IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Income from freight transportation

Annual income from freight transportation for 2009 decreased by 4,2% compared with 2008. The fourth quarter of 2009 reflected a marginal year-on-year increase of 0,4%. However, income from freight transportation for December 2009 increased by 7,7% compared with December 2008, the first positive growth in income since March 2009.

The main contributors to the increase of 0,4% in income from freight transportation for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the fourth quarter of 2008 were primary mining and quarrying products (30,2% and contributing 7,0 percentage points) and containers (38,0% and contributing 1,1 percentage points). However, these increases were counteracted by decreases in other freight (-19,1% and contributing -2,1 percentage points), agriculture and forestry primary products (-21,3% and contributing -2,0 percentage points) and manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (-8,8% and contributing -1,6 percentage points).

The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 7,7% between 2008 and 2009 and by 5,6% between the fourth quarters of 2008 and 2009.

Income from passenger transportation

Annual income from passenger transportation for 2009 increased by 4,9% compared with 2008, while 4,1% more passengers were transported during 2009. Income from passenger transportation for the fourth quarter of 2009 was 2,5% higher compared with the fourth quarter of 2008. The number of passengers increased by 3,7% between the fourth quarters of 2008 and 2009.

The main contributor to the increase of 2,5% in income from passenger transportation for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the fourth quarter of 2008 was road passenger transportation (increasing 2,8% and contributing 2,1 percentage points).