IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Freight transportation

The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 15,4% in 2022 compared with 2021 and the corresponding income increased by 17,8% over the same period.

In December 2022, the volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 12,4% year-on-year. The corresponding income increased by 15,5% over the same period.

Income from freight transportation increased by 18,5% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared with the fourth quarter of 2021. The main contributors to this increase were:

·        ‘other’ freight (22,0% and contributing 4,3 percentage points);

·        primary mining and quarrying products (12,3% and contributing 4,0 percentage points);

·        manufactured food, beverages and tobacco products (22,0% and contributing 2,7 percentage points); and

·        agriculture and forestry primary products (35,2% and contributing 2,6 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 1,2% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared with the third quarter of 2022. Rail freight decreased by 18,8% (contributing -2,9 percentage points) while road freight increased by 2,0% (contributing 1,7 percentage points).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 8,2% in 2022 compared with 2021 and the corresponding income increased by 19,6% over the same period.

In December 2022, the number of passenger journeys increased by 13,5% year-on-year. The corresponding income increased by 45,3% over the same period.

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys increased by 10,4% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared with the third quarter of 2022. Road passenger journeys increased by 6,6% (contributing 6,2 percentage points) and rail passenger journeys increased by 74,9% (contributing 4,2 percentage points).).