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Freight Transport 2020

5.1 Transport of goods, performance by mode in EU 28, 1995-2017 (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 1 720  415  147  114 1 110  3 3 510
2016 1 786  412  147  115 1 181  3 3 644
2017 1 870  421  147  114 1 176  3 3 731
1995 -2017 45,1% 8,5% 20,4% -0,8% 26,4% 49,0% 31,1%
2000 -2017 23,9% 3,7% 9,8% -10,3% 10,2% 21,7% 15,0%
2015-2017 4,7% 2,2% -0,2% -1,0% -0,4% 1,3% 2,4%

Source : EC
(*) Air and Sea: estimates; only domestic and intra-EU-28 transport.
(**) 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.
(***) 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, 2017 (% of tkm)

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

5.3 Inland transport modal split in EU 28, 2000-2017 (% 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 71,8 17,3 6,2 4,8
2016 72,6 16,7 6,0 4,7
2017 73,3 16,5 5,8 4,5

Source : EC
(*) Road: national and international haulage by vehicles registered in the EU-28.

5.4 Inland transport modal split in EU 28, 2017 (% of tkm)

Source : EC
(*) Road: national and international haulage by vehicles registered in the EU-28.

5.5 Performance of inland freight transport by mode in EU countries, 2017 (billion tkm)

Road (*) Railways Inland Waterways (**) Pipelines (Oil) (***)
EU-28 1920, 865 420, 797 147, 303 113, 987
BE 34,2 7,3 11,1 1,6
BG 35,2 3,9 5,3 0,7
CZ 44,3 15,8 0,0 2,2
DK 15,5 2,7 – 2,2
DE 313,1 112,2 55,5 18,2
EE 6,2 2,3 – –
IE 11,8 0,1 –
EL 28,4 0,4 – 0,0
ES 231,1 10,7 – 9,7
FR 167,7 33,4 7,5 11,2
HR 11,8 2,6 0,8 1,8
IT 119,7 22,3 0,1 10,3
CY 0,8 – – –
LV 15,0 15,0 – 1,4
LT 39,1 15,4 0,0 0,4
LU 9,4 0,2 0,2 –
HU 39,7 13,4 2,0 2,4
MT 0,3 – – –
NL 67,5 6,5 49,0 6,1
AT 26,0 22,3 2,0 8,4
PL 335,2 54,8 0,1 21,1
PT 34,2 2,8 – 0,4
RO 54,7 13,8 12,5 1,1
SI 20,8 5,1 – –
SK 35,4 8,5 0,9 4,8
FI 28,0 10,4 0,1 –
SE 41,9 21,8 0,0 –
UK 153,9 17,2 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) IT, LT, FI and UK: data include only national traffic BG, HR and RO: data include transit traffic.
(***) 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) DK: crude oil including water.

5.6 Performance by mode for inland freight transport in EU 28, 1995-2017 (billion tkm)

Source : EC

5.7 Total road transport by group of goods in EU countries, 2018 (1.000 tonnes and million tkm)

Thousand tonnes Million tkm
BE 285505 32685
BG : :
CZ : :
DK 167534 14998
DE 3200925 316772
EE 28494 5775
IE : :
EL 361947 29279
ES : :
FR : :
HR 74009 12635
IT : :
CY 29308 892
LV : :
LT 89105 43590
LU 48846 6800
HU 206669 37948
NL 680065 68876
AT 393313 25763
PL 1390184 315874
PT 156650 32963
RO 237157 58762
SI 85406 22225
SK 177131 35586
FI 274346 28345
SE : :
UK 1425178 159137
TOTAL 9.311.772 1.248.905

