First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 13 August 2021
TRAN-2021-1-1/2
ISSN 1334-0557

TRANSPORT SECOND QUARTER OF 20211)

The total number of passengers carried in the second quarter of 2021 amounted to 13.9 million, which means that it increased by 124.3% compared to the second quarter of 2020. An increase in the number of passengers was recorded in the road line transport by coaches, of 157.1%, and Croatian air carriers, of 176.3%. An increase in the number of passengers was recorded also in seawater and coastal transport by Croatian shippers, of 79.6%. In the railway transport, according to provisional data, 99.2% more passengers were transported. Compared to the second quarter of 2019, the total number of passengers carried decreased by 35.8%.

In the period from January to June 2021, the total number of passengers transported amounted to 25.2 million, which was 11.2% more than in the same period of 2020. An increase in the transport of passengers was realised in railway transport, of 0.4%, in road line transport, of 12.1%, and in seawater and coastal transport, of 37.6%. In air transport, there was a decrease recorded in the number of passengers, of 26.7%. Compared to the same period of 2019, it was a decrease of 38.3%.

A total of 32.9 million tonnes of goods were transported in the second quarter of 2021, which was an increase of 15.5% compared to the second quarter of 2020. An increase in the transport of goods was recorded in the transport of goods by freight vehicles with Croatian plates (18.8%), by Croatian shippers in seawater and coastal transport (23.0%), by Croatian air carriers (72.9%) and in pipeline transport (6.1%), compared to second quarter of 2020.

A decrease was realised in the transport of goods on inland waterways by ships under all flags (23.8%) and by railway carriers (0.3%).

In the period from January to June 2021, the total quantity of transported goods amounted to 60.8 million tonnes, which was an increase of 5.4% compared to the same period of 2020. An increase was realised in road transport, of 5.5%, and in seawater and coastal transport, of 17.3%. A decrease in the transport of goods was realised in railway transport, of 2.0%, in inland waterway transport, of 20.1%, in pipeline transport, of 0.4%, and in air transport, of 11.4%.

1) See Notes on Methodology.

G-1. PASSENGER-KILOMETRES PERFORMED IN INLAND TRANSPORT, 2020 AND 2021

G-2. TONNE-KILOMETRES PERFORMED IN INLAND TRANSPORT, 2020 AND 2021

1. TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND GOODS, BY TRANSPORT MODES
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
IV – VI I – VI IV – VI I – VI IV – VI 2021
I – III 2021		 IV – VI 2021
IV – VI 2020		 I – VI 2021
I − VI 2020
Passengers carried1) 000' 6 195 22 646 13 896 25 178 123,2 224,3 111,2
Railway transport1) 000' 1 697 6 460 3 381 6 486 108,9 199,2 100,4
Road line transport 000' 3 065 13 185 7 881 14 783 114,2 257,1 112,1
Seawater and coastal transport 000' 1 370 2 658 2 460 3 658 205,3 179,6 137,6
Air transport 000'   63   343   173   251 223,1 276,3 73,3
Passenger-kilometres1) Mln   446 1 640   937 1 670 127,8 210,1 101,9
Railway transport1) Mln   60   215   127   232 121,9 212,4 107,7
Road line transport Mln   276 1 058   551 1 068 106,3 199,7 101,0
Seawater and coastal transport Mln   64   126   117   174 203,5 181,5 138,0
Air transport Mln   46   240   142   196 266,5 309,9 81,4
Goods carried 000' t 28 481 57 731 32 899 60 825 117,8 115,5 105,4
Railway transport 000' t 3 690 7 361 3 679 7 217 104,0 99,7 98,0
Road line transport 000' t 18 744 38 213 22 270 40 296 123,5 118,8 105,5
Pomorski i obalni prijevoz 000' t 3 502 7 249 4 308 8 505 102,6 123,0 117,3
Inland waterway transport2)  000' t   191   401   145   320 83,0 76,2 79,9
Air transport 000' t 0   1 0   1 102,7 172,9 88,6
Transport via pipelines 000' t 2 353 4 505 2 496 4 485 125,5 106,1 99,6
Tonne-kilometres  Mln 27 715 52 444 29 854 54 097 123,1 107,7 103,2
Railway transport Mln   833 1 575   755 1 493 102,4 90,6 94,8
Road line transport Mln 2 836 5 757 3 472 6 550 112,8 122,4 113,8
Seawater and coastal transport Mln 23 624 44 253 25 085 45 110 125,3 106,2 101,9
Inland waterway transport2) Mln   12   29   7   18 70,3 62,1 60,2
Air transport Mln 0   1 0   1 98,5 134,9 83,6
Transport via pipelines Mln   410   830   535   926 136,7 130,5 111,6

1) Provisional data for 2021.
2) Transit is not included.

