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. Between 2015‑2017, freight transport on the EU’s inland waterways remained steady at about 145‑146 billion tkm. It dropped sharply in 2018, partly recovered in 2019 and 2021, but stayed below the earlier peak. ...