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Argentina: Transport

Railways (traffic)

  2007  2008  2009 
Passengers carried (’000)  425,760  450,914  433,420 
Freight carried ('000 tons)  24,927  23,619  20,731 
Passenger-km (million)  8,248  9,053  8,810 
Freight ton-km (million)  12,871  12,024  10,649 

Road Traffic ('000 motor vehicles in use)

  2003  2004  2005 
Passenger cars  4,668  4,926  5,230 
Commercial vehicles  1,198  1,684  1,775 
Source: UN, Statistical Yearbook
2007 (’000 motor vehicles in use at 31 December): Total vehicles 12,399.9
Source: IRF, World Road Statistics

Shipping

Merchant Fleet (registered at 31 December)

  2007  2008  2009 
Number of vessels  569  576  583 
Total displacement ('000 grt)  838.0  785.3  743.4 
Source: IHS Fairplay, World Fleet Statistics

International Sea-borne Freight Traffic ('000 metric tons)

  1996  1997  1998 
Goods loaded  52,068  58,512  69,372 
Goods unloaded  16,728  19,116  19,536 
Goods unloaded: 16,320 in 2004; 22,992 in 2007; 25,836 in 2008; 16,044 in 2009.
Source: UN, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
Total maritime freight handled (’000 metric tons): 130,775 in 2003; 135,001 in 2004; 152,921 in 2005; 152,074 in 2006; 168,260 in 2007
Source: Dirección Nacional de Puertos

Civil Aviation

  2007  2008  2009 
Kilometres flown (million)  178  186  190 
Passengers carried ('000)  14,735  15,105  15,508 
Passenger-km (million)  19,537  20,038  21,286 
Total freight carried (’000 metric tons)  389  306  219 

Citation: Transport (Argentina), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. Retrieved 06 February 2012 from http://www.europaworldonline.com/pub/entry/ar.ss.63
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