Transport figures: people choose to fly while more goods take to the rivers

The amount of goods transported in the first three quarters of this year reached 252.8 million tons, just 0.1% less than in the respective period in 1999, while the number of passengers carried was 2.8% lower than last year. The one means of transport which recorded the highest increase in haulage were river boats, where the amount of goods moved grew to 5.5 million tons, up 32.3% over the previous year. Meanwhile, the payload shipped by road transport dropped 6.8% with respect to the previous year. As far as passenger transport is concerned, railways carried 8.7% fewer passengers than in 1999, while 25.4% more people used air transport in Poland. The figures include only transport activities conducted by companies employing 9 or more people. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p.4)