Statistical Terms Glossary

Inland waterways transport (IWT) through a country between two places (a place of loading/embarkment and a place of unloading/disembarkment) both located in another country or in other countries provided the total journey within the country is by an IWT vessel and that there is no loading and unloading in that country.

Any movement of goods and/or passengers using an IWT vessel on a given inland waterways network.

Enterprise carrying out in one or more places activities for the production of IWT services using IWT vessels and whose main activities according to the value added is inland waterway transport.
In terms of activity classifications the following classes are involved:
-- ISIC/Rev.3
Class 6120 - Inland waterway transport
-- NACE/Rev.1
Class 61.20 - Fluvial transport.

Vessel with a carrying capacity of not less than 20 tonnes designed for the carriage of freight by navigable inland waterways.

Vessel designed exclusively or primarily for the public carriage of passengers by navigable inland waterways.

Floating craft designed for the carriage of goods or public transport of passengers by navigable inland waterways.

An event that has resulted in any of the following:1. The death of, or serious injury to, a person that is caused by, or in connection with, the operations of an IWT vessel; or2. The loss of a person from an IWT vessel that is caused by, or in connection with, the operations of an IWT vessel; or3. The loss, presumed loss or abandonment of an IWT vessel; or4. Material damage to an IWT vessel; or5. The stranding or disabling of an IWT vessel, or the involvement of an IWT vessel in a collision; or6. Material damage to the inland waterways infrastructures external to a vessel; that could seriously endanger the safety of the vessel or another vessel or an individual: or7. Damage to the environment brought about by the damage of an IWT vessel or IWT vessels being caused by, or in connection with, the operations of an IWT vessel or IWT vessels.

An inland waterways passenger vessel designed to transport passengers across or along waterways. There are two main types:• Cross waterway ferry–Transport for passengers and possibly vehicles between two ports on either side of a waterway.• Along waterway ferry–Transport for passengers and possibly vehicles to a range of ports along a waterway

Covered wagon of which the body is built with insulating walls, doors, floor and roof, by which the heat exchanges between the inside and outside of the body can be so limited that the overall coefficient of heat transfer (K coefficient), is such that the equipment is assignable to one or other of the following two categories:
- IN = Normally insulated equipment - characterized by a K coefficient equal to or less than 0.7 W/m 2 degrees C
- IR = Heavily insulated equipment - characterized by a K coefficient equal to or less than 0.4 W/m 2 degrees C

Railway transport operator also being an infrastructure manager.

Water specified under Iraqi laws and international treaties and agreements that Iraq has ratified.

A freight terminal within the airport with connections to modes of transport other than road on its landside.

Multimodal transport of goods, in one and the same intermodal transport unit by successive modes of transport without handling of the goods when changing modes.
Note: The intermodal transport unit can be a container, swap body or a loaded vehicle travelling on another vehicle.

Place equipped for the trans-shipment and storage of intermodal transport units (ITUs) between transport modes, one of which is rail.

Movement of goods (in one and the same loading unit or a vehicle) by successive modes of transport without handling of the goods themselves when changing modes.

A structure equipped for the trans-shipment and storage of intermodal transport units (ITUs) between at least two transport modes or between two different rail systems, and for temporary storage of freight, such as ports, inland ports, airports and rail-road terminals.

Container, swap body or semi-trailer/goods road motor vehicle suitable for intermodal transport.

Air transport on an international flight which takes place when the airports of departure and arrival are in different national territories.

Airport designated by the competent authorities in the territory of which it is situated as an airport of entry and departure for international air traffic, where the formalities incidental to customs, immigration, public health, agricultural quarantine and similar procedures are carried out, whether such facilities are provided on a full-time or part-time basis.

an airport offers customs facilities for passengers travelling between countries, on which more than one aircraft can land at the same time, has many runways and provides all kinds of services such as ( Baghdad, Erbil, Sulaimaniya, Basrah, Najaf, Mosul )

A flight having one or more international flight stages, where all flight stages use the same flight number.

A flight stage where the take-off is in one country and the next landing is in another country.

The movement of aircraft between Iraqi airports (Baghdad, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah,Basra,Najaf,Mosul) and all the countries of the world

Gas pipeline transport between two places (an initial compression facility and a decompression facility) located in two different countries or on the parts of the seabed allocated to them. It may involve transit through one or more additional countries.

Goods carried by rail between a place of loading located in a foreign country and a place of unloading in the reporting country.

Goods carried by rail between a place of loading located in the reporting country and a place of unloading in another country.

Inland waterway transport between two places (a place of loading/embarkation and a place of unloading/disembarkation) located in two different countries. It may involve transit through one or more additional countries. For the latter countries this transport has to be reported as transit.

Inland waterway transport between two places (a place of loading/embarkation and a place of unloading/disembarkation) located in two different countries. It may involve transit through one or more additional countries. For the latter countries this transport has to be reported as transit.

Oil pipeline transport between two places (a pumping-in place and a pumping-out place) located in two different countries or on those parts of the seabed allocated to them. It may involve transit through one or more additional countries.

Railway transport between a place (of loading/embarkation or of unloading/disembarkation) in one country and a place (of loading/embarkation or of unloading/disembarkation) in another country. It may involve transit through one or more additional countries.
Note: To avoid double counting, each country only counts the number of passengers or the weight of the freight transported on its territory.