page_title: Transport in Europe
section_title: Sea and river transport
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Europe / Sea and river transport
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schiffsstau am 20. August 2013 auf dem Rhein bei Köln. Der Rhein war zu diesem Zeitpunkt infolge einer Havarie an der „Deutzer Platte“ für den Schiffsverkehr gesperrt. Kurz zuvor war die Talfahrt wieder freigegeben worden.
context_page_description: Transport in Europe provides for the movement needs of over 700 million people and associated freight.
context_section_description: The Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands is the largest port in Europe and one of the busiest ports in the world, handling some 440 million metric tons of cargo in 2013. When the associated Europoort industrial area is included, Rotterdam is by certain measurements the world's busiest port. Two thirds of all inland water freight shipping within the E.U., and 40% of containers, pass through the Netherlands. Other large ports are the Port of Hamburg in Germany and the Port of Antwerp in Belgium. They are all a part of the so-called "Northern Range".
  The English Channel is one of the world's busiest seaways carrying over 400 ships per day between Europe's North Sea and Baltic Sea ports and the rest of the world.
  As well as its role in freight movement, sea transport is an important part of Europe's energy supply. Europe is one of the world's major oil tanker discharge destinations. Energy is also supplied to Europe by sea in the form of LNG. The South Hook LNG terminal at Milford Haven, Wales is Europe's largest LNG terminal.
caption: Ships on the Rhine at Cologne.
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