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Barge Transportation Market, Global Outlook and Forecast 2023-2032

The global Barge Transportation market was valued at US$ 96360 million in 2022 and is projected to reach US$ 115000 million by 2029, at a CAGR of 2.6% during the forecast period. The influence of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War were considered while estimating market sizes.

A barge is a flat-bottomed base used for carrying a huge capacity of heavy goods through waterways. A single barge can carry goods with capacity of above 1,500 tons at once which is far more than that of railcars or trucks.
This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Barge Transportation, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Barge Transportation. This report contains market size and forecasts of Barge Transportation in global, including the following market information:

  • Global Barge Transportation Market Revenue, 2018-2023, 2024-2032, ($ millions)
  • Global top five companies in 2022 (%)


Huge capacity of the barges is expected to drive the growth of market during the forecast period. In addition, one of the major drivers for this market is Growth in world seaborne trade, especially for ethanol transportation. The global ethanol production is witnessing an upward growth after a slight decline in 2012. The US and Brazil are the major ethanol producers. Both the countries held 84%-86% of the global ethanol production in 2016. Rising demand of petrochemical shipments across the globe and increasing crude oil demand especially from developed countries which include US and Japan will further escalate the growth of barge transportation market share over the next few years. North America barge transportation market is anticipated to grow at highest CAGR of over 5% resulted from high demand for petrochemical shipments from the region. Asia Pacific barge transportation market is expected to maintain its position over the forecast period on account of rapid industrialization and increasing population.
MARKET MONITOR GLOBAL, INC (MMG) has surveyed the Barge Transportation companies, and industry experts on this industry, involving the revenue, demand, product type, recent developments and plans, industry trends, drivers, challenges, obstacles, and potential risks.

Total Market by Segment:

Global Barge Transportation Market, by Type, 2018-2023, 2024-2032 ($ millions)

Global Barge Transportation Market Segment Percentages, by Type, 2022 (%)

  • Open Barge
  • Covered Barge
  • Tank Barge

Global Barge Transportation Market, by Application, 2018-2023, 2024-2032 ($ millions)

Global Barge Transportation Market Segment Percentages, by Application, 2022 (%)

  • Coal & Crude Petroleum
  • Agricultural Products
  • Coke & Refined Petroleum Products
  • Metal Ores
  • Secondary Raw Materials & Wastes
  • Food Products
  • Beverages & Tobacco
  • Basic Metals & Fabricated Metal Products
  • Chemicals

Global Barge Transportation Market, By Region and Country, 2018-2023, 2024-2032 ($ Millions)

Global Barge Transportation Market Segment Percentages, By Region and Country, 2022 (%)

  • North America
  • US
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Europe
  • Germany
  • France
  • U.K.
  • Italy
  • Russia
  • Nordic Countries
  • Benelux
  • Rest of Europe
  • Asia
  • China
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • Southeast Asia
  • India
  • Rest of Asia
  • South America
  • Brazil
  • Argentina
  • Rest of South America
  • Middle East & Africa
  • Turkey
  • Israel
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • Rest of Middle East & Africa

Competitor Analysis

The report also provides analysis of leading market participants including:

  • Key companies Barge Transportation revenues in global market, 2018-2023 (estimated), ($ millions)
  • Key companies Barge Transportation revenues share in global market, 2022 (%)

key players include:

  • ACBL
  • Danser Group
  • Ingram Marine Group
  • Kirby
  • SEACOR

Outline of Major Chapters:
Chapter 1: Introduces the definition of Barge Transportation, market overview.
Chapter 2: Global Barge Transportation market size in revenue.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Barge Transportation company competitive landscape, revenue and market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Sales of Barge Transportation in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space of each country in the world.
Chapter 7: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 8: The main points and conclusions of the report.