Table 1 Transport performances for lorries with a carrying capacity of 3.5 tons and over. Quarter

1	Transport performances¹ for lorries with a carrying capacity of 3.5 tons and over. Quarter

	Vehicle-kilometres			Number of consignments		Tonnage carried	Transport performance	Weight per consignment	Average length of carriage per ton	Rate of empty kilometres	Utilization of capacity

	Total	Km driven in Norway	Loaded jouneys	Total	Loaded jouneys	Total	Transport performance	Weight per consignment	Average length of carriage per ton	Rate of empty kilometres	Total	Corrected for volume goods	Loaded journeys	Corrected for volume goods

	Million km			1000		1000 tons	Mill. tonkms	Tons	Kms	Per cent
1996	170,3	..	..	..	..	3 791,8	2 748,6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
											..	..	..	..
1997	184,0	..	..	..	..	4 001,7	3 161,2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1st quarter	41,4	..	..	..	..	1 051,3	812,7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2nd quarter	44,4	..	..	..	..	1 012,5	712,3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3rd quarter	47,5	..	..	..	..	907,8	781,3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4th quarter	50,7	..	..	..	..	1 030,1	854,9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
											..	..	..	..
1998	184,9	..	..	..	..	3 915,1	3 002,6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1st quarter	51,3	..	..	..	..	1 004,2	859,0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2nd quarter	40,1	..	..	..	..	936,0	652,7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
3rd quarter	44,0	..	..	..	..	918,9	680,5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
4th quarter	49,5	..	..	..	..	1 056,0	810,4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

1999	201,1	41,6	177,1	368,0	279,6	3 971,4	3 174,0	14,2	799,2	11,9	58,9	63,4	64,5	69
1st quarter	50,2	10,3	44,4	95,0	70,8	1 090,1	781,7	15,4	717,1	11,6	59,1	63,6	64,7	70
2nd quarter	50,0	10,1	44,8	92,7	74,1	903,4	783,1	12,2	866,8	10,4	59,8	65,7	64,7	71
3rd quarter	48,8	10,2	42,7	86,7	64,0	954,5	749,9	14,9	785,6	12,6	57,7	61,0	63,4	67
4th quarter	52,1	10,9	45,3	93,6	70,6	1 023,4	859,4	14,5	839,7	13,1	58,9	63,2	65,1	70