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 NOVEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 5.1.4/3.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

WATER TRANSPORT AND SUPPORTING TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES

THIRD 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 third quarter of 2009 by 0.7%, while in the transport of goods it increased by 2.4%, as compared to the same period of 2008. The domestic transport of goods decreased by 28.0%, the export by 35.6% and the import by 70.2%, while the cross-trade sea transport increased by 6.3%, all as compared to the same period of 2008.

The transport of goods in inland waterways increased in the third quarter of 2009 by 5.8%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In supporting activities, in the third 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 third quarter of 2009, there was a decrease of 26.9% in the transport of goods, as compared to the same period of 2008.

The traffic of dangerous goods in seaports decreased in the third quarter of 2009 by 22.5%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In the third quarter of 2009, concerning the transport of goods, there was a decrease of 38.1% 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 third quarter of 2009 by 10.0%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

1)    Provisional data

1.   SEAWATER AND COASTAL TRANSPORT

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
		VII. – IX.	I. – IX.	VII. – IX.	I. – IX.	VII. – IX. 2009. IV. – VI. 2009.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008.	I. – IX. 2009. I. – IX. 2008.
Passenger ships	No.	46	46	46	46	102,2	100,0	100,0
Ferries	No.	47	47	43	43	102,4	91,5	91,5
Cargo ships	No.	66	66	67	67	95,7	101,5	101,5
Passenger carried	‘000	6 365	11 112	6 318	10 832	203,5	99,3	97,5
Domestic transport	‘000	6 208	10 890	6 142	10 603	200,5	98,9	97,4
International transport	‘000	157	222	176	229	429,3	112,1	103,2
Out of total carried by ferries	‘000	4 291	7 515	4 320	7 432	200,6	100,7	98,9
Passenger-kilometres	Mln	239	422	243	418	204,2	101,7	99,1
Domestic transport	Mln	211	383	215	379	193,7	101,9	99,0
International transport	Mln	28	39	28	39	350,0	100,0	100,0
Goods carried	‘000 t	7 579	23 412	7 764	23 607	94,2	102,4	100,8
Domestic transport	‘000 t	318	994	229	622	117,4	72,0	62,6
Export	‘000 t	73	253	47	158	78,3	64,4	62,5
Import	‘000 t	168	573	50	162	131,6	29,8	28,3
Transit	‘000 t	24	77	-	7	-	-	9,1
Cross-trade sea transport	‘000 t	6 996	21 515	7 438	22 658	93,6	106,3	105,3
Tonne-kilometres	Mln	35 195	109 901	35 203	101 987	98,3	100,0	92,8
Domestic transport	Mln	65	204	63	169	118,9	96,9	82,8
Export	Mln	28	94	34	92	100,0	121,4	97,9
Import	Mln	128	520	39	122	150,0	30,5	23,5
Transit	Mln	19	61	-	6	-	-	9,8
Cross-trade sea      transport	Mln	34 955	109 022	35 067	101 598	98,2	100,3	93,2

2.   INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT (ON RIVERS)

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
		VII. – IX.	I. – IX.	VII. – IX.	I. – IX.	VII. – IX. 2009. IV. – VI. 2009.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008.	I. – IX. 2009. I. – IX. 2008.
Goods carried	‘000 t	69	193	73	213	94,8	105,8	110,4
Domestic transport	‘000 t	27	109	27	99	75,0	100,0	90,8
International transport	‘000 t	42	84	46	114	112,2	109,5	135,7
Tonne-kilometres^1)	Mln	53	121	65	165	110,2	122,6	136,4
Domestic transport	Mln	6	23	6	22	75,0	100,0	95,7
International transport	Mln	47	98	59	143	115,7	125,5	145,9

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

3.   TRAFFIC IN SEAPORTS

	Unit of measure	2008.		2009.		Indices
		VII. – IX.	I. – IX.	VII. – IX.	I. – IX.	VII. – IX. 2009. IV. – VI. 2009.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008.	I. – IX. 2009. I. – IX. 2008.
Arrival of ships	No.	100 717	205 675	100 420	206 862^2)	153,4	99,7	100,6
Traffic of passengers^1)	‘000	14 815	24 591	15 050	24 677^2)	209,3	101,6	100,3
Domestic traffic	‘000	13 385	22 284	13 595	22 369^2)	213,8	101,6	100,4
Arrivals	‘000	6 657	11 125	6 803	11 188^2)	214,1	102,2	100,6
Departures	‘000	6 728	11 159	6 792	11 181^2)	213,5	101,0	100,2
International traffic	‘000	1 430	2 307	1 455	2 308	175,1	101,7	100,0
Arrivals	‘000	718	1 151	746	1 175	178,5	103,9	102,1
Departures	‘000	712	1 156	709	1 133	171,7	99,6	98,0
Goods traffic	‘000 t	7 574	22 133	5 538	17 319	96,3	73,1	78,2
Domestic traffic	‘000 t	1 301	3 803	1 050	2 743	113,9	80,7	72,1
Loading	‘000  t	649	1 903	534	1 366	117,9	82,3	71,8
Unloading	‘000 t	652	1 900	516	1 377	110,0	79,1	72,5
Export	‘000 t	1 441	4 095	1 561	4 713	97,3	108,3	115,1
Import	‘000 t	2 510	7 189	1 629	4 742	113,5	64,9	66,0
Transit	‘000 t	2 322	7 046	1 298	5 121	72,6	55,9	72,7
Loading	‘000 t	616	2 101	395	1 441	88,2	64,1	68,6
Unloading	‘000 t	1 706	4 945	903	3 680	67,4	52,9	74,4
Out of total goods traffic, traffic  of dangerous goods	‘000 t	2 796	7 516	2 168	6 879	90,4	77,5	91,5

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)    Including revised data in the second quarter of 2009

4.   TRAFFIC IN INLAND WATERWAY PORTS (ON RIVERS)

 ‘000 t

	2008.		2009.		Indices
	VII. – IX.	I. – IX.	VII. – IX.	I. – IX.	VII. – IX. 2009. IV. – VI. 2009.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008.	I. – IX. 2009. I. – IX. 2008.
Goods traffic	331	825	205	535	121,3	61,9	64,8
Domestic traffic	54	214	51	197	68,9	94,4	92,1
Loading	27	105	27	99	71,1	100,0	94,3
Unloading	27	109	24	98	66,7	88,9	89,9
Export	128	245	53	112	135,9	41,4	45,7
Import	98	242	52	154	106,1	53,1	63,6
Transit	51	124	49	72	700,0	96,1	58,1
Loading	13	32	39	51	650,0	300,0	159,4
Unloading	38	92	10	21	^1)	26,3	22,8
Out of total goods traffic, traffic of dangerous goods	60	220	54	211	67,5	90,0	95,9

1) Index exceeds 999.

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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