Norway Yearbook - 2003

Transport and communication
480 Domestic goods transport1, by mode of transport
Mode of transport 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1999 2000 2001
Tons carried. Million
Total 270 282 295 339 356 447 439 439*
Mainland transport, total 270 281 287 301 278 346 343 341 *
Water transport, total 57 62 62 63 50 76 79 78*
Ferry transport2 22 30 34 37 31 46 48 45*
Other regular service 2 2 o o o o o
For hire or reward and on own account. 33 30 27 26 19 29 30 32*
Timber floating
Railway transport, total 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 6
Norwegian State Railways 8 9 9 7 5 6 6 6
Private railways o o o o O o o
Road transport, total 204 210 216 231 223 265 258 257
Scheduled road transport 3 4 4
Vans and lorries 201 206 212
Air transport o o o o o o o
Transport Norwegian continental shelf -
mainland, total o 8 38 78 101 96 98
Oil transport by tankers 7 17 22 32 31 30
Oil transport by pipeline 17 44 38 37 37
Gas transport by pipeline 1 4 12 30 28 31
Ton-kilometres. Million
Total 16014 17109 20328 26589 33039 49245 49196 53 913*
Mainland transport, total 16014 16761 17610 18 986 19 196 28 136 28486 29 778*
Water transport, total 9 836 9794 9 300 9 104 7 874 13 504 13675 14541*
Ferry transport2 166 223 244 273 223 338 353 332*
Other regular service3 912 932 794 107 135 143
For hire or reward and on own account3. 8758 8639 8 262 8724 7516 13 023 13321 14210*
Timber floating 92 44 35
Railway transport, total 1 508 1 657 1 771 1 632 1 647 1 817 1 775 1 933
Norwegian State Railways 1 505 1 654 1 768 1 630 1 647 1 817 1 775 1 933
Other railways 3 3 3 2 o o o o
Road transport, total 4 569 5 252 6485 8231 9 654 12796 13017 13 287
Scheduled road transport 344 645 669
Vans and lorries 4225 4607 5816
Air transport 9 14 19 19 21 19 19 17
Transport Norwegian continental shelf -
mainland, total o 348 2718 7603 13843 21108 20710 24135
Oil transport by tankers 348 2555 4313 4999 13112 13042 12660
Oil transport by pipeline - 2055 5261 3981 3485 3681
Gas transport by pipeline 163 1235 3583 4015 4182 7794
Relative figures 1965=100
Tons carried, total 150 158 163 187 197 247 243 243*
Ton-kilometres, total 146 157 186 239 297 443 443 485*
1lnclsding only goods which are loaded as well as unloaded in Norway. 2The weight of the cars is included. 3Other regularservice and For hire
or reward and on own account are added up in 2000 and 2001.
Source: Institute of Transport Economics and Statistics Norway. More information: http://ww.ssb.no/transpinn_en/
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