IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 14,1% in June 2022 compared with June 2021. The corresponding income increased by 18,0% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 12,9% in the second quarter of 2022 compared with the second quarter of 2021. The main positive contributors to this increase were:

·        ‘other’ freight (29,4% and contributing 5,9 percentage points);

·        agriculture and forestry primary products (31,8% and contributing 2,5 percentage points); and

·        primary mining and quarrying products (2,9% and contributing 1,1 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload increased by 3,1% in the second quarter of 2022 compared with the first quarter of 2022. Road freight increased by 4,7% (contributing 3,8 percentage points) while rail freight decreased by 4,0% (contributing -0,7 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 10,0% in June 2022 compared with June 2021. The corresponding income increased by 22,7% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 17,7% in the second quarter of 2022 compared with the first quarter of 2022. Road passenger journeys increased by 23,3% (contributing 20,9 percentage points) while rail passenger journeys decreased by 30,9% (contributing -3,2 percentage points).