In 2023, roughly two-thirds (67.4%) of all freight transported within the EU territory was by sea when considering the amount of goods and the travel distance (tonne-kilometres). Road freight transport accounted for 25.3% of all freight, while rail transport represented 5.5%. Inland waterways accounted for 1.6% of freight transport and the share of air transport was 0.2%. Compared with 2013, road transport was the only mode with an increasing share, rising by 2.8 percentage points (pp) over the 10 year period. At the same time, the share of maritime transport decreased by 2.0 pp, inland waterways by 0.6 pp and rail transport by 0.2 pp. This information comes from data on the modal split of freight transport published by Eurostat today. This article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on freight transport – modal split. (....)