Freight Transport 2019

5.1 Transport of goods, performance by mode in EU 28, 1995-2016 (billion tkm)

Road Rail Inland Water- ways Pipe- lines Total
Sea(1) Air
1995 1 289  388  122  115  930  2 2845, 948
1996 1 303  394  120  119  942  2 2879, 110
1997 1 352  411  128  119  969  2 2980, 161
1998 1 414  394  131  126 1 000  2 3068, 126
1999 1 461  385  129  125 1 029  2 3131, 013
2000 1 509  406  134  127 1 067  2 3245, 469
2001 1 553  389  133  134 1 083  2 3292, 888
2002 1 603  387  133  130 1 100  2 3353, 992
2003 1 608  395  124  132 1 119  2 3378, 889
2004 1 751  413  137  133 1 159  2 3594, 399
2005 1 755  416  139  138 1 161  2 3611, 459
2006 1 810  438  139  137 1 172  2 3698, 380
2007 1 876  452  146  128 1 148  2 3752, 549
2008 1 844  443  147  125 1 123  2 3684, 484
2009 1 660  364  133  122 1 011  2 3291, 570
2010 1 710  394  156  121 1 079  2 3461, 574
2011 1 699  422  142  118 1 104  2 3488, 30
2012 1 645  407  150  115 1 075  2 3394, 066
2013 1 671  407  153  112 1 089  2 3433, 833
2014 1 677  411  151  111 1 128  3 3480, 078
2015 1 714  415  147  114 1 110  3 3 504
2016 1 804  412  147  115 1 181  3 3 661
1995 -2016 40,0% 6,1% 20,6% 0,2% 26,9% 47,1% 28,6%
2000 -2016 19,5% 1,4% 10,0% -9,4% 10,7% 20,1% 12,8%
2015-2016 5,2% -0,8% -0,1% 0,7% 6,4% 1,8% 4,5%

Source: EC
Air and Sea: only domestic and intra-EU-28 transport; estimates for air and for sea (1995-2004)
Road: national and international haulage by vehicles registered in the EU-28 until 2004, from 2005 onwards the activity performed by European drivers within the EU territory.

(1) The time series for maritime transport performance has been revised, for the period from 2005 onwards, by replacing previous estimates on port-to port distances with more accurate measurements by Eurostat. The time series from 1995 to 2004 has been recalibrated by DG MOVE in line with the new Eurostat figures to avoid break in series. The revision of tkm figures mainly concerns the calculation of distance travelled and not the tonnages transported by sea.

5.2 Goods transport by mode in EU 28, 2016 (% of tkm)

Source: EC
Notes:
Air and Sea: only domestic and intra-EU-27 transport; provisional estimates
Road: national and international haulage by vehicles registered in the EU-28

5.3 Inland transport modal split in EU 28, 2000-2016 (% of tkm)

Road Rail Inland waterways Pipelines
2000 69,4 18,7 6,2 5,8
2001 70,3 17,6 6,0 6,1
2002 71,2 17,2 5,9 5,8
2003 71,2 17,5 5,5 5,8
2004 71,9 17,0 5,6 5,5
2005 71,7 17,0 5,7 5,6
2006 71,7 17,4 5,5 5,4
2007 72,1 17,4 5,6 4,9
2008 72,1 17,3 5,7 4,9
2009 72,9 16,0 5,8 5,3
2010 71,8 16,5 6,5 5,1
2011 71,3 17,7 6,0 5,0
2012 71,0 17,6 6,5 5,0
2013 71,3 17,4 6,5 4,8
2014 71,4 17,5 6,4 4,7
2015 71,7 17,4 6,2 4,8
2016 72,8 16,6 5,9 4,6

Source: EC
Notes:
Road: national and international haulage by vehicles registered in the EU-28

5.4 Inland transport modal split in EU 28, 2016 (% of tkm)

Source: EC
Notes:
Road: national and international haulage by vehicles registered in the EU-28

5.5 Performance of inland freight transport by mode in EU countries, 2016 (billion tkm)

Road (*) Railways Inland Waterways (**) Pipelines (Oil) (***)
EU-28 1830, 954 411, 755 147, 317 115, 126
BE 30,9 7,3 10,3 1,6
BG 35,4 3,4 5,5 0,7
CZ 50,3 15,6 0,0 1,6
DK 16,1 2,6 2,0
DE 315,8 116,2 54,3 18,8
EE 6,7 2,3
IE 11,6 0,1
EL 24,6 0,3 0,2
ES 217,0 10,5 10,0
FR 155,8 32,6 8,3 11,4
HR 11,3 2,2 0,8 1,6
IT 112,6 22,7 0,1 10,0
CY 0,7
LV 14,2 15,9 1,5
LT 31,0 13,8 0,0 0,4
LU 9,3 0,2 0,2
HU 40,0 10,5 2,0 2,3
MT 0,3
NL 68,0 6,6 49,4 6,0
AT 26,1 21,4 2,0 8,5
PL 290,7 50,7 0,1 22,2
PT 34,9 2,8 0,4
RO 48,2 13,5 13,2 1,1
SI 18,7 4,4
SK 36,1 8,4 0,9 4,9
FI 26,8 9,5 0,1
SE 42,7 21,4 0,0
UK 155,0 17,1 0,1 10,0

