In 2024, the freight transport on EU inland waterways, measured in tonne-kilometres, increased by 4.5% compared with 2023. This marks the first increase after 2 consecutive year-on-year declines.
Container transport on EU inland waterways, measured in twenty-foot equivalent unit-kilometres, also rebounded in 2024 compared with 2023, though by a slightly lower figure (3.7%).
This information comes from data on inland waterway freight transport published by Eurostat today. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on inland waterway freight transport. (....)