Maritime transport, Q1 2002

The figures are from Statistics Norway's new port statistics, which are produced based on reports from public and private ports with a total amount of transported goods of about one million tonnes or more, a total of 29 ports.

The amount of transported goods domestically was about the same for loaded and unloaded goods. Of 27.7 million tonnes goods transported between a Norwegian and a foreign port, 23.5 million were transported from Norway to a foreign port. Transport of oil and gas explains this.

Bergen and surroundings

Bergen and omland port district is by far the largest Norwegian port as far as transported goods are concerned. More than 21 million tonnes were loaded and unloaded in the first quarter this year. Crude oil transport made up 4.2 million tonnes and petroleum products 16,1 million.

Oslo fiord

8.1 million tonnes of goods were transported to and from ports in the Oslo fjord of which the amount in the port of Oslo made up about 19 per cent.

Containers

827 999 tonnes of goods were transported in containers in the first quarter this year which meant 14 562 units of containers of different sizes. Mobile self-moving units transported 767 471 tonnes in the same period whereas mobile non-self-moving units transported 297 054 tonnes.

More detailed statistics on containers will be published later.

Tables:

• Table 1 Cargo loaded and unloaded in domestic and foreign traffic, by port district. 1st quarter 2002. Tons (Corrected 30 July 2002)
• Table 2 Cargo loaded and unloaded in domestic and foreign traffic, by type of cargo. 1st quarter 2002. Tons (Corrected 30 July 2002)
• Table 3 Cargo loaded and unloaded in domestic and foreign traffic, by type of goods. 1st quarter 2002. Tons (Corrected 30 July 2002)
• Table 4 Number of type of cargo loaded and unloaded in domestic/foreign traffic. 1st quarter 2002.