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STATISTICS * UK - Department for Transport publishes road haulage numbers
The total number of road goods vehicles of all nationalities travelling to mainland Europe in 2007 was 2,940,000
London,UK -Transport Intelligence -3 Sep 2008: -- The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has just published statistics relating to the performance of the country's road freight industry in 2007. They cover the activities in that market of UK-registered heavy goods vehicles, both domestically and internationally, and non-UK registered heavy goods vehicles... Regarding the domestic operations of UK-registered goods vehicles, the DfT statistics included:
* Freight moved by UK-registered heavy goods vehicles within the country increased by 4% between 2006 and 2007 to 161bn tonne kilometres.
* An 8% increase between 1997 and 2007 in total freight moved was less than the rise in UK GDP (gross domestic product) over the same period (32%).
* Articulated vehicles over 33 tonnes gross weight continued to account for an increasing share of all goods moved: 73% of total tonne kilometres in 2007, compared with 65% in 1997.
* The amount of freight lifted in 2007 (1,869m tonnes) was 3% up on 2006 and 14% ahead of the 1997 figure.
Regarding the international activities of UK-registered and foreign-registered goods vehicles operating in the country, the DfT statistics included:
* The total number of road goods vehicles of all nationalities travelling to mainland Europe in 2007 was 2,940,000, 5% more than in 2006 and 56% more than in 1997. Powered vehicles accounted for 2,129,000 of that total, an increase of 5% since 2006 and 86% since 1997. The remaining vehicles were unaccompanied trailers; 811,000 travelled to mainland Europe in 2007, a 3% increase over 2006 and a 10% increase since 1997...
Labels: transport statistics
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