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Inland Waterways

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...