Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

2   Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990, 1995 and 1998-2002
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
  Million tons carried
                         
Total1  181  226  270  282  295  339  356  437  447  439  439  442
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  341  346  343  341  340
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 70 76 79 78 80
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 43 46 48 45 48
Other regular service3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 . . .
For hire or reward and on own account 3 22 31 33 30 27 26 19 27 r29 30 32 32
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. .. .. .. ..
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
Norwegian State Railways 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 6 6 6
Other railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road transport  138  170  204  210  216  231  223  265  265 5 258  257  254
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 97  101 96 98  102
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 29 32 31 30 31
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 40 38 37 37 37
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 28 30 28 31 35
  Million ton-kilometres
                         
Total 11 107 14 984 16 014 17 109 20 328 26 589 33 039 546 116 549 245 549 196 53 913 56 399
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 525 916 528 136 528 486 29 778 29 663
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 511 328 513 504 513 675 14 541 14 347
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  314  338  353  332  352
Other regular service 3  902  970  912  932  794  107  135  153  143 . . .
For hire or reward and on own account 3 6 591 9 178 8 758 8 639 8 262 8 724 7 516 510 861 513 023 513 321 14 210 13 996
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 1 934 51 817 51 775 1 933 1 686
Norwegian State Railways4 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 934 51 817 51 775 1 933 1 686
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 12 636 12 796 513 017 13 287 13 614
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 19 19 518 16
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 20 200 21 108 20 710 24 135 26 736
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 11 800 13 112 13 042 12 660 13 854
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 4 136 3 981 3 485 3 681 3 601
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 264 4 015 4 182 7 794 9 282
  Relative figures 1965=100
                         
Tons carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  241  247  243  243  243
Ton-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297  415  443  443  485  508
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.
5  Revised since the last release.
Source: Estimates made by institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway.

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