TRANSPORT STATISTICS 2004 National Statistics Office - Malta 2004 Published by the National Statistics Office Lascaris Valletta Malta Tel.: (+356) 21223221/5 Fax:(+356) 21249841/ 21248483 e-mail: [email protected] website: http://www.nso.gov.mt CIP Data Transport Statistics 2004. – Valletta: National Statistics Office, 2004 viii, 99p. ISBN 99909-73-13-X ISSN 1681-780X For further information, please contact: Transport Statistics Unit National Statistics Office Lascaris Valletta CMR 02 Malta Tel: (+356) 21239450 / 25597610 Our publications are available from: The Data Shop Department of Information National Statistics Office 3 Castille Place Lascaris Valletta Valletta CMR 02 Tel.: (+356) 21239225 / (+356) 25997210 Tel.: (+356) 21224901 Fax: (+356) 21249841 Fax: (+356) 21237170 CONTENTS T = Table C = Chart Page Commentary vi Air Transport T1 Passenger movements 3 C1 Passenger movements 3 T2 Passenger movements by country/region 4 T3 Passenger movements by airport 5 T4 Main airlines aircraft and passenger movements 6 T5 Main types of aeroplanes 7 Maritime Statistics T6 Number and net tonnage of vessels entered and cleared with cargoes and in ballast: 2003 11 T7 Number, tonnage and crews of vessels entered and cleared classified by country of origin or destination: 2003 12 T8 Number and tonnage of vessels arriving at Malta, classified by type and nationality: 2003 15 T9 Number and tonnage of vessels departing from Malta, classified by type and nationality: 2003 17 T10 Number, tonnage and crews of vessels entered and cleared classified by nationality: 2003 19 T11 Number and net tonnage of vessels entered and cleared classified by country and port of origin or destination: 2003 21 T12 Number and tonnage of vessels entered and cleared classified by country of origin or destination and nationality: 2003 31 T13 Number and net tonnage of vessels entered and cleared with cargo and in ballast, classified by type of vessel: 2003 50 T14 Number and net tonnage of vessels entered, classified by range of net tonnage and by month: 2003 51 T15 Number and tonnage of vessels entered, classified by range of gross tonnage: 2003 53 Page T16 Number and tonnage of vessels entered with cargoes and in ballast classified by range of net tonnage: 2003 54 T17 Number and tonnage of vessels cleared, classified by duration of stay in harbour: 2003 55 T18 Number and tonnage of Maltese vessels entered and cleared classified by country and port of origin or destination: 2003 56 T19 Number, tonnage and type of vessels, registered under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1973 66 T20 Tonnage of cargo unloaded and loaded at Malta: 1998 - 2003 66 T21 Cargo unloaded and loaded classified by country of origin/destination of vessel: 2003 67 T22 Cargo unloaded and loaded by vessel classified by nationality of vessel: 2003 71 T23 Unitised cargo and number of units unloaded and loaded: 2002 - 2003 72 Road Transport T24 Stock of licensed motor vehicles by Maltese locality as at 31 December 2003 75 T25 Stock of licensed motor vehicles by Gozo locality as at 31 December 2003 77 T26 Imports of new and second hand motor vehicles by category and engine cubic capacity 78 T27 Transport equipment (vehicles) at 31 December 2003 passenger road vehicles registered/licensed in the country 79 T28 Number of driving licence holders by five year age groups 82 Economic Transport T29 Import duties, registration licences and excise duties collected: 1998 - 2003 85 C2 Import duties, registration licences and excise duties collected: 1998 - 2003 85 T30 Number of enterprises by employment size/class: 2001 86 T31 Number of persons employed by enterprise size/class: 2001 87 T32 Turnover by activity: 2001 88 T33 Value added at factor cost by activity: 2001 89 T34 Turnover per person employed: 2001 90 T35 Apparent labour productivity (value added/persons employed): 2001 91 Other Transport T36 Sea transport between Malta and Gozo 95 C3 Total vehicles, passengers and trips by quarter: 1999 - 2003 95 Page T37 Casualties by sex and age in Malta: 2003 96 T38 Total casualties by means of transport and age in the Maltese Islands: January - December 2003 97 T39 Total traffic accidents 98 C4 Total traffic accidents 98 T40 Number of injured persons by day of the week: 2003 99 COMMENTARY AIR TRANSPORT There was a marginal increase of 8,005 or 0.3 per cent passengers for 2003 that used the Malta International Airport. The increase was registered throughout the second and third quarters of the year whilst