Ton kilometers

Tonne-kilometers (tkm) is freight a measure of the transport capacity of freight , called the traffic performance .

It is measured by the product of the transported mass in tons ( ) and the distance covered in kilometers ( ): ${\displaystyle t}$ ${\displaystyle km}$

${\displaystyle t\cdot km}$.

In transport , a distinction is offered or in the form of vehicles available to transport capacity (TKO, English tonne kilometers offered ) and the actual transport performance (TKT, English tonne kilometers transported ). Your quotient is the freight load:

${\displaystyle {\frac {TKT}{TKO}}}$.

In passenger transport, the traffic performance is usually measured in passenger or person kilometers (pkm).

literature

• Literature on tonne kilometers in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon
2. ↑ Terms from aviation , lufthansagroup.com.