Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

international transport is essential, mainly the increasing share of the third-country transport and
cabotage.
Graph 8 - Inland waterway transport volumes (thousands of tons) – realized only by vessels
1 800
1 600
1 400
1 200
thousa1
000
nds of
tons
800
600
400
200
0
registered in the CR
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
international in total national
Source: CityPlan based on the Transport yearbook data
Apart from the import and export data, the graph above also depicts transport in third countries
and cabotage 18 . Considering the Elbe waterway, the statistics must be purified of these data to
gain actual data about international transport realized on the Elbe with regard to the CR. Such data
are following:
18 Cabotage – a transport mode realized on the territory of one country by a transporter from another country (the loading
and unloading points are located in the same country)
Transportation into third countries – transportation from one country to other countries (the loading and unloading points
are located in different countries)
A feasibility study for “Improvement of Conditions for the River Transport in Central Europe (mainly on the Elbe
River)“ realized within the ChemLog project 142