2. RAILWAY TRANSPORT
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
IV – VI I – VI IV – VI I – VI IV – VI 2021
I – III 2021		 IV – VI 2021
IV – VI 2020		 I – VI 2021
I − VI 2020
Passengers carried1) 000' 1 697 6 460 3 381 6 486 108,9 199,2 100,4
National transport1) 000' 1 693 6 415 3 356 6 456 108,3 198,2 100,6
International transport1) 000'   4   45   25   30 496,1 620,6 66,3
Passenger-kilometres1) Mln   60   215   127   232 121,9 212,4 107,7
National transport1) Mln   60   213   121   225 115,6 201,4 105,5
International transport1) Mln 0   2   7   7 2) 2) 314,9
Goods carried 000' t 3 690 7 361 3 679 7 217 104,0 99,7 98,0
National transport 000' t   643 1 277   744 1 298 134,5 115,7 101,7
International transport – loading 000' t 1 384 2 886 1 335 2 708 97,2 96,4 93,8
International transport – unloading 000' t   381   793   415   802 107,3 108,9 101,1
Transit 000' t 1 282 2 406 1 186 2 410 96,8 92,5 100,2
Tonne-kilometres Mln   833 1 575   755 1 493 102,4 90,6 94,8
National transport Mln   199   366   193   365 112,6 97,3 99,8
International transport – loading Mln   282   530   215   454 89,8 76,0 85,6
International transport – unloading Mln   122   226   112   217 107,2 91,7 96,0
Transit Mln   230   453   235   457 105,9 102,3 100,9
Out of total goods transport – transport of dangerous goods 000' t   437   847   386   719 115,7 88,3 84,9

1) Provisional data for 2021.
2) The index exceeds 999.

3. ROAD LINE TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS BY COACHES
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
IV – VI I – VI IV – VI I – VI IV – VI 2021
I – III 2021		 IV – VI 2021
IV – VI 2020		 I – VI 2021
I − VI 2020
Passengers carried 000' 3 065 13 185 7 881 14 783 114,2 257,1 112,1
National transport 000' 3 025 12 910 7 097 13 871 104,8 234,6 107,4
International transport 000'   40   275   784   912 612,5 1) 331,6
Passenger-kilometres Mln   276 1 058   551 1 068 106,3 199,7 101,0
National transport Mln   265   965   523 1 022 104,9 197,3 105,8
International transport Mln   11   93   28   47 143,7 259,3 50,5

1) The index exceeds 999.

4. URBAN TRANSPORT BY BUSES AND TRAMS
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
IV – VI I – VI IV – VI I – VI IV – VI 2021
I – III 2021		 IV – VI 2021
IV – VI 2020		 I – VI 2021
I − VI 2020
Buses Number 1 248 1 248 1 284 1 284 101,7 102,9 102,9
Kilometres travelled by buses 000' 8 889 24 774 21 075 31 860 195,4 237,1 128,6
Passengers carried 000' 20 502 62 363 31 890 59 487 115,6 155,5 95,4
Trams1) Number   345   345   345   345 100,0 100,0 100,0
Kilometres travelled by trams 000' 1 499 4 638 5 469 6 944 370,8 364,8 149,7
Passengers carried 000' 22 953 66 292 30 407 58 757 107,3 132,5 88,6

1) Including motorised cars and trailers.

5. ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
IV – VI I – VI IV – VI I – VI IV – VI 2021
I – III 2021		 IV – VI 2021
IV – VI 2020		 I – VI 2021
I − VI 2020
Goods carried – total 000' t 18 744 38 213 22 270 40 296 123,5 118,8 105,5
National transport 000' t 15 511 31 320 18 365 32 825 127,0 118,4 104,8
Dispatched to foreign countries 000' t 1 162 2 385 1 363 2 603 109,9 117,3 109,1
Received from foreign countries 000' t 1 034 2 394 1 345 2 513 115,3 130,1 104,9
Cross-trade transport 000' t 1 037 2 114 1 197 2 356 103,2 115,4 111,4
Tonne-kilometres Mln 2 836 5 757 3 472 6 550 112,8 122,4 113,8
National transport Mln 1 034 2 150 1 227 2 230 122,2 118,7 103,7
Dispatched to foreign countries Mln   616 1 256   768 1 429 116,3 124,6 113,7
Received from foreign countries Mln   532 1 131   733 1 362 116,5 137,8 120,4
Cross-trade transport Mln   654 1 219   744 1 529 94,8 113,7 125,5
Road transport of goods for hire or reward                
Goods carried 000' t 10 122 21 473 11 664 20 945 125,7 115,2 97,5
Tonne-kilometres Mln 2 406 4 943 2 953 5 511 115,4 122,7 111,5
Road transport of goods for own account                
Goods carried 000' t 8 621 16 740 10 606 19 351 121,3 123,0 115,6
Tonne-kilometres Mln   430   814   518 1 038 99,7 120,7 127,6
Out of total goods transport – transport of dangerous goods 000' t  (581) 1 276 (979) 1 540 174,5 168,6 120,7

6. TRANSPORT VIA PIPELINES
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
IV – VI I – VI IV – VI I – VI IV – VI 2021
I – III 2021		 IV – VI 2021
IV – VI 2020		 I – VI 2021
I − VI 2020
Oil transport 000' t 1 854 3 303 1 966 3 298 147,5 106,0 99,9
Tonne-kilometres  Mln   360   684   421   700 151,2 117,2 102,4
Gas transport 000' t   499 1 202   530 1 187 80,7 106,2 98,8
Tonne-kilometres Mln   50   146   113   226 100,5 226,7 154,7

7. SEAWATER AND COASTAL TRANSPORT
   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
IV – VI I – VI IV – VI I – VI IV – VI 2021
I – III 2021		 IV – VI 2021
IV – VI 2020		 I – VI 2021
I − VI 2020
Passengers carried 000' 1 370 2 658 2 460 3 658 205,3 179,6 137,6
National transport 000' 1 368 2 651 2 453 3 649 205,2 179,3 137,6
International transport 000'   2   6   7   9 265,1 408,2 145,0
Out of total, carried by ferries 000' 1 186 2 183 2 025 2 969 214,6 170,8 136,0
Passenger-kilometres Mln   64   126   117   174 203,5 181,5 138,0
National transport Mln   64   125   115   172 203,4 180,3 138,1
International transport Mln 0   2   1   2 216,2 408,2 131,8
Goods carried 000' t 3 502 7 249 4 308 8 505 102,6 123,0 117,3
National transport 000' t   185   367   207   374 123,9 111,8 102,0
International transport 000' t 3 317 6 883 4 101 8 131 101,8 123,6 118,1
Tonne-kilometres Mln 23 624 44 253 25 085 45 110 125,3 106,2 101,9
National transport Mln   45   99   59   109 118,3 129,9 109,6
International transport Mln 23 579 44 154 25 026 45 001 125,3 106,1 101,9

8. AIR TRANSPORT

   Unit of measure 2020 2021 Indices
IV – VI I – VI IV – VI I – VI IV – VI 2021
I – III 2021		 IV – VI 2021
IV – VI 2020		 I – VI 2021
I − VI 2020
Passengers carried 000'   63   343   173   251 223,1 276,3 73,3
National transport 000'   18   86   48   75 179,8 267,9 87,6
International transport 000'   45   257   125   176 245,9 279,6 68,5
Passenger-kilometres Mln   46   240   142   196 266,5 309,9 81,4
National transport Mln   6   27   16   24 186,8 269,2 88,3
International transport Mln   40   213   127   172 281,3 315,8 80,6
Freight carried t   177   682   306   604 102,7 172,9 88,6
National transport t   1   38   25   32 357,1 1) 84,2
International transport t   176   644   281   572 96,6 159,7 88,8
Tonne-kilometres 000'   189   615   255   514 98,5 134,9 83,6
National transport 000' 0   11   7   9 350,0 … 81,8
International transport 000'   189   604   248   505 96,5 131,2 83,6

1) The index exceeds 999.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

It may happen that the sum total does not equal the sum of individual figures and that cumulative data do not always equal the sum of individual quarterly results due to the rounding of numbers.

The final quarterly data on the railway transport of passengers for 2021 will be published in May 2022 in Excel format on the website of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics www.dzs.hr under Statistics in Line, Transport and Communications.

