BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 19. In August 2025, about 10,000 road motor vehicles were registered for the first time in Slovenia, or three percent more than the year before, Trend reports, citing the country's Statistical Office.
Of these, almost 7,000 passenger cars were registered for the first time, which was 5 percent more than last August. More than 4,200 were first registrations of new passenger cars, or 16 percent more.
Among selected counters on motorways, the section with the Drenov Grič counter near Vrhnika was the busiest with passenger vehicles this August. It counted over 2.2 million passenger vehicles, or 3 percent fewer than in the same month the year before. The largest number of goods vehicles (almost 0.6 million) was recorded by the Ravbarkomanda counter near Postojna, which was 2 percent fewer year-on-year.
10.4 million passenger vehicles entered or exited Slovenia via road border crossings, 3 percent more than in August of last year. There were also almost 1.8 million goods vehicles, or 7 percent more.
More than 186,300 passengers departed from or arrived at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport, which was 12 percent more than last August. Almost 900 tonnes of goods were handled, which was 3 percent more.
369 ships arrived at or departed from Slovenian ports, 11 percent more year-on-year. Of them, 116 were cruise ships. Passenger vessels transported 30,500 passengers, or 40 percent more. 1.8 million tonnes of goods were handled in the port of Koper, which was almost a tenth (9 percent) more.
In the 2nd quarter of this year, almost 4.4 million tonnes of goods were carried by rail, and almost 1.1 billion tonne-kilometers were performed, which was a 9 percent decrease in goods carried and an 8 percent decrease in tonne-kilometers performed compared to the 2nd quarter of 2024.
From April through June, road goods motor vehicles registered in Slovenia carried almost 27.2 million tonnes of goods and performed almost 5.1 billion tonne-kilometers, which was 1 percent more goods carried and 13 percent fewer tonne-kilometers performed than last year in the 2nd quarter.
To recall, Jože Pučnik Airport commenced operations in December 1963, with regular aviation traffic commencing on January 9, 1964. It serves as the primary international airport for Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Commonly referred to as Ljubljana Airport, it is situated in the settlement of Brnik, approximately 24 kilometers northwest of the city center. The airport functions as a principal conduit for passenger and cargo transportation and is the largest airport in the nation.
