Liquid bulk short sea shipping share
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38.9%
European Union · 2024
Liquid bulk short sea shipping share in the European Union stood at 38.9% in 2024 (Eurostat).
- Publisher
- Eurostat
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Liquid bulk remained the dominant type of cargo in EU short sea shipping
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
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- Verified
What the source says
At 640 million tonnes, liquid bulk accounted for 38.9% of the total short sea shipping of goods to and from main EU ports in 2024 (Figure 6).
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- 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_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D22A7
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- 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_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D22A7.
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- 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_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D22A7.
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- @misc{eurostat2024liquid0d22a7, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Maritime transport statistics}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D22A7}, 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
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- Locator
- Liquid bulk remained the dominant type of cargo in EU short sea shipping
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
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- Verified
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- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
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- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D22A7