Key Market Indicators
Belgian shipping freight volume is expected to reach 6.4 billion tonne kilometres by 2026. This is a 2.1% average annual decline since 2021, when it was 7.0 billion. Since 1975, Belgian freight volume has decreased by 7.4% a year. In 2021, it was the seventh-largest freight volume in the world. Romania surpassed it with 7.0 billion tonne kilometres. The United States, Russia and Germany were in second, third and fourth place respectively.
