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Rise in both freight and passenger traffic over 9 months registered in Latvia
Increase in rail freights and drop in road freights
The volume of
freights carried by rail went up by one million tonnes or 2.8%,
whereas the freight turnover went up by 1.1%. The volume of freights carried by
road increased by 3.3 million tonnes or 6.9%, while the freight turnover
by 5.4%. The volume of oil products transported via the main oil products
pipeline and freight turnover dropped by 0.7%.
Freight traffic and freight
turnover of land and pipeline transport during the nine months of 2017
|
Freights
carried |
Freight turnover |
||
|
million
tonnes |
changes as %, compared to the nine months of 2016 |
million
tkm |
changes as %, compared to the nine months of 2016 |
Total |
87.3 |
2.7 |
23921.9 |
3.0 |
rail
transport |
33.3 |
-2.8 |
11282.3 |
1.1 |
road
transport |
51.1 |
6.9 |
11453.6 |
5.4 |
pipeline
transport |
2.9 |
-0.7 |
1186.0 |
-0.7 |
Freight turnover at ports and airport went up
Over the nine
months of 2017, freights transported to and from Latvian ports accounted for
47.7 million tonnes, which is 3.9% more than during the nine months of
2016.
There were 42.1 million
tonnes of freights shipped from ports, which is 2.8% more than during the nine
months of 2016. The increase in the volume of freights shipped was facilitated
by the rise of 3.1 million tonnes or 28% in the volume of coal loaded onto
ships, as well as of 15.4% in the loaded freights in containers, and of 14.1%
in roll on/ roll off. Reduction in the volume of shipped freights was recorded
in the freights of oil products (of 16.6%), grain and grain products (11.4%),
timber (3.1%), and mineral fertilisers (15.2%).
The volume of
freights received at ports increased by 12.9%. This was mainly due to the
increase in the unloaded freights in containers and roll on/ roll off (of 18.5%
and 13.1%, respectively), as well as upturn in the volume of unloaded oil
product freights (of 13.9%).
Riga
International Airport received and shipped 16.5 thousand tonnes of cargo,
which is 13.3% more than in the nine months of 2016.
Upturn in passenger number at ports and airport, no change in the level number of passengers carried by land
During the nine
months of 2017, the number of passengers carried by land passenger transport
remained at the level recorded previous year – 181.7 million.
The number of
passengers carried by rail grew by 1.5%, that of passengers carried by regular
bus traffic lines fell by 0.5%, whereas that of passengers carried by urban
electric transport went up by 0.4%.
The number of
passengers arrived at and departed from Latvian ports with ferries accounted
for 769.8 thousand, which is 41.7% more than over the nine months of 2016.
There were
83.5 thousand passengers who arrived at the Riga Passenger Terminal via
cruise ships – 21.4% more than during the respective period of the previous
year.
The number of
passengers arrived at and departed from the Riga International Airport
constituted 4.6 million, which is 11.4% more than in the nine months of
2016.
More Latvian
transport statistics is available in the CSB website section Transport – Key Indicators. The latest
transport data are published in the CSB database section Transport and Tourism
(Short-term statistical data and Annual statistical data).
1Freight turnover of land and pipeline transport is
calculated in tonne-kilometres by summing up the products of the weight
(tonnes) of each batch of freight transported and its transportation distance
(kilometres). Tonne-kilometre (tkm) – unit of measure of freight
transport, which represents the transport of one tonne of goods over a distance
of one kilometre.