Statistical Terms Glossary

A regular short service in the sea or inland waterways, between two ports, with or without intermediate calls. These operate either:
-        According to a published timetable; or
-        With crossings so regular or frequent that they constitute a recognizably systematic series.

Fires and explosions that occur in railway vehicles (including their load) when they are running between the departure and the destination stations, including when stopped at the departure station, the destination station or intermediate stops, as well as during re-marshalling operations.

Country of registry of a sea going vessel.

A loadable platform having no superstructure whatever but having the same length and width as the base of a container and equipped with top and bottom corner fittings.

Wagon without roof or sides, or wagon without roof but with sides not higher than 60 cm, or swing-bolster wagon, of ordinary or special type.

The operation of an aircraft on one or more flight stages, using a single flight number, assigned by the airline.

The primary published flight number assigned by the air transport operator to the flight. Passengers using a flight by an aircraft may be travelling under a range of different flight numbers. Only the active flight number for the flight is in question here.

The operation of an aircraft from take-off to its next landing.

They are  created  on  mobile  floating  platforms  and  are  used  for military and emergency purposes and for the purpose of establishing other bridges  temporarily. 

Maximum floor area within the vehicle body (e.g. measured in square metres) available for the carriage of goods.

A transport operation partly by inland waterways and partly by sea, without trans-shipment. It can be operated by inland waterway vessel or seagoing ships.

An IWT vessel designed and authorized to operate also as a seagoing vessel.

IWT vessel which is registered at a given date in a country other than the reporting country.

A road vehicle registered in a country other than the reporting country and bearing registration plates of that foreign country.

Vehicle equipped with power-driven horizontal forks, which allow it to lift , move or stack pallets, containers or swap bodies. The latter two are usually empty.

Any property carried on an aircraft other than mail, stores and baggage.

Tonne-kilometres performed expressed as a percentage of tonne-kilometres offered.

Any freight loaded onto or unloaded from an aircraft .

All freight on board an aircraft upon landing at an airport and at take-off from an airport

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 freight revenue load carried on the flight stage by the airport-to-airport distance.

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 freight revenue load carried between two airports as initial origin and final destination by airport-to-airport distance.

A vehicle designed for the road, exclusively or mainly to transport goods of all kinds of light and heavy compared for a fare.

All kinds of trucks, small and large works in public transport of goods in return for payment, not including owned for establishments.

Railway vehicle normally intended for the transport of goods.

Fires and explosions that occur in railway vehicles (including their load) when they are running between the departure station and the destination, including when stopped at the departure station, the destination station or intermediate stops, as well as during re-marshalling operations.

An overhead crane comprising a horizontal gantry mounted on legs, which are either fixed, run in fixed tracks or on rubber tyres with relatively limited maneuverability. The load can be moved horizontally, vertically and sideways. Such cranes normally straddle a road/rail and/or ship/shore interchange.

All parts of the pipe conduit, completed with such equipment as valves, compressor stations, communications systems and meters, for transporting natural and/or supplemental gas from one point to another, usually from a point in or beyond the producing field or processing plant to another pipeline or to points of utilization.

Oil obtained from the lowest fraction from atmospheric distillation of crude oil.

All commercial civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services and non-scheduled air transport operations for remuneration or hire. The main categories of commercial general aviation are as follows: Air taxi; Photographic; Sightseeing trips; Advertising; Agricultural/crop spraying; Medical/air ambulance trips; and Other commercial.

All non-commercial civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services and non-scheduled air transport operations for remuneration or hire. The main categories of non-commercial general aviation are as follows: (a) State Flighta: Any flight performed by aircraft for military, customs, police or other law enforcement services of a State, Any flight declared as a “State flight” by State authorities. (b) Instructional flying; (c) Private flying :(d) Business flying; (e) Parachute and glider launch flights ;(f) Technical stops; (g) Test flight: A non-commercial flight carried out for the purpose of testing the aircraft prior to placing it in operational service; (h)Positioning flight: A non-commercial flight carried out to position an aircraft for a scheduled or non-scheduled flight or service; (i)Other non-commercial.