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Tuesday, 05.11.2024, 08:46
Compared to 2018, in 2019 decrease recorded in freight transport
Transport by rail reduced by 15.8%, by road – by 3.8%.
41.5 mln tons
of freights were carried in transport by rail, a decrease of 15.8% compared to
2018. National freights by rail rose to 1.7 mln tonnes – 25.2% more. In
international traffic the volume of freights carried by rail reduced by
8.1 mill. tonnes or 16.9 %. Freight traffic by rail to/from ports of
Latvia fell by 19.7 %, their share in international traffic comprised 79.5%.
73.8 mln tons
of freights were carried in transport by road, a decrease of 3.8 % compared
to 2018. 55.8 mln tons of national freights were carried, a drop of
4.7%. International freights accounted for 18 mln tonnes – 1% less, of
which export freight transport rose by 0.7%, but import freight transport and
cross-trade and cabotage in international road freights fell by 1.5%.
2.7 mln tons
of oil products were transported by the oil products pipeline, a growth of 1.9%.
Freight
traffic by land and pipeline transport
(million tonnes)
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Changes
of 2019 as % compared to 2018 |
Total |
122.9 |
114.8 |
115.2 |
128.6 |
118.0 |
-8.3 |
rail transport |
55.6 |
47.8 |
43.8 |
49.3 |
41.5 |
-15.8 |
road transport |
62.6 |
63.4 |
68.0 |
76.7 |
73.8 |
-3.8 |
pipeline transport |
4.7 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
1.9 |
Volume of freights carried at ports has reduced
In 2019,
freight turnover at Riga port was 32.8 mln tonnes, 10.1% less than in
2018, 20.5 mln tonnes or 0.6% more – at Ventspils port, 7.3 mln
tonnes or 2.7 % less – at Liepāja port, but 1.8 mln tonnes or
2.8% less – at minor ports.
There were
52.9 mln tonnes of freights shipped from ports, which was 7.3% less than a
year before. Volume of main freights shipped reduced. 31.9% of freights loaded
onto ships were comprised by coal. Its volume went down by 4 mln tonnes
(19%). Oil products comprised one fifth (21.1%) of freights shipped, which
reduced by 0.8 mln tonnes or 6.9 %. The volume of timber loaded
decreased by 14.5%, of freights in containers – by 2.8%, of roll on/roll off –
by 3.8%, of mineral fertilisers – by 11.4%, while shipping of grain and grain
products rose by 14.4%.
9.5 mln
tonnes of freight were unloaded at ports; the volume rose by 4%. The volume of
unloaded oil products grew by 19.4%. Also, the volume of loaded freights in
containers and roll on/ roll off increased slightly – by 0.5% and 0.6%,
respectively.
Riga
International Airport received and shipped 27.2 thousand tonnes of
cargo, which was 3.6% more than a year ago.
Slight drop remained in the number of passengers carried by land transport
In 2019,
239.2 mln passengers were carried by land passenger transport, which was
1.3% less than in 2018.
The number
of passengers carried by rail transport increased by 2.1%, the number of
passengers carried by regular bus traffic lines remained at the level of the
previous year (decrease of 0.4%), but the number of passengers carried by
urban electrified transport reduced by 3.5%.
The number
of passengers arrived at and departed from Latvian ports with ferries accounted
for 1071.7 thousand, which is 0.8% more than in 2018.
There were
69.2 thousand passengers who arrived at the Riga Passenger Terminal via
cruise ships – 7.5% less than in 2018.
In 2019,
7.8 mln passengers arrived at and departed from the Riga International
Airport, which is 10.5% more than in 2018. The largest passenger turnover at the Riga
International Airport was with German airports – 1 mln passengers or
increase of 5.9%, Russian airports – 0.9 mln passengers or rise of 18.4%
and British airports – 0.8 mln passengers or drop of 0.3%.
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