Transport of dangerous goods in 2002, five-year report

2004; Issue: 47 Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

0783-2680

Autores

A Hakkinen,

Tópico(s)

Risk and Safety Analysis

Resumo

This report includes data on transport of dangerous goods by road, rail, sea and air in Finland in 2002. Altogether 12.3 million tonnes of dangerous goods were transported by road. A majority of the amount took place in the Provinces of Southern and Western Finland. Transport by rail amounted to 6.1 million tonnes. Rail routes that were mostly used were the ones from Vainikkala through Kouvola to Kotka, Hamina and Kilpilahti. The largest group in road and rail transport were inflammable liquids (nearly 70%). The second largest group were corrosive substances (15%) and the third largest gases (by road 5%, by rail 11%). In 2002, transport of dangerous goods by sea amounted to altogether 39.2 million tonnes, of which bulk goods amounted to 0.7 million tonnes (c. 2%). The busiest ports were Kilpilahti, Naantali, Kotka, Helsinki, Pori, Rautaruukki and Hamina. Petroleum and oil products (66%) formed the largest transportation groups. Approximately 1.2 thousand tonnes of dangerous goods were transported by air. This report is available at http://www.mintc.fi or http://www.mintc.fi/oliver/upl844-47_2004.pdf

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