Maritime Transport Market Outlook 2024 - 2028

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European Maritime Transport Trends in 2024

Maritime Transport is part of Transportation and includes a number of sub-sectors such as Sea Freight, Maritime Passenger Transport and Vessel. You may also be interested in Pipeline Transportation, Rail Transportation and Passenger Transportation.

European Maritime Transport Sales are projected to reach approximately €182 billion by 2028, up from around €172 billion in 2023. This marks a steady growth rate of 1.6% annually. Since 2019, the European market has seen a consistent annual increase of 1.4%. Germany leads the market with sales hitting €39 billion in 2023. Trailing behind are Denmark, France, and the United Kingdom, securing the second, third, and fourth spots, respectively. Notably, Poland has experienced a significant surge with a 17.1% year-on-year increase, while Bulgaria has faced a decline of 14.5% annually since 2019. The European Vessel Fleet is expected to slightly decrease to 2.39 million units by 2028, from 2.43 million units in 2023, with a modest annual growth rate of 0.4%. Since 2019, there has been a 0.5% yearly increase in European supply. Greece tops the chart with 534,000 units in its fleet for 2023. Following Greece are Italy, Denmark, and Croatia, ranking second, third, and fourth, respectively. Malta has shown robust growth with a 9.8% annual increase, whereas Slovenia has seen a 2.8% yearly decline since 2019.

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