Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

2 Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990, 1995, 2000 and 2004-2007
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007
  Million tonnes carried
Total1  181  226  270  282  295  339  356  439  455  462 r460  460
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  343  342  345  345  350
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 78 82 84 85 87
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 48 49 50 50 52
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 33 34 35 36
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. .. .. .. ..
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
CargoNet AS4 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 7 7 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  254  253  256
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  113 r117 r115  110
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 31 22 17 16 14
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 37 41 37 34 32
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 28 r50 r63 66 65
  Million tonne-kilometres
Total 11 107 14 984 16 014 17 109 20 328 26 589 33 039 49 061 62 988 r64860 r66143 64 938
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 28 350 32 005 r33393 r34565 35 051
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 13 539 15 005 15 296 16 058 16 251
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  353  361  368  365  376
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 14 644 14 928 15 693 15 875
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 2 017 2 208 2 374 2 467
CargoNet AS 4 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 775 2 013 2 203 2 356 2 444
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 0 0 4 5 18 23
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 13 017 14 966 r15871 r16114 16 313
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 17 18 18 19
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 20 710 30 983 r31468 r31578 29 888
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 13 042 10 992 8 595 8 284 7 439
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 3 485 4 721 r4590 r4529 4 261
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 182 15 270 r18283 r18765 18 188
  Relative figures 1965=100
Tonnes carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  243  251  255 r254  254
Tonne-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297  442  567 r584 r596  585
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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