Statistics Norway

Domestic transport performances

2 Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005-2008
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008
  Million tons carried
Total1  181  226  270  282  295  339  356  439  462 r466 r482  502
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  343  345 r351 r372  396
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 78 84 85 87 86
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 48 50 50 52 51
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 34 35 36 36
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. .. .. .. ..
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 7 7 7 8
CargoNet AS4 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 7 7 7 8
Other railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Road transport  138  170  204  210  216  231  223  258  254 r259 r278  301
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 r117 r115  110  106
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 31 17 16 14 12
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 37 37 34 r31 29
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 28 r63 66 65 65
  Million tonne-kilometres
Total1 11 107 14 984 16 014 17 109 20 328 26 589 33 039 49 061 r64864 r65891 r64864 66 623
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 28 350 r33397 r34313 r34969 36 583
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 13 539 15 296 16 058 16 251 16 333
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  353  368  365  376  369
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 14 928 15 693 15 875 15 964
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 2 208 2 374 r2454 2 666
CargoNet AS 4 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 775 2 203 2 356 r2430 2 537
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 0 0 5 18 r24  130
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 13 017 r15875 r15862 r16244 17 564
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 18 19 20
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 20 710 31 468 31 578 r29896 30 040
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 13 042 8 595 8 284 7 439 6 527
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 3 485 4 590 4 529 r4192 3 827
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 182 18 283 18 765 r18265 19 687
  Relativefigures1965=100
Tons carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  243  255 r257 r266  277
Ton-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297  442  584 r593 r584  599
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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