According to the State Statistics Committee, in January-September 2011, the cargo transportation by all transport means made up 152.6 million tons of cargo or 4.5 percent more than 2010.
The private sector share in cargo transportation was 74.1 percent.
Of the total cargo volume transported, 53.4 percent accounted for road transport, 29.7 percent - pipelines, 10.8 percent - railway and 6.1 percent - by sea.
The passenger transportation during the reported period totaled 1.1 billion people, which is 7.2 percent more than the same period of 2010. Passenger transportation by automobile was 87.5 percent, metro - 12.2 percent.
Automobile transport takes the lion share in the transport field of the country. In January-September 2011, the cargo transportation by vehicles made up 81.6 million tons of cargo or 9.6 percent more than the same period of 2010. Passenger transportation comprised 948.6 million people (increased by 8.4 percent) with 96.4 percent people using buses and 3.6 percent people - vehicles. Cargo traffic by vehicles during the reporting period increased by 8.7 percent compared to the same period of 2010, while passenger traffic - by 9.5 percent.
In January-September 2011, 16.4 million tons of cargo accounted for Azerbaijani railway transport compared to 16.3 million tons during the same period of the last year.
The number of loaded carriages made up 690 in average per day and unloaded - 470. Average daily load of carriages in the northern direction is 30,900 tons and in western direction - 4,500, but in the southern direction - 3,400.
The cargo shipping via sea increased by 11.1 percent to 9.3 million tons in January-September 2011. All cargo deliveries were implemented under the international operations. The volume of cargo processed in Azerbaijani ports was 8.9 million tons in 2011, which is 19 percent more than 2010.
Some 57.2 percent of cargo shipping fell on oil and oil products, while 42.8 percent on dry cargo. Volume of cargo import increased by 80.7 percent, the volume of international transit cargos increased by 13.7percent. As of Oct.1, 2011, 47,500 tons of cargo left in the ports for import, which is 21.8 percent more compared to the same period of last year.
In January-September 2011, the export via oil pipelines made up 35.4 million tons. During this period, 76.2 percent or 26.9 million tons of oil was transported via the BTC (data provided by the State Statistics Committee).
Transportation via gas pipelines made up 13.8 bln cubic meters or 5 percent more than 2010. A quarter of the transported gas fell on South Caucasus Pipeline. Some 3.3 billion cubic meters of gas was transported via this pipeline.
In January-September 2011, the passenger transportation via airways totaled 1.1 million people, an increase of 39.1 percent compared to the same period of the last year. The public share in the passenger transportation via airways made up 96.9 percent and private sector 3.1 percent.
In January-September 2011, 132.4 million passengers used metro or 0.3 percent less than last year.
About 35.5 million tons of cargo were transported through Azerbaijan via the Eurasian transport corridor in January-August 2010 or 5.7 percent more than the same period of 2010. Roughly 160.3 million passengers were transported within the corridor in January-August 2011 or 7.9 percent more than last year.
Transit of cargo through the territory of Azerbaijan for the first nine months of 2011 totaled about 11.67 million tons.
In September the Azerbaijani Transport Ministry submitted proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers to build parking lots and parking areas to reduce the capital road congestion. About 160 parkings are planned to be build in Baku and entrances to the city.
In September, the Baku Metro began preparations to begin construction of a new metro station. The station will be transition from a branch, where Hazi Aslanov metro station is located, to a new branch in the direction of the Guneshli settlement. Ground work, as well as work to transfer communications, has been already launched on the site where the new metro station will be located.
Baku Metro moved from summer to autumn-winter regime from Sept.15, which envisages reduction in train movement interval from 3.5 to 2.5 minutes.