Statistical Terms Glossary

Rigid road motor vehicle designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry goods.

Magnetic levitation train that uses magnets that control the train’s stability and speed for propulsion.

Dispatches of correspondence and other objects carried on an aircraft , which have been dispatched by and intended for delivery to postal administrations.

Any mail loaded onto or unloaded from an aircraft .
Note: direct transit mail is excluded

Dispatches of correspondence and other objects carried on an aircraft, which have been dispatched by and intended for delivery to postal administrations.

A Tonne-kilometre is a metric tonne of freight revenue load carried one kilometre. Tonne-kilometres performed is obtained by multiplying the total number of tonnes of mail revenue load carried between two airports as initial origin and final destination by airport-to-airport distance.

Main railway lines comprise the high-speed railway lines and important major conventional railway lines as defined by national or international authorities.

Serves for national or inter district traffic and including road extension within a locality.

The main transport within a trip which has been used for the longest distance.

Air ports on which different kinds of aircrafts land and provide various services whether on air or on ground, they are established out of cities and have runways

Expenditure necessary to sustain airport operations by maintaining the fixed infrastructure and essential equipment.

Expenditure necessary to maintain aircraft and their engines in an airworthy condition.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain aircrafts and their engines in working order without improving their performance or capacity.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain the condition and capacity of the existing airport infrastructure and essential equipment.

Expenditure for keeping infrastructure in working order.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain the condition and capacity of the existing pipelines infrastructure.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain the condition and capacity of the existing port infrastructure and essential equipment.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain the condition and capacity of the existing railway infrastructure and essential equipment.

Expenditure for keeping road vehicles in working order.

Expenditure for keeping roads in working order.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain the condition and capacity of the existing road infrastructure.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain railway vehicles in working order without improving their performance or capacity.

Expenditure for keeping railway vehicles in working order.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain seagoing vessels in working order without improving either their performance or their capacity.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain vessels in working order without improving their performance or capacity.

Expenditure for keeping vessels in working order.

Expenditure for keeping vessels in working order.

A document issued by a shipper, covering all cargo stated to be in a ship or aircraft for delivery at a particular seaport or airport.

An event, or sequence of events, occurring directly or in connection with the operation of a seagoing ship and resulting in any of the following:
- The death of, or serious injury to, a person;
- The loss of a person from the ship;
- The loss, presumed loss or abandonment of the ship;
- Material damage to the ship;
- The stranding or disabling of the ship, or its involvement in a collision;
- Material damage to the marine infrastructure external to the ship that could seriously endanger the safety of the ship or another ship or individuals;
- Severe damage to the environment, or the potential for severe damage to the environment, brought about by the damage of the marine ship.
Note: Any accident during the normal operation of the ship, including when it is in port or at anchor is covered. Terrorist, other criminal acts and acts of war are excluded. Suicide is excluded as it is a deliberate act. Illness, not related to the operation of the ship is also excluded.

An occurrence or event being caused by, or in connection with, the operations of a marine vessel in motion at sea, other than a marine casualty, that endangered, or, if not corrected, would endanger the safety of the vessel, its occupants or any other person or the environment.