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It is still somehow alive in Germany https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/WS/waterways-as-transport-routes.html https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articl

It is still somehow alive in Germany https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/WS/waterways-as-transport-routes.html https://bmdv.bund.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/WS/waterways-as-... > Up to 240 million tonnes of bulk goods are transported per year via the German Federal waterways, which amounts to around 65 billion tonne-kilometres. This equals almost 75 per cent of the goods transport by railway in this country or about 14 million lorry journeys.

brnt 2y ago
In the Netherlands it's even more. Seems like the Dutch wikipage on the subject is far more comprehensive to the English one: https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binnenvaart https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binnenvaart Says over a quarter of freight goes by boot. Not surprising, seeing as how many small inland ports there are.