Short sea shipping freight volume

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XCD-ABV5TTJ4FY-0D229S

more than1.6 billiontonnes
estimate

European Union · 2024

Short sea shipping freight volume in the European Union was more than 1.6 billion tonnes in 2024 (Eurostat).

Original source

Short sea shipping freight volume: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
Eurostat
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Highlights
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The total gross weight of goods transported as part of EU short sea shipping was estimated at more than 1.6 billion tonnes in 2024.

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APA

Statistical Office of the European Union. (2024). Maritime transport statistics. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Maritime_transport_statistics_-_short_sea_shipping_of_goods. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229S

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MLA
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Maritime transport statistics." 2024, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Maritime_transport_statistics_-_short_sea_shipping_of_goods. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229S.
Chicago
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Maritime transport statistics." 2024. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Maritime_transport_statistics_-_short_sea_shipping_of_goods. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229S.
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat2024short0d229s, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Maritime transport statistics}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229S}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Maritime\_transport\_statistics\_-\_short\_sea\_shipping\_of\_goods. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-01M2KJ7XCD-ABV5TTJ4FY-0D229S T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Maritime transport statistics
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Highlights
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229S