Inland navigation in Europe declined in the first half of 2025 as weaker industrial demand, low-water conditions and geopolitical disruption reduced freight activity. Passenger cruise traffic improved strongly, especially on the Rhine, Danube and Moselle. Inland navigation in Europe faced a challenging first half of 2025, with EU inland waterway transport performance falling to 58.7 billion tonne-kilometres, down 4.6% year […]
