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In the 1^st half of the year, the volume of freights carried by land transport and pipelines increased by three million tonnes or 5.5%, while the freight turnover rose by 2.8%.The volume of freights carried by rail went up by 0.3 million tonnes or 1.2%, whereas the freight turnover grew by 6.3%. The volume of freights carried by road increased by 2.9 million tonnes or 10.3%, while freight turnover by 0.3%.  The volume of oil products transported via the main oil products pipeline reduced by 5.6%, whereas the freight turnover – by 5.5%.

Freight traffic and freight turnover of land and pipeline transport in the 1^st half of 2017

** Freight 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.

In the 1^st half of 2017, freights transported to and from Latvian ports accounted for 34 million tonnes, which is 7% more than during the 1^st half of 2016.

There were 30.5 million tonnes of freights shipped from ports, which is 6.2% more than during the 1^st half of 2016.  The increase in the volume of freights shipped was facilitated by the rise of 2.7 million tonnes or 35.3% in the volume of coal loaded onto ships, as well as of 11.9% in the loaded freights in containers, and of 11.2% in roll on/ roll off. Reduction in the volume of shipped freights was recorded in the freights of oil products (of 12.9%), grain and grain products (15.3%), timber (6.1%), and mineral fertilisers (11.5%).

The volume of freights received at ports increased by 14.6%. This was mainly due to the increase in the unloaded freights in containers and roll on/ roll off (of 19.5% and 11.3%, respectively), as well as upturn in the volume of unloaded oil product freights (of 24.4%).

Riga International Airport received and shipped 10.1 thousand tonnes of cargo, which is 2.8% more than in the 1^st half of 2016.

In the 1^st half of 2017, the number of passengers carried by land passenger transport almost did not change: 122.4 million passengers were carried, which is 0.1% less than in the 1^st half of 2016.

The number of passengers carried by rail grew by 2.3%, that of passengers carried by regular bus traffic lines stayed at the previous level, whereas of passengers carried by urban electric transport decreased by 0.6%.

The number of passengers arrived at and departed from Latvian ports with ferries accounted for 437.1 thousand, which is 33.7% more than during the 1^st half of 2016.

There were 34.8 thousand passengers who arrived at the Riga Passenger Terminal via cruise ships – 2.2 times more than during the respective period of the previous year.

The number of passengers arrived at and departed from the Riga International Airport constituted 2.7 million, which is 8.7% more than in the 1^st half 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).