Statistical Terms Glossary

Any public or private transport operator which provides services for the transport of goods and/or passengers by rail.

A licensed public or private transport operator which provides services for the transport of goods and/or passengers by rail.

Mobile equipment running exclusively on rails, moving either under its own power (tractive vehicle) or hauled by another vehicle (coach, railcar trailer, van and wagon).

Movement of a railway vehicle from a specified point of origin to a specified point of destination.
Note: A journey can be divided into a number of sections or stages.

Mobile equipment running exclusively on rails, moving either under its own power (tractive vehicles) or hauled by another vehicle (coaches, railcar trailers, vans and wagons).

Tractor vehicle with front equipment for lifting, stacking or moving ITUs.

General cargo ship with 80 per cent or more insulated cargo space.

Refined petroleum products include but are not limited to gasoline, kerosene, distillates (including No. 2 fuel oil), liquefied petroleum gas, asphalt, lubricating oils, diesel fuels, and residual fuels.

Insulated wagon using a source of cold (natural ice, with or without the addition of salt; eutectic plates; dry ice, with or without sublimation control; liquefied gases, with or without evaporation control; etc.) other than a mechanical or "absorption" unit.

Branching off from, or lining, main roads, It includes along the road within a locality.

A series of flights fulfilling at least the following conditions: they are performed by a passenger aircraft, their tickets are open for free sale to the general public; they are planned and adjusted according to the needs of traffic, carried out according to existing aviation agreements, The operating license and the fixed timetables are also available to the general public.

A commercial passenger for whose transportation an air carrier receives commercial remuneration.

A passenger for whose transportation the transport carrier receives commercial remuneration.

A passenger for whose transportation a rail enterprise receives commercial remuneration.

A traffic stop for purpose of taking on and/or taking off revenue load.

A tonne-kilometre is a metric tonne of revenue load carried one kilometre. Tonne-kilometres performed equals the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the total number of tonnes of each category of revenue load carried by the airport-to-airport distance.

Amounts expressed in monetary units which are entered in the accounts as credit to the railway enterprise.

Amounts expressed in monetary units which are entered in the accounts as credit to the inland waterways transport (IWT) enterprise.

Amounts expressed in monetary units which are entered in the accounts as credit to the oil pipeline transport enterprise

Amounts expressed in monetary units which are entered in the accounts as credit to the road transport enterprise.

Amounts expressed in monetary units which are entered in the accounts as credit to the sea transport enterprise.

Powered vessel developing not less than 37 kW and designed or fitted for pushing barges but not for the carriage of cargo. Port and sea tugs are excluded.

Used for passengers (12 -30-40 passengers) from riverside to other

Powered vessel developing not less than 37 kW and designed for the maneuvering of vessels and barges and the towing of dumb barges and rafts, but not for the carriage of cargo. Port and sea tugs are excluded.

Line of communication (travelled way) using a stabilized base other than rails or air strips open to public traffic, primarily for the use of road motor vehicles running on their own wheels.

Road transport within a country other than the registration country, performed by a road motor vehicle registered in the reporting country.

Road transport enterprise offering and performing services in the transport of goods, whose main activity in the field of road transport, according to value-added, is road goods transport.

Road within the boundaries of a built-up area, with entries and exits sign-posted as such.

A road vehicle fitted with an engine whence it derives its sole means of propulsion, which is normally used for carrying persons or goods or for drawing, on the road, vehicles used for the carriage of persons or goods.

All roads in a given area.