Road goods transport by Norwegian lorries, Q3 2011

The transport performance increased by 1.5 per cent in the national transport and by 5.6 per cent in the international transport compared with the third quarter of 2010. The average transport length per tonne increase for both national and international trips, and was 67 and 557 km respectively. The share of kilometres driven with the lorry unloaded was a low 24 per cent within Norway and 20.6 per cent on international trips.

A total of 63.4 million tonnes of goods were transported domestically and 1.3 million tonnes abroad by Norwegian lorries during the second quarter of 2011. This is 11 and 10 per cent less, respectively, than in the third quarter of 2010.

Tables:

• Table 1 National and international transports for hire or reward and own account. Transport performances. Quarter
• Table 2 National transports for hire or reward and own account. Tonnage carried and transport performance, by commodity. Quarter. Mill. tonnes
• Table 3 International transports for hire or reward. Tonnage carried and transport performance, by commodity. Quarter
• Table 4 International transports for hire or reward and own account, to and from Norway. Tonnage carried and transport performance. Quarter
• Table 5 Comparisons with other Nordic countries. Tonnage carried. Million tonnes
• Table 6 Comparisons with other Nordic countries. Transport performance. Million tonne-kilometres