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Serbian Rail Freight Expands 10.8% as Inland Waterway Transport Contracts

Serbia’s transport sector recorded diverging trends across freight modes in the first half of 2026, with railway transport services expanding while inland waterway activity and pipeline transport declined. Cargo-handling volumes increased despite a slight reduction in the overall quantity of goods transported. The physical volume of railway transport services rose 10.8% year on year in January–June, according to the latest available semiannual statistics. Over the same period, inland waterway transport services fell 13.5%, while pipeline transport services decreased 1.6%. Freight…