Maritime transport, Q3 2003

In the third quarter of 2003 the amount of goods transported in containers amounted to 945 526 tonnes. In this period 30 826 containers with cargo were transported through Oslo port. Second to Oslo was Flora port, with 7 669 containers handled, and Borg port with 7 506 containers. Compared with the third quarter of 2002 this was an increase of 12 per cent for Oslo, a 21 per cent fall for Flora and an eight per cent rise for Borg port.

Main trends in the carriage of goods

The amount of goods carried in the third quarter of 2003 was 1.6 per cent higher than in the same period the previous year. Corresponding changes for the second quarter was an increase of 2.4 per cent and for the first quarter a decrease of 9.7 per cent.

International traffic accounted for 64 per cent of the total amount of goods carried in the third quarter of 2003. This is four percentage points lower than in the same period the previous year.

Oslo

The total amount of goods transported through Oslo port in the third quarter was four per cent higher than in the same quarter of 2002. The corresponding change for the second quarter was a seven per cent decline, and for the first quarter a two per cent rise.

Ferry transport

In the third quarter of 2003, more than two million passengers were carried on the ferry services to and from Norway. Oslo, Kristiansand and Sandefjord ports accounted for 85 per cent of these passengers. 392 000 cars and almost 35 000 goods vehicles were carried on these ferries.

Statistics for the first and second quarter of 2003 are re-published with new figures in StatBank.

Statistics for private ports (greater than 1 million tonnes) will be published in the yearly statistics.

Tables:

• Table 1 Maritime transport statistics. Cargo loaded and unloaded in domestic and international traffic, by port district. 1st quarter 2003. Tonnes
• Table 2 Maritime transport statistics. Cargo loaded and unloaded in domestic and international traffic by port district. 2nd quarter 2003. Tonnes
• Table 3 Maritime transport statistics. Cargo loaded and unloaded in domestic and international traffic, by port district. 3rd quarter 2003. Tonnes
• Table 4 Maritime transport statistics. Cargo in domestic and foreign traffic by port district. 1st quarter 2003. Tonnes
• Table 5 Maritime transport statistics. Cargo in domestic and foreign traffic by port district. 2nd quarter 2003. Tonnes
• Table 6 Maritime transport statistics. Cargo in domestic and foreign traffic, by port district. 3rd quarter 2003. Tonnes
• Table 7 Maritime transport. Number of containers TEU (by lolo and roro) and cargo, by port district. 1st quarter 2003. Tonnes
• Table 8 Maritime transport. Number of containers TEU (by lolo and roro) and cargo by port district. 2nd quarter 2003. Tonnes
• Table 9 Maritime transport. Number of containers TEU (by lolo and roro) and cargo, by port district. 3rd quarter 2003. Tonnes
• Table 10 Maritime transport statistics. Number of passengers and vehicles in ferry transport by direction and port district. 1st-3rd quarter 2003