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Article | REF: C5550 V2

Inland Waterways

Author: Jean-Louis MATHURIN

Publication date: May 10, 2020

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1.1 Waterways in Europe and around the world

There are over 600,000 km of navigable waterways worldwide. More than 50 countries have a navigable network over 1,000 km long, but the majority of these networks are under-utilized. The largest networks are located in China, Russia, Brazil, the European Union (EU) and the USA .

In China, the total length of the network is 127,000 km, but commercially important waterways total 24,000 km.

The U.S. inland waterway network comprises 41,000 km of waterways, of which around 16,000 km are commercially...

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