Data on traffic of ships, passengers and goods in seaports were published in the First Release 5.1.2. Traffic in Seaports, and data on traffic of passengers and freight in airports in the First Release 5.1.3. Traffic in Airports.

Sources and methods of data collection

The data on transport are collected through weekly, monthly and quarterly statistical surveys. The purpose of the surveys is to collect the data on the transport of passengers and goods and to calculate the performance indicators on transport expressed in tonne-kilometres and passenger-kilometres.

Observation and reporting units on road line passenger transport, urban transport, pipeline transport, seawater and coastal transport, and air transport are national carriers, that is, operators registered in the transport activity (section H of the NKD 2007.) in the Statistical Business Register of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

Observation units in the statistical survey on the road transport of goods are freight road vehicles (including road tractors) with a loading capacity of over 3 500 kg that are registered with the Ministry of the Interior. Reporting units are business entities (legal entities and natural persons) who own or just use a freight road vehicle selected into the sample.

The data on inland waterway transport are collected on the Report on Arrival of Vessels in Inland Waterway Ports and the Report on Departure of Vessels from Inland Waterway Ports. The data are delivered by harbour master’s offices of inland waterway ports.

Coverage

The data on the railway transport of passengers include the urban and suburban transport of passengers and passengers in transit through the Republic of Croatia. Data on railway transport of goods relate to the operation of all railway carriers in the railway network of the Republic of Croatia.

The data on the road transport refer to the operation of owners or users of freight vehicles selected by the sample. In the quarterly dynamics, 2 600 vehicles have been selected in the sample. The data, that is, estimates with the variation coefficient values ranging between 10.0 and 30.0 are separately marked as less accurate values.

The data on the road line transport of passengers have related to the activity of business entities (legal entities and natural persons) engaged in the transport of passengers by coaches and holding the concession for performing the public line transport of passengers on international, inter-county and county lines.

The urban transport of passengers covers the organised public transport of passengers in cities with a population of over 40 000 conducted by business entities engaged in the urban transport of passengers (by trams and buses). Included are the active business entities employing more than 10 persons registered in section H, class 49.31 Urban and suburban passenger land transport, of the NKD 2007. in the Statistical Business Register of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

The survey on the seawater and coastal transport covers all business entities engaged in the public seawater and coastal line transport of passengers and business entities whose principal or subsidiary activity is seawater and coastal transport of goods. The selection of reporting units engaged in the activity of transporting goods is prepared every year on the basis of the defined threshold for being included in the survey (10 or more persons in employment). Cross-trade transport is included.

The data on air transport of passengers and freight are submitted by national air operators engaged in the commercial air transport of passengers and freight (goods and mail).

The transport via pipelines covers oil transport and gas transport. Data refer to activities of legal entities engaged in oil and gas transport via pipelines.

The data on the transport in inland waterways include the transport of goods on vessels under the domestic and foreign flags on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Transit is not included.

Definitions

International transport includes conveying between the place of embarkation/loading in the Republic of Croatia and the place of disembarkation/unloading abroad, or vice versa, as well as between two places in another country.

Transit implies a transport through the Croatian territory in the same means of transport between two places (the place of embarkation/loading and the place of disembarkation/unloading), both located in another country or in other countries.

Cross-trade road transport implies international transport of goods performed by domestic operators with the place of loading and unloading being located in a foreign country.

Passenger-kilometre is a unit of measure representing the transport of one person over a distance of one kilometre. The calculation of passenger-kilometres for the rail transport takes into account only the distance travelled on the territory of the Republic of Croatia.

Tonne-kilometre is a unit of measure representing the transport of one tonne over a distance of one kilometre. The calculation of tonne-kilometres for the rail transport takes into account only the distance travelled on the territory of the Republic of Croatia including transit. The calculation of tonne-kilometres for the inland waterway transport takes into account only the distance travelled on the territory of the Republic of Croatia, but transit is not included.

The road transport of goods and road tonne-kilometres relate to the movement of freight vehicles registered in the Republic of Croatia.

 

Abbreviations  
   
kg kilogram
mln million
NKD 2007. National Classification of Activities, 2007 version
pkm passenger-kilometre
t tonne
tkm tonne-kilometre
'000 thousand
   
Symbols  
   
( ) less accurate data
0 value not zero, but less than 0.5 of the unit of measure used
... data not available

 

 

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