Statistical Terms Glossary

The classes of hazardous goods carried by rail are those defined by the International Regulations concerning the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID).

The categories of hazardous goods carried by road are those defined by the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR).

Insulated wagon fitted with a heat-producing appliance.

Goods road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight above 3500 kg, designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry goods.

Goods road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight above 3 500 kg, designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry goods.

Wagon with no roof and with rigid sides higher than 60 cm.

A railway vehicle designed to operate at a speed of at least 250 km/h on dedicated high speed lines.

A principal railway line allowing traffic at speeds equal to or greater than 200 km/h on upgraded lines and 250 km/h on especially built lines.

A vessel which supports herself a short distance above the surface of the water (or land) on a cushion of air contained by a flexible skirt attached to the outer perimeter of the vehicle.

Central point for the collection, sorting, transhipment and distribution of goods for a particular area.

A port served by deep sea and short sea scheduled shipping where trans-shipment activity takes place.

A fast vessel which, when at speed, lifts her hull clear of the surface of the water, supporting herself upon foils, or wings or legs, which project beneath her bottom.

A chemical element with high energy content that can be extracted from various sources and with various extraction methods and can be used to produce electricity for transportation purposes by a fuel cell.

An automatic identification system is a system to: Provide information - including the ship’s identity, type, position, course, speed, navigational status and -other safety related information - automatically to appropriately equipped shore stations, other ships and aircraft ;Receive automatically such information from similarly fitted ships; -Monitor and track ships; -Exchange data with shore-based facilities.

A permanent number assigned by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to each ship for identification purposes. The number will remain unchanged upon transfer of the ship to other flag(s) and will be inserted in the ship’s certificates. The IMO ship identification number is made of the three letters “IMO” followed by the seven-digit number assigned to all ships by Lloyd’s Register-Fair play when constructed. This is a unique seven-digit number that is assigned to propelled, seagoing merchant ships of 100 GT and above upon keel laying with the exception of the following:
- Vessels solely engaged in fishing;
- Ships without mechanical means of propulsion;
- Pleasure yachts;
- Ships engaged on special service (e.g. lightships, SAR vessels);
- Hopper barges;
- Hydrofoils;
- Air cushion vehicles;
- Floating docks and structures classified in a similar manner;
- Ships of war and troopships;
- Wooden ships.

Any enterprise or transport operator responsible in particular for establishing and maintaining railway infrastructure, as well as for operating the control and safety systems.

Refers to the number of people injured in road traffic accidents per million population.

The number of people injured in road traffic accidents per million population.

It is the injury that results in a handicap or a disability as a result of serious wounds and according to the nature of the accident whether collision overturning run over or other conditions

An accident involving at least one means of transport in motion, resulting in at least one killed or injured person. Accidents in workshops, warehouses and depots are excluded.

Movement of goods and/or passengers to and from inland ports connected by water routes which may be made navigable by one or more lock structures.

A specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintended external event caused by, or in connection with, the operation of an IWT vessel which occurs in a particular time and place, without apparent cause but with marked effect, resulting in any of the following:
- The death of, or serious injury to, a person;
- The loss of a person from the vessel;
- The loss, presumed loss or abandonment of the vessel;
- Material damage to the vessel;
- The stranding or disabling of the vessel, or its involvement in a collision;
- Material damage to the inland waterway infrastructure external to the vessel that could seriously endanger the safety of the vessel or another vessel or individuals;
- Severe damage to the environment, or the potential for severe damage to the environment, brought about by the damage of the IWT vessel.

National IWT performed by an IWT vessel registered in another country.

An event, or a sequence of events, occurring directly or in connection with the operation of an inland waterway vessel and resulting in any of the following:
- The death of, or serious injury to, a person;
- The loss of a person from the vessel;
- The loss, presumed loss or abandonment of the vessel;
- Material damage to the vessel;
- The stranding or disabling of the vessel, or its involvement in a collision;
- Material damage to the inland waterway infrastructure external to the vessel that could seriously endanger the safety of the vessel or another vessel or individuals;
- Severe damage to the environment, or the potential for severe damage to the environment, brought about by the damage of the IWT vessel.

Vessel fitted throughout with fixed or portable cell guides mainly for the carriage of containers by navigable inland waterways.

One or more non-powered IWT vessels which are towed or pushed by one or more powered IWT vessels.

Number of IWT vessels registered at a given date in a country and authorized to use inland waterways.

An occurrence or event being caused by, or in connection with, the operations of a IWT vessel by which the IWT vessel or any person is imperilled, or as a result of which serious damage to the IWT vessel or structure or the environment might occur.

The movement of an IWT vessel from a specified point of origin to a specified point of destination.

A passenger disembarking from an IWT vessel after having been conveyed by it.
Note: A transfer from one IWT vessel to another is regarded as disembarkation before re-embarkation.