Transport Yearbook 2008

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5.2.1. Comparison of goods transport performance by mode

  2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total transport of goods (thous. tonnes) 523 249 565 365 560 037 554 994 565 708 540 731
Rail transport 98 255 88 843 85 613 97 491 99 777 95 073
Road transport 414 725 466 034 461 144 444 574 453 537 431 855
Inland waterway transport 1 907 1 275 1 956 2 032 2 242 1 905
Air transport 16 21 20 22 22 20
Oil pipeline transport 8 346 9 192 11 305 10 875 10 131 11 877
 
Total transport performance (mill. tonne-km) 58 946 63 459 61 397 69 304 67 463 69 528
Rail transport 17 496 15 092 14 866 15 779 16 304 15 437
Road transport 39 036 46 010 43 447 50 369 48 141 50 877
Inland waterway transport 764 409 781 818 898 863
Air transport 38 46 45 47 41 37
Oil pipeline transport 1 612 1 902 2 259 2 291 2 079 2 315
 
Average goods transport distance, total (km) 112,7 112,2 109,6 124,9 119,3 128,6
Rail transport 178,1 169,9 173,6 161,8 163,4 162,4
Road transport 94,1 98,7 94,2 113,3 106,1 117,8
Inland waterway transport 400,8 320,5 399,1 402,6 400,7 452,8
Air transport 2 350,6 2 156,6 2 296,4 2 142,2 1 887,4 1 806,7
Oil pipeline transport 193,1 206,9 199,8 210,7 205,2 194,9

Source: MD

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