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Majority of EU freight transport in 2021 via sea

Last updated: 2023/03/20 at 7:47 AM
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In 2021, maritime transport accounted for more than two-thirds (68%, 5 135 billion tonne-km; tkm) of the EU’s freight transport, the lowest share recorded in the past decade. Road transport accounted for a quarter (25%, 1 863 billion tkm), while rail (5%, 410 billion tkm), inland waterway (2%, 136 billion tkm) and air (0.2%, 15 billion tkm) transport each accounted for small shares of freight transport.

The share of maritime transport decreased slightly compared with 2020 (-1 percentage point; pp). It decreased more significantly compared with the year recording the highest share in the last decade, which was 2012 (-2 pp).

This information comes from data on the modal split of freight transport published by Eurostat today.

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Meanwhile, the share of road transport in 2021 reached the highest share recorded in the past decade. It increased slightly compared with 2020 (+1 pp) and increased more significantly compared with the year recording the lowest share in the last decade, which was 2012 (+3 pp).

Stacked area graph: Modal split of freight transport in the EU, 2011-2021, in %, based on tonne-kilometres

Source dataset: tran_hv_ms_frmod

The share of rail transport also slightly increased in 2021 compared with 2020 (+0.2 pp) but remained lower compared with the year recording the highest share in the last decade, which was 2011 (-1 pp).

Inland waterway transport has remained stable since 2018, but slightly lower than the peak recorded in 2013 (-1 pp).

Air had the smallest share in freight transport and remained at 0.2% in the last decade.

Maritime and road transport – main means of freight transport except in Lithuania
Maritime was the main mode of freight transport for 15 EU members (out of 22 with a coastline) in 2021 and accounted for more than 70% of freight transport in 10 countries.

Meanwhile, road transport was the main mode of freight transport for 10 EU members and accounted for more than 70% in three countries: Luxembourg (84%), Czechia (77%) and Poland (70%).

Rail freight transport was the main mode for only one country: Lithuania (53%).
Source: Eurostat



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