Estonian transport enterprises had a difficult year

The loss of transportation enterprises was 1.8 billion kroons in 2009. The net sales of transportation enterprises were 23 billion kroons, which was 21% smaller than a year earlier. The net sales of road transport enterprises decreased by more than a quarter.

The sales of carriage of goods were 12 billion kroons and the sales of carriage of passengers were 5 billion kroons. The sales of carriage of goods declined by nearly a quarter and the sales of carriage of passengers decreased by 17% compared to the previous year. In 2009, subsidies for passenger transport were nearly 1.4 billion kroons, which was 13% more than a year earlier. The number of persons employed in the Estonian transport enterprises decreased by 15% last year.

In 2009, the transport enterprises carried 75 million tonnes of goods, or 16% less than a year earlier. The freight turnover was 13 billion tonne-kilometres. International transport covered 84% of the total freight turnover and decreased by 8% during the year. The freight turnover was mainly influenced by road transport in international traffic, where the freight turnover decreased by almost a fifth. The freight turnover of domestic traffic decreased by about a third, of which 36% in road and 21% in rail transport.

In 2009, the number of passengers carried by Estonian transport enterprises was nearly 193 million, of whom 96% were carried in domestic traffic. The urban transport (i.e. buses, trams and trolleybuses) was used by almost 150 million passengers, as much as a year earlier. The domestic sea and rail traffic decreased by 7% in each and the number of passengers of domestic road transport decreased slightly. However, the number of passengers on domestic flights increased by 5%. The amount of passengers in international traffic was 7 million, which was 5% more than a year earlier. The number of passengers on international maritime transport rose by 13%, but decreased in international rail, air and road transport by 40%, 19% and 12%, respectively, compared to the previous year.

Freight turnover is the volume of work done in the transport of goods. It is measured in tonne-kilometres. One tonne-kilometre (ton-km) is the transport of one tonne of goods one kilometre away.

The freight turnover of Estonian transport enterprises, 2001–2009