Statistics Norway

2 Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport. 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2008-2010 (Corrected 16 September 2011)5
Mode of transport 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2008 2009 2010
  Million tonnes carried
Total1  181  226  270  282  295  339  356  439  462  511  484  484
Transport mainland, total  181  226  270  281  287  301  278  343  345  396  364  368
Water transport 33 48 57 62 62 63 50 78 84 86 86 83
Ferry transport2 9 15 22 30 34 37 31 48 50 51 51 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 36 35 32
Timber floating 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .. .. ..    
Railway transport 8 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 7 8 8 7
CargoNet AS4 7 7 8 9 9 7 5 6 7 8 7 6
Other railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Road transport  138  170  204  210  216  231  223  258  254  301  270  279
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  117  115  120  116
Oil transport by tankers - - - 1 7 17 22 31 17 12 13 9
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 17 44 37 37 29 29 25
Gas transport by pipeline - - - - 1 4 12 28 63 74 79 82
  Million tonne-kilometres
Total1 11 107 14 984 16 014 17 109 20 328 26 589 33 039 49 061 64 864 67 681 66 732 63 128
Transport mainland, total 11 107 14 984 16 014 16 761 17 610 18 986 19 196 28 350 33 397 36 600 34 768 34 318
Water transport 7 550 10 253 9 836 9 794 9 300 9 104 7 874 13 539 15 296 16 333 15 837 14 394
Ferry transport2 57  105  166  223  244  273  223  353  368  369  371  374
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 15 964 15 466 14 020
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 2 684 2 804 2 732
CargoNet AS 4 1 147 1 441 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 775 2 203 2 537 2 429 2 369
Other railways 13 7 3 3 3 2 0 0 5  147  374  363
Road transport 2 183 3 194 4 569 5 252 6 485 8 231 9 654 13 017 15 875 17 564 16 109 17 176
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 20 18 16
Transport Norwegian continental shelf - mainland, total 0 0 0  348 2 718 7 603 13 843 20 710 31 468 31 081 31 964 28 810
Oil transport by tankers - - -  348 2 555 4 313 4 999 13 042 8 595 6 527 6 675 4 730
Oil transport by pipeline - - - - - 2 055 5 261 3 485 4 590 3 827 3 854 3 440
Gas transport by pipeline - - - -  163 1 235 3 583 4 182 18 283 20 727 21 435 20 640
Relativefigures1965=100                        
Tons carried  100  126  150  158  163  187  197  243  255  282  267  267
Ton-kilometres  100  137  146  157  183  239  297  442  584  609  601  568
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.
5  Figures for goods traffic by rail were corrected 16 September 2011 due to new data.
Source: Estimates made by institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway.

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