Short sea shipping freight annual growth rate

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
3.1%

European Union · 2024

Short sea shipping freight annual growth rate in the European Union came in at 3.1% in 2024 (Eurostat).

Original source
Publisher
Eurostat
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
EU short sea shipping increased by 3.1% in 2024 compared with 2023
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

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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, an increase of 3.1% from the previous year.

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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_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229T
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_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229T.
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_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229T.
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat2024short0d229t, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Maritime transport statistics}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229T}, 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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Publisher
Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Maritime transport statistics
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
EU short sea shipping increased by 3.1% in 2024 compared with 2023
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
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