Eurostat: EU inland waterway freight rose 4.5% in 2024
Freight performance grew 4.5% year over year, its first rise after two annual declines.
Event / data period: 2024
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IllustrationContainer performance rose 3.7%. Germany and the Netherlands accounted for 70.5% of tonne-kilometres.
Tonne-kilometres combine cargo and distance.
Data
Inland waterway transport
Eurostat indicators for EU inland waterway freight.
- Freight transport change
- 4.5 percent year over year
- 2024 · Observed
- Container transport change
- 3.7 percent year over year
- 2024 · Observed
- Metal ores share of tonne-kilometres
- 23.2 percent
- 2024 · Observed
- Combined Germany and Netherlands share
- 70.5 percent
- 2024 · Observed
Methodology
Freight performance is measured in tonne-kilometres; container activity in TEU-kilometres, distinct measures.
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