During January-October 2021, cargo volume carried by all transport modes in the RF transport system was up 1% year-on-year to 6.14 bn tons.
According to the RF Statistics Agency, the largest volume was carried by road, down 1% year-on-year to 4.49 bn tons.
Rail cargo grew by 3.4% year-on-year up to 1.067 bn tons.
Pipeline traffic was up 8.6% year-on-year to 938.2 mn tons including gas pipeline traffic up 16.6% to 470.5 mn tons, oil pipeline traffic up 1.3% to 433.1 mn tons and oil product pipeline traffic up 3.4% to 34.8 mn tons.
Sea freight decreased by 2.5% year-on-year down to 19.5 mn tons.
Inland shipping volume declined by 3.1% year-on-year down to 95.6 mn tons.
Air transport carried 1.2 mn tons, up 30.2% year-on-year.
In October, cargo transportation volume carried by road, sea and inland shipping declined.