Transport by type of good (1982-2007 with NST/R)
methods, notes and classification
DATA_DESCR Eurostat collects the following statistics on inland waterway transport: Transport of goods (annual and quarterly mandatory data provision). Vessel traffic (annual optional data provision); Transport of dangerous goods (annual voluntary data provision) Number of accidents (annual voluntary data provision) The data collection of inland waterways freight transport statistics is based on the framework Regulation 1365/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council and on the implementing Commission Regulations 425/2007 and 1304/2007. This legislation has come into force on 1 January 2007. Before that time, the data collection of inland waterways transport statistics was based on Council Directive 80/1119/EEC, which followed a similar but not identical methodology. For this reason, only time series with good data compatibility between the old and the new legislation are shown in this domain. According to the current Regulation, Member States where the total volume of goods transported annually by inland waterways as national, international or transit transport exceeds one million tons have to transmit the requested information. Member States where there is no international or transit inland waterways transport but where the total volume of goods transported annually by inland waterways as national transport exceeds one million tons have to transmit a reduced amount of data.
CLASS_SYSTEM Goods classification: the goods transported by inland waterways are classified according to the Standard Goods Classification for Transport Statistics NST/R (until 2007) and NST2007 (from 2007)áavailable on RAMON. Dangerous goods are classified according to the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN). The classes are the following: Class Denomination 1 Explosive substances and articles 2 Gases 3 Flammable liquids 4.1 Flammable solids, self-reactive substances and solid desensitised explosives 4.2 Substances liable to spontaneous combustion 4.3 Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases 5.1 Oxidising substances 5.2 Organic peroxides 6.1 Toxic substances 6.2 Infectious substances 7 Radioactive material 8 Corrosive substances 9 Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles Regarding the geographical classification, the country/regional flows of goods transported by inland waterways are presented according the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) classification down to level 2. This classification is available on RAMON.
STAT_CONC_DEF Inland waterways transport statistics are reported on the basis of the "territoriality principle". This means that each reporting country reports the loading, unloading and movements of goods that take place on its national territory. The full data provision obligation includes: annually: goods transport by type of goods, by nationality of vessels and by type of vessel as well as container transport by type of goods; quarterly: goods and container transport by nationality of vessels. In addition, the legislation foresees some optional annual data provision regarding vessel traffic. Finally, voluntary annual data provision for the transport of dangerous goods and for the number of accidents has been agreed with the reporting countries. However, the following groups are not within the scope of the data collection: the carriage of goods by vessels of less than 50 deadweight tons; vessels used principally for the carriage of passengers; vessels used for ferrying purposes; vessels used solely for non-commercial purposes by port administration and public authorities; vessels used solely for bunkering storage; vessels not used for the carriage of goods such as fishery vessels, floating workshops, houseboats and pleasure craft. The definitions covering the main concepts used in this domain are included in Article 1 and Annex II to Regulation 425/2007. The main definitions are as follows: Navigable inland waterway: áA watercourse, no part of the sea, which by natural or man-made features is suitable for navigation, primarily by inland waterway vessels. This term covers navigable rivers, lakes, canals and estuaries. Inland waterway vessel: A floating craft designed for the carriage of goods or public transport of passengers, which navigates predominantly in navigable inland waterways or in waters within, or closely adjacent to sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply. For the purpose of this Regulation, the movements of goods and/or passengers using seagoing vessels undertaken wholly in navigable inland waterways will be considered as inland waterways transport and will be subject to the same data provision obligations whether seagoing vessels are specifically mentioned in other definitions or not. Nationality of the vessel: The country in which the vessel is registered. Inland waterways transport: Any movement of goods and/or passengers using inland waterways vessels, which is undertaken wholly or partly in navigable inland waterways. National inland waterways transport: Inland waterways transport between two ports of a national territory irrespective of the nationality of the vessel. International inland waterways transport: Inland waterways transport between two ports located in different national territories. Transit inland waterways transport: Inland waterways transport through a national territory between two ports both located in another national territory or national territories provided that in the total journey within the national territory there is no trans-shipment. Inland waterways traffic: Any movement of a vessel on a given navigable inland waterway. Types of vessels: Self-propelled barge. Any powered inland waterways freight vessel, other than self-propelled tanker barges. Barge not self-propelled. Any unpowered inland waterways freight vessel, other than not self-propelled tanker barges. This category includes towed, pushed and pushed-towed barges. Self-propelled tanker barge. A self-propelled barge intended for the transport of liquids or gases in fixed tanks. Tanker barge not self-propelled. A barge not self-propelled intended for the transport of liquids or gases in fixed tanks Other goods carrying vessel. Any other known or unknown kind of inland waterways freight vessel intended for carrying goods not defined in the previous categories. Seagoing vessel. A vessel other than those, which navigate predominantly in navigable inland waterways or in waters within, or closely adjacent to, sheltered waters or areas where port regulations apply. Containers: A freight container means an article of transport equipment: 1. of a permanent nature and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use; 2. especially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading; 3. fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to another; 4. so designed as to be easy to fill and empty; 5. having a length of 20 feet or more. á The size of containers is reported according to four categories: 1) 20 Foot ISO containers (length of 20 feet and width of 8 feet) 2) 40 Foot ISO containers (length of 40 feet and width of 8 feet) 3) ISO containers over 20 feet and under 40 feet in length 4) ISO containers over 40 feet long á Inland waterways accidents: specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintended external event caused by, or in connection with, the operation of an inland waterways vessel resulting in an inland waterways casualty or incident which occurs in a particular time and place, without apparent cause but with marked effect. By definition suicides are excluded, as they are a deliberate act. Because of their importance, suicide statistics should be collected separately. Terrorist and criminal acts are excluded. Inland waterways accidents involving the transport of dangerous goods: An inland waterways accident involving a vessel carrying any of the classes of dangerous goods defined by the ADN classification
STAT_UNIT The statistical units for inland waterways transport are the inland waterways undertakings. The basic information on tonnes, tonne-kilometres, movements of vessels, vessel-kilometres, TEU and TEU-km has to be complemented with data on the type and nationality of vessels, type of goods transported, type of dangerous goods transported, type of packaging, loading status, size of containers as well as country/region of loading and unloading.
STAT_POP Regarding the statistical population, in principle, all inland waterways undertakings are covered in the national surveys and no samples are used. However, in the case of transit transport, some countries have reported the use of some sampling method for the estimation of this kind of data in their national territory.
REF_AREA Under the requirements of Regulation 1365/2006, 13 Member States (BE, BG, CZ, DE, FR, LU, HU, NL, AT, PL, RO, SK and UK) are obliged to provide data. As stated in Article 2 of the Regulation, the United Kingdom is subject only to reduced data provision. Although not required to do so by the Regulation, three Member States (FI, IT and LT) also provide data on a voluntary basis. Furthermore six Member States (BE, BG, CZ, LU, HU and RO) also supply optional data (vessel traffic, transport of dangerous goods and number of accidents) on a voluntary basis. As for candidate countries, Croatia provided quarterly data and the reduced E1 dataset for reference year 2007. From reference year 2008, Croatia provided all data requested by the Regulation and, on a voluntary basis, data on transport of dangerous goods.
BASE_PER Data are not used as base for the calculation of any derived indicators such as index numbers or other ratios.
UNIT_MEASURE Data is disseminated using the following units of measure: 1000T Thousands of tons MIO_TKM Millions of tonnes/km TEU Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit 1000 TEU_KM Thousands of TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units)/Km VES_MOV Vessel movements VES_KM Thousands of vessels/Km
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