Transport Yearbook 2006

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5.2.1. Comparison of goods transport performance by mode

  2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total transport of goods (thous. tonnes) 523 249 577 390 551 511 565 365 560 037 554 994
Rail transport 98 255 91 989 93 297 88 843 85 613 97 491
Road transport 414 725 474 883 447 956 466 034 461 144 444 574
Inland waterway transport 1 907 1 686 1 277 1 275 1 956 2 032
Air transport 16 18 20 21 20 22
Oil pipeline transport 8 346 8 815 8 962 9 192 11 305 10 875
  
Total transport performance (mill. tonne-km) 58 953 63 206 64 797 63 459 61 396 69 304
Rail transport 17 496 15 810 15 862 15 092 14 866 15 779
Road transport 39 036 45 059 46 564 46 010 43 447 50 369
Inland waterway transport 771 587 509 409 779 818
Air transport 38 32 42 46 45 47
Oil pipeline transport 1 612 1 717 1 820 1 902 2 259 2 291
  
Average goods transport distance, total (km) 112,7 109,5 117,5 112,2 109,6 124,9
Rail transport 178,1 171,9 170,0 169,9 173,6 161,8
Road transport 94,1 94,9 103,9 98,7 94,2 113,3
Inland waterway transport 404,3 348,4 398,8 321,0 398,5 402,6
Air transport 2 350,6 1 766,3 2 093,6 2 156,6 2 296,4 2 142,2
Oil pipeline transport 193,1 194,8 203,1 206,9 199,8 210,7

Source: MD

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