The freight activities in Europe have a value of 3.481 billions of km.

Road transport represents about 49,4% of the total, railway transport about 11,7% and those via inland water about 4,4%. The intra-EU maritime transport are the second most utilized mode (31.3%), while intra-EU air transport are valid only 0.1%.

The route to the optimization of logistics costs also depends on the choice of the most efficient path.