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Table 3 Road freight transport, HDV performance data (1997–2003)

From: The vehicle approach for freight road transport energy and environmental analysis in Spain

Type

Indicator name and units

1997

2003

Annual increment (% y−1)

DIs

Fleet (number of vehicles 103)

234.3

336.3

7.3

Load capacity (103 t)

3 596.1

5 586.0

9.2

Operations (106)

145.7

251.8

12.1

Running kilometers (106 km)

16 506.8

26 214.5

9.8

Tonnes (106 t)

1 054.8

1 850.0

12.6

Tonne kilometres (109 tkm)

119.5

192.6

10.2

Fuel consumption (106 l)1

4 952.0 ± 825.3 (4 126.7−5 777.4)

7 864.4 ± 1 310.7 (6 553.6–9 175.1)

9.8

Tonnes oil equivalent (106 toe)1

4.6 ± 0.8 (3.8–5.3)

7.3 ± 1.2 (6.1–8.5)

9.8

Tonnes of CO2 equivalent (106 tCO2e)1

13.3 ± 2.2 (11.0–15.5)

21.0 ± 3.5 (17.5–24.6)

9.8

KPIs

Vehicle loading–loaded operations (%)

79

80

0.2

Vehicle loading–total operations (%)

41

40

−0.4

Operation factor (km/operation)

113.3

104.1

−1.3

Empty running operations (%)

47

47

_2

Empty running kilometers (%)

26

26

_2

Fuel efficiency (koe/t-km)1

0.038 ± 0.006 (0.032–0.045)

0.038 ± 0.006 (0.031–0.044)

−0.2

Emission efficiency (grs CO2/t-km)1

110.9 ± 18.5 (92.4–129.4)

109.3 ± 18.2 (91.1–127.5)

−0.2

Vehicle time utilization (%)

78

79

0.2

Transport content (km/t)

15.6

14.2

−1.6

Transport distance (km)

113.2

104.1

−1.3

Transport efficiency (tkm/vkm)

7.2

7.3

0.3

  1. 1 the values are means ± standard deviations and ranges (in parenthesis)
  2. 2not significant differences