Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

2   Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990, 1995, 2000 and 2002-2005
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
  Million tons carried
Total1  181  226  270  282  295  339  356  439 5 440 5 430 5 455  462
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  343 5 338 5 325 5 342  345
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 r78 579 580 582 84
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 48 48 48 49 50
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 30 531 532 533 34
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. .. ..    
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 5 6 7
Norwegian State Railways4 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 5 6 7
Other railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road transport  138  170  204  210  216  231  223  258  254  240  254  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  102  105 5 113  118
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 31 31 23 22 17
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 37 37 36 41 37
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 28 35 46 550 64
  Million tonne-kilometres
Total 11 107 14 984 16 014 17 109 20 328 26 589 33 039 r49061 556 051 560 082 562 988 65 064
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 r28350 529 315 530 222 532 005 33 389
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 r13539 513 999 514 532 515 005 15 296
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  353  352  353  361  368
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 r13186 513 647 514 179 514 644 14 928
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 1 686 1 557 2 017 2 208
Norwegian State Railways4 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 775 1 686 1 557 2 013 2 203
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 5
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 13 017 13 614 514 115 14 966 15 867
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 16 18 17 18
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 20 710 26 736 29 860 530 983 31 676
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 13 042 13 854 11 188 10 992 8 595
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 3 485 3 601 3 494 4 721 4 564
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 182 9 282 15 178 515 270 18 518
  Relativefigures 1965=100
Tons carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  243 5 243 5 238 5 251  255
Ton-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297 r442 5 505 5 541 5 567  586
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  Corrected.
Source: Estimates made by institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway.

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