Source : Eurostat

5.8 Transport of dangerous goods* in EU countries, 2013-2018 (million tkm)

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
BE 2124 1.694 3.353 4.070 3.838 3.003
BG 958 684 885 469 591 400
CZ 1281 1.567 1.865 2.224 1.895 1.516
DK 760 690 814 699 621 734
DE 12958 12.912 12.425 12.725 12.934 12.835
EE 163 172 146 145 208 215
IE 476 355 347 306 146 102
EL 1061 1.010 1.377 798 1.451 1.178
ES 10626 11.718 12.269 11.538 12.735 13.210
FR 8158 7.976 8.281 9.747 9.737 9.617
HR 483 501 455 531 582 713
IT 8037 7.358 6.942 6.635 7.918 8.439
CY 181 147 138 165 193 146
LV 213 227 315 335 282 296
LT 386 534 488 591 593 582
LU 700 839 454 482 503 491
HU 997 1.023 1.206 1.315 1.273 1.204
NL 1332 1.119 1.171 1.181 1.296 1.467
AT 946 933 927 1.010 1.033 968
PL 7024 8.778 9.174 8.444 8.785 7.386
PT 973 946 1.158 983 1.035 665
RO 1704 1.664 1.623 2.326 2.490 1.944
SI 552 724 714 857 890 1.062
SK 228 329 364 398 496 384
FI 1426 1.423 1.909 2.201 1.888 1.945
SE 1064 1.283 2.122 1.794 1.983 1.585
UK 8268 7.759 9.601 9.015 7.121 7.252
EU 28 73079 74365 80523 80984 82.517 79.339

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, 2018-2019

Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) Up to 3,5 t
Country 2018 2019 Evolution 2018-2019
AT 43.641 43.425 -0,5%
BE  77.936 81.219 4,2%
DK 6.282 5.985 -4,7%
HR 8.901 8.982 0,9%
CZ 1.815 2.274 25,3%
CY 20.225 20.436 1,0%
DK 33.849 33.108 -2,2%
EE 5.012 4.403 -12,2%
FI 15.515 14.702 -5,2%
FR 457.603 478.375 4,5%
DE 285.191 304.965 6,9%
EL 6.905 7.972 15,5%
HU 22.728 26.203 15,3%
IE 25.447 25.350 -0,4%
IT  181.498 187.725 3,4%
LV 2.393 2.703 13,0%
LT 3.577 4.355 21,8%
LU 4.853 5.089 4,9%
NL 79.173 76.395 -3,5%
PL 68.819 69.872 1,5%
PT 39.282 38.454 -2,1%
RO 17.585 16.985 -3,4%
SK 9.126 8.508 -6,8%
SI 12.709 13.407 5,5%
ES 214.556 215.164 0,3%
SE 56.628 53.816 -5,0%
UK 357.325 365.778 2,4%
EU 28 2.058.574 2.115.650 2,8%
IS 1.918 1.383 -27,9%
NO 37.228 37.736 1,4%
CH 32.231 34.555 7,2%

 

Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles Over 3.5 t
2018 2019 Evolution 2018-2019
AT 8.204 8.082 -1,5%
BE  10.816 11.531 6,6%
DK – – –
HR 1.397 1.472 5,4%
CZ 121 120 -0,8%
CY 9.894 9.852
DK 4.984 5.024 0,8%
EE 1.079 1.034 -4,2%
FI 3.898 4.020 3,1%
FR 55.433 56.261 1,5%
DE 94.404 98.399 4,2%
EL 351 428 21,9%
HU 6.258 5.276 -15,7%
IE 2.144 2.209 3,0%
IT  25.566 23.622 -7,6%
LV 1.515 1.110 -26,7%
LT 8.290 7.327 -11,6%
LU 1.032 1.202 16,5%
NL 15.967 15.448 -3,3%
PL 29.870 28.317 -5,2%
PT 5.133 4.975 -3,1%
RO 6.903 6.435 -6,8%
SK 4.308 3.482 –
SI 2.709 2.265 -16,4%
ES 24.305 24.575 1,1%
SE 6.802 7.308 7,4%
UK 53.467 58.568 9,5%
EU 28 384850 388.342 0,9%
IS 425 304 -28,5%
NO 7.068 7.411 4,9%
CH 4.434 4.291 -3,2%

Source : ACEA