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: 5.1.6/1.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

 

TRANSHIPMENT

FIRST QUARTER OF 2009 1)

 

This release reports on data concerning the transhipment of goods.

 

In the first quarter of 2009, the transhipment of goods amounted to 2.96 million tonnes, which represents a decrease of 16.8%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

 

A decrease in transhipped tonnes was recorded in the transhipment in seaports, 15.3%, in inland waterways ports, 37.0% and at other places, 2.7%.

 

In the first quarter of 2009, there were 5.48 million tonnes of manipulated goods, which was by 17.9% less than in the same period of 2008.

 

A decrease in manipulated tonnes of goods was recorded in seaports, 17.1%, in inland waterway port, 33.8% and at other places, 4.7%.

 

 

1.   TOTAL TRANSHIPMENT

’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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transhipment of goods

3 556

3 829

15 194

2 957

77,2

83,2

106,5

Manipulated goods

6 678

7 039

28 215

5 482

77,9

82,1

110,2

    Unloading

2 973

3 614

13 712

2 587

71,6

87,0

107,8

    Loading

2 696

2 640

11 152

2 531

95,9

93,9

109,7

    Direct transhipment

 496

307

1 562

 254

82,7

51,2

83,2

    Transfer

513

478

1 789

110

23,0

21,4

214,8

.Traffic in wa   Warehouses

4 925

5 403

21 305

4 111

76,1

83,5

107,4

    Indoor

1 173

1 339

4 871

1 040

77,7

88,7

85,8

    Outdoor

3 752

4 064

16 434

3 071

75,6

81,8

116,1

 

 

1)    Provisional data

 

 

2.   TRANSHIPMENT OF GOODS IN SEAPORTS

’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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transhipment of goods

3 193

3 471

13 521

2 703

77,9

84,7

112,6

Manipulated goods

6 147

6 459

25 589

5 093

78,9

82,9

113,4

Unloading

2 812

3 432

12 883

2 440

71,1

86,8

108,0

Loading

2 524

2 412

10 164

2 388

99,0

94,6

109,9

Direct transhipment

298

137

755

155

113,1

52,0

136,0

Transfer

513

478

1 787

110

23,0

21,4

215,8

 

 

3.   TRANSHIPMENT OF GOODS IN INLAND WATERWAY PORTS

’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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transhipment of goods

289

283

1 369

182

64,3

63,0

69,7

Manipulated goods

402

452

2 108

266

58,8

66,2

83,5

Unloading

92

114

554

81

71,1

88,0

107,2

Loading

113

168

750

87

51,8

77,0

109,5

Direct transhipment

197

170

804

98

57,6

49,7

60,9

Transfer

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

4.   TRANSHIPMENT AT OTHER PLACES

’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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transhipment of goods

74

75

304

72

96,0

97,3

102,4

Manipulated goods

129

128

518

123

96,1

95,3

100,6

Unloading

69

68

275

66

97,1

95,7

100,0

Loading

59

60

238

56

93,3

94,9

101,3

Direct transhipment

1

0

3

1

…

100,0

100,0

Transfer

0

0

2

0

…

…

100,0

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Source and methods of data collection

 

According to the NKD 2007., the transhipment of goods covers activities classified in division 52.2. Supporting activities in transport.

 

Data on transhipment of goods were collected on the Quarterly Report on the Transhipment of Goods (PR/T-11P form).

 

Coverage

 

Data on transhipment of goods comprise the transhipment of goods in sea ports, in inland waterway ports (landing places) and at other places.

 

Data on transhipment of goods are submitted by business entities registered in class 52.24. Transhipment. Transhipment for own account is not included.

 

Definitions

 

Transhipment-tonnes are tonnes of goods loaded, unloaded or directly transhipped, but statistically recorded only once.

 

Manipulated-tonne (tonne operation) is a unit of working effect representing a sum of operations registered by kind (loading, unloading, direct transhipment and transfer).

 

Abbreviations

 

NKD 2007.    National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

t                       tonne

'000                thousand

 

Symbols

 

…   data not available

0     value non zero but less than 0.5 of the unit of measure used

-       no occurrence