In January-August 2010, the cargo transportation by all transport means made up 129.6 million tons of cargo or 2.8% more than 2009.
Thanks to effective operation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, the share of the private sector in the cargo transportation made up 74.3%.
In January-August, of the total cargo volume transported, 51.1 percent accounted for road transport, 32 percent - pipelines, 11.2 percent - rail and 5.7 percent - by sea.
Source: State Statistics Committee
The passenger transportation during the reported period totaled 889.5 million people, which is 3.6 percent more than January-August 2010. Passenger transportation by automobile was 86.3 percent, metro - 13.3 percent.
In 2010, automobile transport took the lion share in the transport field of the country. The cargo transportation by vehicles in January-August 2010 made up 66.3mln tons of cargo, or 6.4% more than the same period of 2009. Passenger transportation comprised 767.5mln people with 96.5% people using buses and 3.5% people vehicles. During the reported period, cargo turnover by road transport grew by 6.4 percent compared with January-August last year, while passenger traffic rose by 8.5 percent.
One of the reasons for the growth of road transport is improvement after the reconstruction of the road.
In January-August 2010, the Azerbaijan State Railway Department (ASRD) transported 14.5mln tons of cargo or 6.8 percent more than last year. The number of loaded carriages made up 711 in average and unloaded - 466. Average daily load of carriages in the northern direction is 34,500 tons and in western direction - 3,200, but in the southern direction - 3,200.
The cargo shipping via sea dropped by 15.6% to 7.3 million tons in January-August 2010.
About 2/3 part of cargo shipping fell on oil and oil products, while 1/3 part on dry cargo. All cargo deliveries were implemented under the international operations. The volume of cargo processed in Azerbaijani ports was 6.5 million tons in January-August 2010. As of September 1, 2010, 33,300 tons of cargo left in the ports for import, which is 2.8 times more compared to last year.
In January-August 2010, the export via oil pipelines made up 33 million tons. During this period, 76.6 percent or 25.3 million tons of oil was transported via the BTC (data provided by the State Statistics Committee).
Transportation via gas pipelines made up 11.8bln cubic meters or 7.6% more than 2009. The major reason for the growth is the export of the Azerbaijani gas to the foreign markets. 30.6% of the transported gas fell on South Caucasus Pipeline. About 3.6 billion cubic meters of gas was transported via this pipeline.
In January-August 2010, the passenger transportation via airways totaled 668,700 people. The share of public sector in air transportation was 77.7 percent, and private sector - 22.3 percent.
Metro remains the most popular and profitable modes of transport. The Baku Metro conveys 550,000-560,000 passengers per day on average. It conveys around 700,000 passengers on working days. In January-August 2010, 118mln passengers used metro services or 15.7% less. One of the reasons for decline was the decision to increase travel costs for metro from 0.05 manat to 0.15 manat.
In January-August 2010, 29.4mln tons of cargo (an increase of 8.6%) and 116.5mln passengers (a rise of 7.9%) were transported via the Eurasian corridor.