FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 8 MAY, 2009		NUMBER: 5.1.4/1.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

WATER TRANSPORT AND SUPPORTING TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES

FIRST QUARTER OF 2009¹⁾

This Release reports on data concerning the transport of passengers and goods in the water transport and supporting activities in transport.

The total number of passengers carried in the seawater and coastal transport decreased in the first quarter of 2009 by 11.0% and in the transport of goods by 5.3%, as compared to the same period of 2008. The domestic transport of goods decreased by 38.5%, the export by 40.7%, the import by 47.5%, the transit by 73.1% and cross-trade sea transport by 2.4%, all as compared to the same period of 2008.

The transport of goods in inland waterways increased in the first quarter of 2009 by 12.5%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In supporting activities, in the first quarter of 2009, as compared to the same period of 2008, there was a decrease of 9.9% in the transport of passengers in seaports. In the first quarter of 2009, there was a decrease of 10.9% in the transport of goods, as compared to the same period of 2008.

The traffic of dangerous goods in seaports increased in the first quarter of 2009 by 6.9%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In the first quarter of 2009, concerning the transport of goods, there was a decrease of 24.4% in the transport in inland waterway ports, as compared to the same period of 2008.

The traffic of dangerous goods in inland waterway ports increased in the first quarter of 2009 by 2.7%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

1)    Provisional data

1.   SEAWATER AND COASTAL TRANSPORT

	Unit of measure	2008.			2009.	Indices
		I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – III. 2009. I. – III. 2008.	I. – XII. 2008. I. – XII. 2007.
Passenger ships	No.	45	46	46	47	102,2	104,4	97,9
Ferries	No.	44	42	42	42	100,0	95,5	95,5
Cargo ships	No.	66	68	68	68	100,0	103,0	101,5
Passenger carried	‘000	1 585	1 749	12 861	1 410	80,6	89,0	101,1
Domestic transport	‘000	1 569	1 729	12 619	1 398	80,9	89,1	101,3
International transport	‘000	16	20	242	12	60,0	75,0	92,0
Out of total carried by ferries	‘000	1 065	1 167	8 682	958	82,1	90,0	101,0
Passenger-kilometres	Mln	63	69	491	56	81,2	88,9	100,2
Domestic transport	Mln	60	65	448	53	81,5	88,3	101,6
International transport	Mln	3	4	43	3	75,0	100,0	87,8
Goods carried	‘000 t	8 029	7 356	30 768	7 602	103,3	94,7	94,9
Domestic transport	‘000 t	322	182	1 176	198	108,8	61,5	90,5
Export	‘000 t	86	76	329	51	67,1	59,3	109,7
Import	‘000 t	141	117	690	74	63,2	52,5	96,4
Transit	‘000 t	26	14	91	7	50,0	26,9	72,2
Cross-trade sea transport	‘000 t	7 454	6 967	28 482	7 272	104,4	97,6	95,0
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	38 457	33 071	142 972	30 977	93,7	80,5	104,0
Domestic transport	Mln	75	45	249	53	117,8	70,7	86,2
Export	Mln	31	28	122	24	85,7	77,4	93,8
Import	Mln	108	90	610	57	63,3	52,8	69,9
Transit	Mln	20	11	72	6	54,5	30,0	69,2
Cross-trade sea      transport	Mln	38 223	32 897	141 919	30 837	93,7	80,7	104,3

2.   INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT (ON RIVERS)

	Unit of measure	2008.			2009.	Indices
		I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – III. 2009. I. – III. 2008.	I. – XII. 2008. I. – XII. 2007.
Goods carried	‘000 t	56	75	268	63	84,0	112,5	69,6
Domestic transport	‘000 t	42	32	141	36	112,5	85,7	86,5
International transport	‘000 t	14	43	127	27	62,8	192,9	57,2
Tonne-kilometres^1)	Mln	27	59	180	41	69,5	151,9	58,8
Domestic transport	Mln	9	7	30	8	114,3	88,9	96,8
International transport	Mln	18	52	150	33	63,5	183,3	54,5

1)    Refers to the distance between place of loading and place of unloading

3.   TRAFFIC IN SEAPORTS

	Unit of measure	2008.			2009.	Indices
		I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – III. 2009. I. – III. 2008.	I. – XII. 2008. I. – XII. 2007.
Arrival of ships	No.	38 563	42 864	248 539	40 969	95,6	106,2	105,5
Traffic of passengers^1)	‘000	2 702	3 691	28 282	2 435	66,0	90,1	107,6
Domestic traffic	‘000	2 647	3 258	25 542	2 413	74,1	91,2	106,8
Arrivals	‘000	1 326	1 624	12 749	1 206	74,3	91,0	106,5
Departures	‘000	1 321	1 634	12 793	1 207	73,9	91,4	107,1
International traffic	‘000	55	433	2 740	22	5,1	40,0	115,0
Arrivals	‘000	26	216	1 367	10	4,6	38,5	113,9
Departures	‘000	29	217	1 373	12	5,5	41,4	116,1
Goods traffic	‘000 t	6 766	7 090	29 223	6 029	85,0	89,1	97,1
Domestic traffic	‘000 t	1 055	800	4 603	769	96,1	72,9	92,9
Loading	‘000  t	526	403	2 306	378	93,8	71,9	93,7
Unloading	‘000 t	529	397	2 297	391	98,5	73,9	92,2
Export	‘000 t	1 336	1 551	5 646	1 546	99,7	115,7	88,8
Import	‘000 t	2 223	2 140	9 329	1 678	78,4	75,5	96,4
Transit	‘000 t	2 152	2 599	9 645	2 036	78,3	94,6	105,8
Loading	‘000 t	704	583	2 684	598	102,6	84,9	102,2
Unloading	‘000 t	1 448	2 016	6 961	1 438	71,3	99,3	107,3
Out of total goods traffic, traffic  of dangerous goods	‘000 t	2 164	2 426	9 942	2 314	95,4	106,9	89,2

