Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

1   Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000-2004
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Million tonnes carried
Total1  181  226  270  282  295  339  356  439  439 r443 r433  453
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  343  341 r341 r328  345
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 79 78 r81 r83 85
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 48 45 48 48 49
Other regular service3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 . . . . .
For hire or reward and on own account3 22 31 33 30 27 26 19 30 32 r33 r35 36
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. .. .. ..  
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 6 5 6
Norwegian State Railways 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 6 5 6
Other railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road transport  138  170  204  210  216  231  223  258  257  254 r240  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 96 98  102  105  108
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 31 30 31 23 22
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 37 37 37 36 41
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 28 31 35 46 45
  Million tonne-kilometres
Total 11 107   14 984   16 014   17 109   20 328   26 589   33 039   49 196   53 913   r57 039   r61 109   62 384
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 28 486 29 778 r30 303 r31 249 33 066
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 13 675 14 541 r14 987 r15 559 16 066
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  353  332  352  353  361
Other regular service3  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 13 321 14 210 r14 635 r15 206 15 705
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 1 933 1 686 1 557 2 017
Norwegian State Railways4 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 775 1 933 1 686 1 557 2 013
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 13 017 13 287 13 614 r14 115 14 966
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 16 18 17
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 20 710 24 135 26 736 29 860 29 318
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 13 042 12 660 13 854 11 188 10 992
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 3 485 3 681 3 601 3 494 4 721
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 182 7 794 9 282 15 178 13 605
  Relative figures 1965=100
Tonnes carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  243  243 r245 r239  250
Tonne-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297  443  485 r514 r550  562
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.
Source: Estimates made by Institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway.

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