Inland waterway freight transport

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118 billiontonne-kilometres

European Union · 2025

Inland waterway freight transport in the European Union was 118 billion tonne-kilometres in 2025 (Eurostat).

Original source

Publisher: Eurostat
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: Inland waterway freight transport down by 3% in 2025
Retrieved: 18 Sep 2026
Status: Verified

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In 2025, freight transport on EU inland waterways reached 118.0 billion tonne-kilometres (tkm), indicating a 3.0% decrease (-3.7 billion tkm) compared with 2024.
Statistical Office of the European Union, Inland waterway freight transport down by 3% in 2025

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Statistical Office of the European Union. (2025). Inland waterway freight transport down by 3% in 2025. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260729-1. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QHKK6709W09VNAEND0QDE1MJMZ

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MLA: Statistical Office of the European Union. "Inland waterway freight transport down by 3% in 2025." 2025, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260729-1. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QHKK6709W09VNAEND0QDE1MJMZ.
Chicago: Statistical Office of the European Union. "Inland waterway freight transport down by 3% in 2025." 2025. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260729-1. Accessed September 18, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QHKK6709W09VNAEND0QDE1MJMZ.
BibTeX: @misc{eurostat2025inlande1mjmz, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Inland waterway freight transport down by 3\% in 2025}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QHKK6709W09VNAEND0QDE1MJMZ}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260729-1. Accessed September 18, 2026.} }

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Publisher: Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report: Inland waterway freight transport down by 3% in 2025
Type: Press release
Published: —
Locator: Inland waterway freight transport down by 3% in 2025
Retrieved: 18 September 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: See source

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Status: Verified
Review protocol: pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on: 27 September 2026
Last revision: 27 September 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_QHKK6709W09VNAEND0QDE1MJMZ

Same indicator, other countries

2025 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
Germany	42.7 billion tonne-kilometres	Eurostat	Open record
Netherlands	42.2 billion tonne-kilometres	Eurostat	Open record

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Record last modified 27 September 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_QHKK6709W09VNAEND0QDE1MJMZ.