For the year 2014

DREM releases the “Transport Statistics” publication

The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) releases today on its official statistics website the “Transport Statistics of the Autonomous Region of Madeira – 2014” publication. As in the previous years, this publication contains data for land, air and maritime transport.

Passenger movement increased in all collective means of transport; movement of goods in the regional seaports and airports decreased

According to the data compiled by DREM, in 2014, the passenger transport by bus increased by 0.8% when compared to 2013.  In the year of reference, 17.5 million passengers were counted in the urban lines (+0.1%) and 8.1 million in the intercity lines (+2.1%).

In air transport, the airports of Madeira and Porto Santo recorded a movement of 2.6 million passengers during 2014, a 4.0% increase compared to 2013.

The transport of passengers in the sea line between the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo grew by 1.3%, reaching a total of 251,979 in the year of reference.

According to the data provided by the Port’s authority, 473,415 transit passengers aboard cruise ships were counted  in 2014, a slight increase of 0.2% when compared to the previous year. The number of cruise ships that visited Madeira dropped by 1.0% (down by three from 2013).

Regarding the movement of goods in Madeira's ports, the statistics for 2014 show decreases for both unloaded (-2.6%) and loaded goods (-2.9%).

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