Scottish Transport Statistics No 30: 2011 Edition

Table H2 Summary of freight traffic1
(a) freight lifted - millions of tonnes
Year2 Road Rail Coastal
shipping		 Coastwise
shipping		 Inland
waterway		 Pipeline3 Road Rail Coastal
shipping		 Coastwise
shipping		 Inland
waterway		 Pipeline3
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
19994 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
20035 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 14.3 31.4 25.5 10.2 27.6 127 119 92 .. 96 93
2006 6 170.0 13.0 25.7 20.6 10.2 27.8 130 108 75 .. 95 93
2007 6 176.8 11.4 27.5 22.8 10.5 27.5 136 95 80 .. 99 92
2008 6 157.0 10.4 28.3 23.3 12.2 27.6 120 87 83 .. 114 93
2009 6 131.9 9.7 24.7 19.8 10.1 27.6 101 81 72 .. 95 93
2010 131.9 .. .. .. .. 27.6 .. .. .. .. .. 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 Scotlandplus
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. 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 1997 are for 1997-98).
3. The estimated amounts of crude oil and products carried by pipelines over 50km in length. 2010 figure has been estimated.
4. A new system for collecting port statistics was introduced in 2000. Data prior to that are on a different basis.
5. Changes to the methodology for collecting road freight data mean that previous figures are not comparable.
6. Domestic freight estimates for 2006 to 2009 were revised on 27 October 2011

Table H2 Summary of freight traffic1
(b) freight moved - millions of tonne-kilometres
Year2 Road Rail Coastwise
shipping		 Inland
waterway		 Pipeline3,6
lifted in
Scotland		 lifted in
Scotland		 lifted in
Scotland		 lifted in
Scotland		 see
notes
millions of tonne-kilometres
1960 .. .. .. ..
1961 .. .. .. ..
1962 .. .. .. ..
1963 .. .. .. ..
1964 .. .. .. ..
1965 .. .. .. ..
1966 .. .. .. ..
1967 .. .. .. ..
1968 .. .. .. ..
1969 .. .. .. .. ..
1970 .. .. .. .. ..
1971 .. .. .. .. ..
1972 .. .. .. .. ..
1973 .. .. .. .. ..
1974 .. .. .. .. ..
1975 .. .. .. .. ..
1976 .. .. .. .. ..
1977 .. .. .. .. ..
1978 .. .. .. .. ..
1979 .. .. .. .. ..
1980 .. .. .. .. ..
1981 .. .. .. .. ..
1982 .. .. .. .. ..
1983 .. .. .. .. ..
1984 .. .. .. .. ..
1985 9,706 .. .. .. ..
1986 9,332 .. .. .. ..
1987 10,225 .. 19,810 262 ..
1988 11,520 .. 22,910 264 ..
1989 12,339 .. 23,020 268 ..
1990 12,309 .. 19,090 315 ..
1991 11,909 .. 22,850 298 ..
1992 12,121 .. 20,940 270 5,132
1993 12,426 .. 19,710 290 ..
1994 12,995 .. 19,740 290 5,279
1995 13,965 .. 25,110 300 5,693
1996 14,163 1,427 29,250 300 5,688
1997 14,236 2,145 26,280 310 5,717
1998 14,856 2,787 29,610 260 5,946
19994 14,988 2,891 26,850 240 5,905
2000 14,817 2,462 20,100 280 5,933
2001 14,425 3,099 15,600 280 5,929
2002 14,170 2,737 14,540 240 5,909
20035 14,432 2,519 14,850 240 5,832
2004 15,195 3,734 14,060 240 5,820
2005 13,507 4,304 17,457 251 5,869
2006 14,233 3,597 14,491 249 5,715
2007 15,349 2,883 16,909 268 5,726
2008 13,936 2,543 17,890 312 5,725
2009 12,348 2,549 15,321 244 5,725
2010 12,695 .. .. .. 5,725

1. The figures for 'road', 'rail', 'coastwise shipping' and 'inland waterways' relate to freight lifted in Scotland; for 'pipeline' it is the estimated tonne-kilometres for crude oil carried by on-shore pipelines which are over 50km in length. This table does not show the tonne-kilometres for one port traffic to / from oil rigs and the sea bed or for coastal shipping (as defined in part [a] of this table).
2. The figures are all for calendar years except for the figures for rail, which are for the financial years which start in the specified calendar years (e.g. the rail figures for 1997 are for 1997-98).
3. Over 50km
4. A new system for collecting port statistics was introduced in 2000. Data prior to that are on a different basis.
5. Changes to the methodology for collecting road freight data mean that previous figures are not comparable.
6. Pipeline figures for 2010 are estimated.