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EU ports handled 3.4 billion tonnes of freight in 2023

EU ports handled 3.4 billion tonnes of freight in 2023

In 2023, the EU sea ports handled around 3.4 billion tonnes of freight (total gross weight). The volume of freight decreased by 3.9% compared with 2022 (3.5 billion tonnes) and increased by 5.0% compared with 2013 (3.2 billion tonnes). ...

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Accidents at work claimed 3 286 lives in 2022 in the EU

Accidents at work claimed 3 286 lives in 2022 in the EU

There were nearly 2.97 million non-fatal accidents at work in the EU in 2022, a 3% increase from 2.88 million in 2021 (+ 87 139 more non-fatal accidents). This increase is probably due to the economic restart in 2022 that followed the ...

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Growing EU trade of electric & hybrid cars

Growing EU trade of electric & hybrid cars

Disclaimer: This news item was updated with data extracted on 17 October. Between 2017 and 2023, EU trade of electric and hybrid cars increased substantially. In 2023, 44% of the total number of cars imported into the EU were electric ...

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More businesses opened than dissolved in the EU in 2022

More businesses opened than dissolved in the EU in 2022

In 2022, there was a total of over 32 million enterprises in the EU, 3.4 million new enterprises were born that year, and according to the preliminary data, 2.8 millionenterprise deaths were registered. The enterprise birth rate was ...

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