Statistical Terms Glossary

Eqauls to the volume of load good trucks divided by the number of goods trucks

The length of (railway) line used for traffic throughout the reported year (including lines operated jointly with other railway enterprises) plus the average length of lines opened or closed during the year (weighted by the number of days they have been operated).

Equals to number od seats and beds divided by the number of vehicles

All aircrafts registered in a country at a given date.

Personal property of passengers and crew loaded or carried on board a means of transport by agreement with the operator.

Heavy material carried by a ship for ensuring proper stability, so as to avoid capsizing and to secure effective propulsion.

The large naval unit used for generating electricity or used for military purposes (except transferring cargo).

The transport of one type of goods (defined by reference to a particular nomenclature level) between its place of loading and its place of unloading.

A road vehicle which has two or more wheels and is generally propelled solely by the muscular energy of the persons on that vehicle, in particular by means of a pedal system, lever or handle (e.g. bicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and carriages for people with disabilities).

Part of a carriageway designated for use by cyclists and distinguished from the rest of the carriageway by longitudinal road markings.

Independent road or part of a road designated for use by cyclists and sign-posted as such. A cycle track is separated from other roads or other parts of the same road by structural means.

A type of road, consisting of two lanes in one direction and one lane in the other, typically alternating every few kilometres to allow periodic overtaking in both directions.

The total time measured in hours and minutes from the aircraft’s initial move from its departure point until its final stop at its arrival point.

A non-agglomerating coal with a gross calorific value of less than 23 860 kJ/kg (5 700 kcal/kg) in a condition free of wet ash and containing more than 31 per cent volatile matter on a dry mineral free basis.
Note: It is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat content and because it is the coal that is most harmful to health. It is used almost exclusively as a fuel for steam-electric power generation.

A non-agglomerating coal with a gross calorific c value of less than 23 860 kJ/kg (5 700 kcal/kg) in a condition free of wet ash and containing more than 31 per cent volatile matter on a dry mineral free basis.

Bulk carrier arranged for the carriage of either bulk dry cargoes or liquid cargoes in the same cargo spaces but not simultaneously.

Ship designed with a single deck and holds for the bulk carriage of loose dry cargo of a homogenous nature.

A cargo and passenger ship makes a bunker call when it anchors or berths in a port to take on bunker oil or supplies.

This term includes all dutiable petroleum products loaded aboard a vessel for consumption by that vessel.

Passenger road motor vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons (including the driver).

Part of a carriageway designated for buses and distinguished from the rest of the carriageway by longitudinal road markings.

It is a road Constructed by Israeli Occupation to link the Settlements with each other and with Israel.

Sea transport between two ports (a port of loading/embarkment and a port of unloading/ disembarkment) located in the same country irrespective of the country in which the seagoing vessel is registered.

Number of seats/berths and standing places, including the driver's, available in the road motor vehicle when performing the service for which it is primarily intended.

Maximum permissible number of passengers that a vessel may carry in accordance with its documents.

Maximum authorized weight of goods, expressed in tonnes, which an IWT vessel may carry.

Maximum authorized number of passengers that an IWT vessel may carry.

The number of seats and/or berths available in the vehicles of a passenger train when performing the service for which it is intended.

Road vehicle not intended for the carriage of passengers and/or goods and designed to be hauled by passenger car.

Merchant ship designed for the carriage of goods and/or public transport of passengers.