Main Transport Trends 2007

Table H2 Summary of freight traffic ¹

(a) freight lifted - millions of tonnes

Year ²	Road	Rail	Coastal shipping	Coastwise shipping	Inland waterway	Pipeline	Road	Rail	Coastal shipping	Coastwise ship	Inland waterway	Pipeline ³
Year ²	lifted in Scotland	lifted in Scotland	see notes	lifted in Scotland	lifted in Scotland	see notes	lifted in Scotland	lifted in Scotland	see notes	lifted in Scotland	lifted in Scotland	see notes
millions of tonnes lifted							Index, 1985 = 100
1960	..	29.8	..	..	..	..	..	248	..	..	..	..
1961	..	28.1	..	..	..	..	..	234	..	..	..	..
1962	..	24.7	..	..	..	..	..	206	..	..	..	..
1963	..	24.6	..	..	..	..	..	205	..	..	..	..
1964	..	25.4	..	..	..	..	..	212	..	..	..	..
1965	..	24.3	..	..	..	..	..	203	..	..	..	..
1966	..	21.4	..	..	..	..	..	178	..	..	..	..
1967	..	20.0	..	..	..	..	..	167	..	..	..	..
1968	..	20.9	..	..	..	..	..	174	..	..	..	..
1969	..	21.1	..	..	..	..	..	176	..	..	..	..
1970	..	20.8	..	..	..	..	..	173	..	..	..	..
1971	..	20.0	..	..	..	..	..	167	..	..	..	..
1972	..	18.1	..	..	..	..	..	151	..	..	..	..
1973	..	19.3	5.7	..	..	8.0	..	161	17	..	..	27
1974	160.7	17.9	5.7	..	..	7.5	123	149	17	..	..	25
1975	164.6	16.1	4.9	..	..	6.3	126	134	14	..	..	21
1976	172.0	16.2	7.0	..	..	11.9	132	135	20	..	..	40
1977	144.7	14.0	13.6	..	..	23.2	111	117	40	..	..	78
1978	149.5	13.8	18.6	..	..	26.4	115	115	54	..	..	89
1979	156.9	12.0	23.8	..	..	27.9	120	100	69	..	..	94
1980	134.7	11.7	33.5	..	8.1	26.7	103	98	98	..	76	90
1981	144.1	12.2	33.2	..	7.3	24.1	110	102	97	..	69	81
1982	135.4	10.4	34.5	..	10.4	22.4	104	87	101	..	98	75
1983	129.1	10.3	37.3	..	12.1	26.5	99	86	109	..	114	89
1984	128.3	6.4	35.6	..	10.0	26.9	98	53	104	..	94	90
1985	130.5	12.0	34.3	..	10.7	29.8	100	100	100	..	100	100
1986	128.0	9.7	32.3	..	11.0	28.2	98	81	94	..	103	95
1987	134.9	10.5	28.6	24.1	10.3	28.5	103	88	83	..	97	96
1988	155.7	9.7	31.9	28.3	10.2	25.2	119	81	93	..	96	85
1989	154.8	9.4	32.5	28.3	10.4	21.3	119	78	95	..	97	71
1990	160.6	9.8	29.9	25.2	11.9	26.9	123	82	87	..	112	90
1991	148.8	9.0	31.6	26.7	11.3	21.4	114	75	92	..	106	72
1992	157.1	7.0	30.1	25.7	10.7	24.0	120	58	88	..	100	81
1993	158.9	5.0	29.0	24.5	11.4	26.9	122	42	85	..	107	90
1994	155.8	5.4	32.0	27.5	11.2	24.1	119	45	93	..	105	81
1995	157.7	..	35.9	31.9	11.2	25.6	121	..	105	..	105	86
1996	162.4	5.4	40.3	36.2	11.1	25.6	124	45	117	..	104	86
1997	157.4	7.0	39.4	34.5	11.6	25.7	121	59	115	..	109	86
1998	155.6	7.7	45.7	39.7	10.4	28.1	119	64	133	..	97	94
1999	155.8	8.2	41.3	35.3	9.5	28.0	119	69	120	..	89	94
2000	158.5	8.3	30.9	24.7	12.2	28.1	121	69	90	..	115	94
2001	150.8	9.6	27.4	20.6	11.4	28.1	116	80	80	..	107	94
2002	154.4	9.1	24.5	19.2	10.0	28.0	118	76	71	..	94	94
2003	153.4	8.3	24.4	19.5	10.1	27.7	118	69	71	..	94	93
2004	173.1	11.3	25.8	20.5	10.0	27.6	133	94	75	..	94	93
2005	165.6	14.0	31.4	25.5	10.2	27.6	127	117	92	..	96	93
2006	..	..	..	..	..	27.8	..	..	..	..	..	93

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' are the total amounts lifted in Scotland.
The category of 'coastal shipping' is shown for historical reasons. It is defined in a different way:
the 'coastal shipping' figure is the total lifted in Scotland plus
the total lifted elsewhere in the UK which is delivered in Scotland.
The 'pipeline' figure is the estimated amount of crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are over 50km in length.
This table does not show "one port" traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed.
2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for "rail" from 1985, which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the "rail" figures for "1996" are for "1996-97").
3. Over 50km

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