Source: EC
(*) National and international haulage by vehicles registered in the reporting country (including cross-trade and cabotage). Only haulage of heavy goods vehicles (usually > 3,5 tonnes load capacity)
(**) For FI only shipborne transport (i.e. no floating)
(***) Data are not harmonised and therefore not fully comparable; in most countries, only pipelines longer than 40km are included. DE: only crude oil (i.e. no refined petroleum products)

5.6 Performance by mode for inland freight transport in EU 28, 1995-2016 (billion tkm)

Source: EC

5.7 Total road transport by group of goods in EU countries, 2017 (1.000 tonnes and million tkm)

Thousand
tonnes
Million tkm
BE 300121 34220
BG 151479 35150
CZ : :
DK 179062 15502
DE 3161837 313149
EE : :
IE : :
EL 388898 28377
ES : :
FR 1714292 167691
HR 72343 11834
IT : :
CY 25595 826
LV 68013 14972
LT : :
LU 56594 9414
HU 188250 39684
NL 666069 67533
AT 386858 25978
PL 1501811 335220
PT 157924 34186
RO 226345 54704
SI 86212 20814
SK 176750 35411
FI 280744 27966
SE : :
UK : :
TOTAL 9.789.197 1.272.631

Source: Eurostat

5.8 Transport of dangerous goods* in EU countries, 2013-2017 (million tkm)

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
BE 2124 1.694 3.353 4.070 3.838
BG 958 684 885 469 591
CZ 1281 1.567 1.865 2.224 1.895
DK 760 690 814 699 621
DE 12958 12.912 12.425 12.725 12.934
EE 163 172 146 145 208
IE 476 355 347 306 146
EL 1061 1.010 1.377 798 1.451
ES 10626 11.718 12.269 11.538 12.735
FR 8158 7.976 8.281 9.747 9.737
HR 483 501 455 531 582
IT 8037 7.358 6.942 6.635 7.918
CY 181 147 138 165 193
LV 213 227 315 335 282
LT 386 534 488 591 593
LU 700 839 454 482 503
HU 997 1.023 1.206 1.315 1.273
NL 1332 1.119 1.171 1.181 1.296
AT 946 933 927 1.010 1.033
PL 7024 8.778 9.174 8.444 8.785
PT 973 946 1.158 983 1.035
RO 1704 1.664 1.623 2.326 2.490
SI 552 724 714 857 890
SK 228 329 364 398 496
FI 1426 1.423 1.909 2.201 1.888
SE 1064 1.283 2.122 1.794 1.983
UK 8268 7.759 9.601 9.015 7.121
EU 28 73079 74365 80523 80984 82.517

Source: Eurostat
*Total of dangerous goods includes: Explosives; Gases – compressed, liquified, dissolved under pressure; Flammable liquids and solids; Substances liable to spontaneous combustion; Substance emitting flammable gases (with water); Oxidising substances; Organic peroxides; Toxic substances; Substances liable to cause infections; Radioactive material; Corrosives; Miscellaneous dangerous substances.

5.9 Registration of commercial vehicles in EU and selected countries, 2016-2017

Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) Up to 3,5 t
Country 2016 2017 Evolution 2016-2017
AT 35.906 40.158 11,8%
BE 71.011 79.427 11,9%
DK 4.321 5.087 17,7%
HR 8.316 8.500 2,2%
CZ 19.236 19.396 0,8%
DK 36.624 35.888 -2,0%
EE 4.353 4.781 9,8%
FI 13.687 15.689 14,6%
FR 408.546 437.415 7,1%
DE 258.118 270.730 4,9%
EL 5.623 6.579 17,0%
HU 21.335 19.943 -6,5%
IE 27.537 23.916 -13,1%
IT 200.434 191.944 -4,2%
LV 2.218 2.245 1,2%
LT 2.791 3.227 15,6%
LU 4.549 4.861 6,9%
NL 70.061 73.116 4,4%
PL 56.686 57.322 1,1%
PT 34.890 38.506 10,4%
RO 14.372 16.098 12,0%
SK 7.459 7.689 3,1%
SI 7.738 8.688 12,3%
ES 172.191 198.896 15,5%
SE 51.647 55.381 7,2%
UK 374.889 361.586 -3,5%
EU 28 1.712.695 1.913.895 11,7%
IS 1.628 2.041 25,4%
NO 36.002 35.847 -0,4%
CH 33.475 36.386 8,7%

 

Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles Over 3.5 t
2016 2017 Evolution 2016-2017
AT 7992 8202 2,6%
BE 10786 11304 4,8%
DK 0 0
HR 1325 1313 -0,9%
CZ 11862 10070 -15,1%
DK 5099 5027 -1,4%
EE 878 1048 19,4%
FI 3240 3380 4,3%
FR 48156 51308 6,5%
DE 92459 91720 -0,8%
EL 321 424 32,1%
HU 5513 5852 6,1%
IE 3040 2440 -19,7%
IT 23788 23609 -0,8%
LV 1588 1558 -1,9%
LT 6004 6996 16,5%
LU 1288 1277 -0,9%
NL 15718 15003 -4,5%
PL 26613 26891 1,0%
PT 4828 5481 13,5%
RO 8032 6353 -20,9%
SK 4483 4266
SI 2392 2346 -1,9%
ES 24848 24876 0,1%
SE 6520 6761 3,7%
UK 24678 2899 -88,3%
EU 28 341451 320404 -6,2%
IS 306 393 28,4%
NO 5988 6236 4,1%
CH 4495 4924 9,5%

Source: ACEA