WATER TRANSPORT AND SUPPORTING TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES SECOND QUARTER OF 2009

*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, 10 AUGUST, 2009		NUMBER: 5.1.4/2.

				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

WATER TRANSPORT AND SUPPORTING TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES

SECOND 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 second quarter of 2009 by 1.8% and in the transport of goods it increased by 5.6%, as compared to the same period of 2008. The domestic transport of goods decreased by 44.9%, the export by 36.2% and the import by 85.6%, while the cross-trade sea transport increased by 12.5%, all as compared to the same period of 2008.

The transport of goods in inland waterways increased in the second quarter of 2009 by 13.2%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In supporting activities, in the second quarter of 2009, as compared to the same period of 2008, there was an increase of 1.6% in the transport of passengers in seaports. In the second quarter of 2009, there was a decrease of 26.2% in the transport of goods, as compared to the same period of 2008.

The traffic of dangerous goods in seaports decreased in the second quarter of 2009 by 6.2%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In the second quarter of 2009, concerning the transport of goods, there was a decrease of 39.9% in the transport in inland waterway ports, as compared to the same period of 2008.

The traffic of dangerous goods in inland waterway ports decreased in the second quarter of 2009 by 4.8%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

1) Provisional data

1. SEAWATER AND COASTAL TRANSPORT

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
	Unit of measure	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2009. I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.

Passenger ships	No.	46	46	45	45	95,7	97,8	97,8
Ferries	No.	47	47	42	42	100,0	89,4	89,4
Cargo ships	No.	66	66	70	70	102,9	106,1	106,1

Passenger carried	‘000	3 162	4 747	3 104	4 514	220,1	98,2	95,1
Domestic transport	‘000	3 113	4 682	3 063	4 461	219,1	98,4	95,3
International transport	‘000	49	65	41	53	341,7	83,7	81,5
Out of total carried by ferries	‘000	2 159	3 224	2 154	3 112	224,8	99,8	96,5

Passenger-kilometres	Mln	120	183	119	175	212,5	99,2	95,6
Domestic transport	Mln	112	172	111	164	209,4	99,1	95,3
International transport	Mln	8	11	8	11	266,7	100,0	100,0

Goods carried	‘000 t	7 804	15 833	8 241	15 843	108,4	105,6	100,1
Domestic transport	‘000 t	354	676	195	393	98,5	55,1	58,1
Export	‘000 t	94	180	60	111	117,6	63,8	61,7
Import	‘000 t	264	405	38	112	51,4	14,4	27,7
Transit	‘000 t	27	53	-	7	-	-	13,2
Cross-trade sea transport	‘000 t	7 065	14 519	7 948	15 220	109,3	112,5	104,8

Tonne-kilometres	Mln	36 249	74 706	35 807	66 784	115,6	98,8	89,4
Domestic transport	Mln	64	139	53	106	100,0	82,8	76,3
Export	Mln	35	66	34	58	141,7	97,1	87,9
Import	Mln	284	392	26	83	45,6	9,2	21,2
Transit	Mln	22	42	-	6	-	-	14,3
Cross-trade sea transport	Mln	35 844	74 067	35 694	66 531	115,8	99,6	89,8

2. INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT (ON RIVERS)

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
	Unit of measure	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2009. I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.

Goods carried	‘000 t	68	124	77	140	122,2	113,2	112,9
Domestic transport	‘000 t	40	82	36	72	100,0	90,0	87,8
International transport	‘000 t	28	42	41	68	151,9	146,4	161,9

Tonne-kilometres¹⁾	Mln	41	68	59	100	143,9	143,9	147,1
Domestic transport	Mln	8	17	8	16	100,0	100,0	94,1
International transport	Mln	33	51	51	84	154,5	154,5	164,7

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

3. TRAFFIC IN SEAPORTS

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
	Unit of measure	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2009. I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.

Arrival of ships	No.	66 395	104 958	65 127	106 096	159,0	98,1	101,1

Traffic of passengers¹⁾	‘000	7 075	9 776	7 185	9 620	295,1	101,6	98,4

Domestic traffic	‘000	6 252	8 899	6 354	8 767	263,3	101,6	98,5
Arrivals	‘000	3 142	4 468	3 175	4 381	263,3	101,1	98,1
Departures	‘000	3 110	4 431	3 179	4 386	263,4	102,2	99,0

International traffic	‘000	823	877	831	853	-²⁾	101,0	97,3
Arrivals	‘000	407	433	418	428	-²⁾	102,7	98,8
Departures	‘000	416	444	413	425	-²⁾	99,3	95,7

Goods traffic	‘000 t	7 791	14 558	5 751	11 781	95,4	73,8	80,9
Domestic traffic	‘000 t	1 446	2 502	923	1 693	120,0	63,8	67,7
Loading	‘000 t	727	1 254	454	832	120,1	62,4	66,3
Unloading	‘000 t	719	1 248	469	861	119,9	65,2	69,0
Export	‘000 t	1 318	2 654	1 605	3 152	103,8	121,8	118,8
Import	‘000 t	2 456	4 679	1 435	3 113	85,5	58,4	66,5
Transit	‘000 t	2 571	4 723	1 788	3 823	87,8	69,5	80,9
Loading	‘000 t	780	1 484	448	1 046	74,9	57,4	70,5
Unloading	‘000 t	1 791	3 239	1 340	2 777	93,2	74,8	85,7

Out of total goods traffic, traffic of dangerous goods	‘000 t	2 556	4 720	2 397	4 711	103,6	93,8	99,8

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.

2) Index exceeds 999.

4. TRAFFIC IN INLAND WATERWAY PORTS (ON RIVERS)

‘000 t

	2008.		2009.		Indices
	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI.	I. – VI.	IV. – VI. 2009. I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.

Goods traffic	281	494	169	330	105,0	60,1	66,8
Domestic traffic	81	160	74	146	102,8	91,4	91,3
Loading	41	78	38	74	105,6	92,7	94,9
Unloading	40	82	36	72	100,0	90,0	87,8
Export	88	117	39	59	195,0	44,3	50,4
Import	76	144	49	102	92,5	64,5	70,8
Transit	36	73	7	23	43,8	19,4	31,5
Loading	18	19	6	12	100,0	33,3	63,2
Unloading	18	54	1	11	10,0	5,6	20,4

Out of total goods traffic, traffic of dangerous goods	84	159	80	157	103,9	95,2	98,7

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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