in the first and fourth quarters there was a decrease in passenger movements as shown below: January - March - -1.5 per cent April - June - 3.2 per cent July - September - 1.3 per cent October - December - -3.5 per cent (see table 1) The number of passenger movements from U.K. and Italy increased by 29,148 and 16,657 respectively. Passenger movement from Germany and Other EU countries decreased by 35,367 and 9,247 from the previous year (see table 2). British airports remained the most sought by the passengers traveling to and from Malta. Gatwick and Manchester showing an increase of 6.5 per cent and 3.5 per cent increase over 2002. Heathrow airport registered a decrease of 5,062 passengers or 3.0 per cent over the same period under review (see table 3). Air Malta remained to be the major carrier, taking up 59.5 per cent of the total aircraft movements and 59.9 per cent of the total passenger movements. The Maltese company carried 1,558,299 passengers, a decrease of 4.8 per cent. Alitalia carried 117,581 passengers (showed a high increase of 26.1 per cent) whilst Lufthansa carried 105,335 passengers, registering a decrease of 2.3 per cent over the previous year (see table 4). The most common used aircraft was the Boeing 737-300 Series totaling 10,221 flights. This 69-50 passenger range aircraft took 37.5 per cent of the total flights whilst the bigger Airbus A320 (99-70 passenger range) took 19.4 per cent of the market share (see table 5). MARITIME TRANSPORT There was an increase of 125,067 tons of unloaded units when compared with year 2002. All the unloaded containers showed an increase; 20-footers increased by 3.4 per cent to 23,557 and the 40-foot containers increased by 2,086 to 13,844 or 17.7 per cent. The total number of loaded units was 337,526 tons; a decrease of 4,015 tons or 1.2 per cent (see table 23). vi ROAD TRANSPORT The total number of private vehicles in Malta amounted to 188,423 with Birkirkara registering the highest number of vehicles i.e. 11,198. Mosta and Qormi followed with 9,534 and 8,926 respectively. Victoria has 2,990 licensed private vehicles in its locality, resulting into the biggest locality in Gozo. Malta imported 3,275 new petrol vehicles in the 1000-1499 cc category in 2003. This resulted in an increase of 65 vehicles or 2.0 per cent when compared to the previous year. There was a total of 4,972 imported new and used diesel vehicles in 2003. OTHER TRANSPORT There was an increase of 68,362 passengers or 2.1 per cent who crossed the Maltese Islands. The total number of vehicles was 899,221; an increase of 6.4 per cent over the previous year . In 2003 there were a total of 1,188 persons who sustained injuries, with 734 being males and 454 being females. Out of the reported 544 male slight injuries 165 cases were in the 15-24 years category. In the same category, 115 females were injured. In the Maltese Islands there where 17 fatal casualties; 12 being males and 5 being females. In respect of casualties by means of transport there were 887 accidents, which occurred by passenger cars. Again the highest number was recorded in the 15-24 years category. Furthermore there were 152 motorcyclists who suffered an accident. The total number of traffic accidents was 13,979, a decrease of 83 with the highest number being recorded in the North Harbour District where 5,501 cases being reported. Saturday is the most common day of the week that there are traffic accidents; 227 cases occurred on Saturday; followed by Sunday where a further 199 cases were reported. vii This is a blank page Air Transport Table 1. Passenger movements Charter /Non- Scheduled General Transit Domestic Total Year Scheduled flights aviation flights flights passengers flights 2001 Jan-Mar 339,492 126,892 656 4,162 5,300 476,502 Apr-Jun 517,870 235,493 1,740 7,175 14,939 777,217 Jul-Sep 691,352 311,430 1,039 8,612 22,018 1,034,451 Oct-Dec 360,557 142,677 556 5,079 8,974 517,843 Total 1,909,271 816,492 3,991 25,028 51,231 2,806,013 2002 Jan-Mar 328,590 95,553 584 4,960 5,321 435,008 Apr-Jun 489,254 186,347 899 8,170 13,506 698,176 Jul-Sep 678,823 266,780 805 7,661 19,094 973,163 Oct-Dec 408,684 135,605 926 7,159 9,055 561,429 Total 1,905,351 684,285 3,214 27,950 46,976 2,667,776 2003 Jan-Mar 336,198 80,185 594 6,922 4,575 428,474 Apr-Jun 499,662 199,638 994 7,889 12,144 720,327 Jul-Sep 703,041 253,260 1,467 8,544 19,157 985,469 Oct-Dec 402,165 123,505 1,736 5,863 8,242 541,511 Total 1,941,066 656,588 4,791 29,218 44,118 2,675,781 Source:MIA Chart 1.