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In 2021, river transport of goods in Germany increased by 3.8% percent
That was down -4.9% percent from 2019 percent
March 25, 2022
Last year the transport of goods by river in Germany increased by 3.8% percent, having amounted to 195.1 million tonnes compared with 188.0 million tonnes in 2020. The decrease was generated exclusively by the reduction of national traffic. Today, in fact, the German Federal Statistical Office said that in 2021, 46.4 million tonnes of domestic traffic were handled on inland waterways (-7.2%), 49.8 million tonnes of export traffic (+ 1.8%), 88.2 million tonnes of traffic. millions of tons of import traffic (+ 12.3%) and 10.6 million tonnes of transit traffic (+ 1.0%).
Compared to the pre-pandemic year of 2019, globally-handled traffic in 2021 was down -4.9% percent, with a -12.4% percent decline in national traffic, an increase of 2.0% percent in export, a -2.4% percent reduction in traffic in import and a -16.6% percent contraction of transit traffic.
Last year, the largest volumes of cargo transported by river were those of liquid petroleum products (28.2 million tonnes), construction materials (24.7 million tonnes), coal (22.9 million tonnes) and iron ore (20.9 million tons). In the case of container traffic, in 2021, river boats handled a total of 2.2 million teu, an increase of 1.6% percent on the previous year.
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Last year the transport of goods by river in Germany increased by 3.8% percent, having amounted to 195.1 million tonnes compared with 188.0 million tonnes in 2020. The decrease was generated exclusively by the reduction of national traffic. Today, in fact, the German Federal Statistical Office said that in 2021, 46.4 million tonnes of domestic traffic were handled on inland waterways (-7.2%), 49.8 million tonnes of export traffic (+ 1.8%), 88.2 million tonnes of traffic. millions of tons of import traffic (+ 12.3%) and 10.6 million tonnes of transit traffic (+ 1.0%). 
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