1)    Data include passengers on cruise ships who disembarked for a visit and then re-embarking to continue their cruise. Data comprise both the disembarkation and
re-embarkation of the passengers.

4.   TRAFFIC IN INLAND WATERWAY PORTS (ON RIVERS)

 ‘000 t

	2008.			2009.	Indices
	I. – III.	X. – XII.	I. – XII.	I. – III.	I. – III. 2009. X. – XII. 2008.	I. – III. 2009. I. – III. 2008.	I. – XII. 2008. I. – XII. 2007.
Goods traffic	213	192	1 017	161	83,9	75,6	62,2
Domestic traffic	79	64	278	72	112,5	91,1	84,2
Loading	37	32	137	36	112,5	97,3	82,0
Unloading	42	32	141	36	112,5	85,7	86,5
Export	29	41	286	20	48,8	69,0	52,6
Import	68	79	321	53	67,1	77,9	89,9
Transit	37	8	132	16	200,0	43,2	32,7
Loading	1	8	32	6	75,0	600,0	10,0
Unloading	36	-	100	10	-	27,8	119,0
Out of total goods traffic, traffic  of dangerous goods	75	75	295	77	102,7	102,7	102,1

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source and methods of data collection

According to the NKD 2007., the water transport comprises division 50 that includes Seawater and coastal transport and Inland waterway transport. Data in this first release relate also to a part of division 52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation, Traffic in seaports and Traffic in inland waterway ports.

Data on seawater and coastal transport are collected through the Quarterly Report on Seawater and Coastal Transport (PP/T-11 form). Data sources for the statistics on traffic in seaports are the following documents of the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure: Report of Arrivals of Ships into Sea Ports and Report of Departures of Ships from Sea Ports (PP/M-31a and PP/M-31b forms). The Central Bureau of Statistics takes over the database from the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure and then performs further processing.

Data on inland waterway transport and data on traffic in inland waterway ports are collected through the Report on Arrivals into Ports of Inland Waterways and Report of Departures of Vessels from Ports of Inland Waterways (PR/M-21a and PR/M-21b forms).

Coverage

Data on seawater and coastal transport relate to the activities of business entities which are engaged in seawater transport of passengers and goods.

Data on inland waterway transport include domestic and international transport of goods on vessels under domestic flags. Cross-trade transport is not included.

Data on traffic in seaports include arrivals and departures of passengers and loaded and unloaded goods on ships under domestic and foreign flags and relate to the activities of all seaports in the Republic of Croatia. This covers either ships with length of more than 12 m and of gross tonnage more than 15 or those authorised to carry more than 12 passengers.

Data on traffic in inland waterway ports include arrivals and departures of goods on both domestic and foreign vessels. The data are supplied by harbour master’s offices.

Definition

Sea passenger is any person who makes a voyage on a sea-going vessel. Service staff assigned to seagoing vessels is not regarded as passengers.

Goods are any goods moved on sea and on navigable inland waterway. This includes all packaging and equipment, such as containers, swap-bodies or pallets.

Domestic transport is a transport of passengers and goods between two domestic ports.

International transport is transport of passengers and goods between port of loading in the Republic of Croatia and port of unloading abroad and vice versa.

Cross-trade transport is international transport performed by domestic operators, and ports of loading and unloading are located in foreign countries.

Export implies transport of goods loaded in domestic ports and unloaded in foreign ports, irrespective of the origin of goods.

Import implies transport of goods, loaded in foreign ports and unloaded in domestic ports, irrespective of the origin of goods.

Transit – loading implies foreign goods that arrived in a domestic port, loaded and shipped by sea or inland waterways to a foreign port.

Transit – unloading implies foreign goods that arrived in a domestic port from a foreign one by sea or inland waterways, then unloaded in domestic port and shipped to a foreign country.

Passenger kilometre is a unit of measure representing transport of one person over a distance of one kilometre.

Tonne kilometre is a unit of measure representing transport of one tonne over a distance of one kilometre. Data on passenger- and tonne- kilometres can be calculated in passenger-miles and tonne-miles by the ratio 1 mile = 1 852 metres.

Abbreviations

m                  metre

mln              million

NKD 2007.   National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

No.               number

t                    tonne

'000              thousand

Symbols

-  no occurrence

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