During January-September 2022, cargo volume carried by all transport modes in the RF transport system was down 1% year-on-year to 5.83 bn tons.
According to the RF Statistics Agency, the largest volume was transported by road, up 0.5% year-on-year to slightly more than 4 bn tons.
Rail freight declined by 3.6% year-on-year down to 922.5 mn tons.
Pipeline traffic was down 5.7% year-on-year to 794.9 mn tons. Gas pipeline transportation declined by 15.7% down to 358.3 mn tons. The volume of crude oil pipeline transportation increased by 4.5% to 404.2 mn tons and that of product pipeline transportation by 3.7% to 32.5 mn tons.
Sea freight grew by 12% year-on-year up to 20 mn tons.
Inland shipping volume increased by 0.6% year-on-year up to 86.3 mn tons.
Air transport carried 0.5 mn tons, down 55.7% year-on-year.
In September 2022, all the transport modes carried jointly 2.4% less cargo than in the previous month.