Domestic transport performances

1   Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 1997-2001
Mode of transport      1965      1970      1975      1980      1985      1990      1995      1997      1998      1999      2000      2001
  Million tons carried
Total1  181  226  270  282  295  339  356  421  437 r447 r439  439
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  331  341 r346 r343  341
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 65 70 r76 r79 78
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 39 43 46 48 45
Other regular service3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
For hire or reward and on own account3 22 31 33 30 27 26 19 25 27 r29 30 32
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. .. .. .. ..
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 5 6 6 6 6
Norwegian State Railways 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 5 6 6 6 6
Other railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0
Road transport  138  170  204  210  216  231  223  261  265  265 r258  257
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 90 97  101 96 98
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 27 29 32 31 30
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 39 40 38 37 37
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 24 28 30 28 31
  Million ton-kilometres
Total 11 107 14 984 16 014 17 109 20 328 26 589 33 039 44 007 r46 116 r49 245 r49 196 53 913
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 24 135 r25 916 r28 136 r28 486 29 778
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 10 328 r11 328 r13 504 r13 675 14 541
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  285  314  338  353  332
Other regular service 3  902  970  912  932  794  107  135  153  153  143    
For hire or reward and on own account3 6 591 9 178 8 758 8 639 8 262 8 724 7 516 9 890 r10 861 r13 023 r13 321 14 210
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 1 949 1 934 r1 817 r1 775 1 933
Norwegian State Railways 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 949 1 934 r1 817 r1 775 1 933
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 - - - - - -
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 11 838 12 636 12 796 r13 017 13 287
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 20 19 19 19 17
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 19 872 20 200 21 108 20 710 24 135
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 11 390 11 800 13 112 13 042 12 660
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 4 160 4 136 3 981 3 485 3 681
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 322 4 264 4 015 4 182 7 794
  Relative figures 1965=100
Tons carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  233  241 r247 r243  243
Ton-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297  396 r415 r443 r443  485
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 for 2000 and 2001.
Source: Source: Estimates made by Institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway.

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