5 796
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 3 485 4 590 3 854 3 440 3 065
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 182 18 283 21 435 20 649 19 931
  Relative figures 1965=100
Tons carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  243  255  267  268  259
Ton-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297  442  584  599  565  563
1  Including only goods which are loaded as well as unloaded in Norway.
2  The weight of the cars is included.
3  Other regular service and for hire or reward and on own account are added together as from 2000.
4  CargoNet AS as from 2002. Earlier Norwegian State Railways.
Source: Estimates made by institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway.

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